"Mr. Fred Daugherty and Miss Ona Huddleston were married in Huron on Tuesday last. Mr. Daugherty has lived here practially all his life, but the bride is not so well known. For the past few months she has made her home in Custer, S. Dak. This paper joins with their friends in extending hearty congratulations."
I wonder how Fred and Ona met? Years ago I received a message (I need to find it again) implying that Ona was a school teacher some place out west.
The next clipping is from April 1936. Notice the "Fred Daugherty, Sr." My grandpa, though only a nephew has often been noted as "Jr."
Old Relics
"Fred Daugherty, Sr. has dug up a scrap of paper which is quite interesting. It is a piece of wallpaper, the blank side of which was evidently used for a newspaper during the Civil War. Evidently the editor was a southern sympathizer, for he pokes all sorts of fun at the Yanks, and especially at General Grant. The scrap is from the lower right hand corner of the page, but there is not enough of it to indicate the name of the paper, nor the place of publication, although it would seem that Vicksburg was the location.
The last item on the sheet was as follows: ' NOTE, July 4th, 1863. Two days bring about great changes. The banner of the Union floats over Vicksburg. General Grant has 'caught the rabbit'; he has dined in Vicksburg and he did bring his dinner with him. The 'Citizen' lives to see it. For the last time it appears on 'Wall Paper.' No more will it eulogize the luxury of mule meat and fricassed kitten - urge Southern warriors to such diet never more. This is the last wall paper edition and is, excepting this note, from the type as we found them. It will be valuable hereafter as a curiosity.'
Fred also found an old picture of Wessington's main street, taken probably 40 years ago. There have been many changes on the street since then."
One more short paragraph, dated 1942
"Fred Daugherty returned to Wessington Wednesday morning. He had been helping his brother, Will, with the harvest work near Spotswood.(SD).
I don't know much about John William Daugherty (1862-1949). He married Mary Murphy in 1904. They had no children, though there is a possibility of the death of a baby. I'm thinking that Mary is buried in Miller, SD. I need to go and search. Perhaps Will is also there. In the Pesicka family there are two lovely child shoes in perfect condition. Ralph Pesicka, Sr. showed them to me.
Ralph Pesicka holding Mary Murphy Daugherty's Shoes.
And one more short one...dated August, 1943...
"Very little damage was done to Fred Daugherty's barn Monday forenoon when a fire started in the boy's playroom which occupied a part of the barn. The volunteer fire department was called and had the fire out in a very short time."
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