March 21, 2013 - Uncle David's Daugherty History

Continuing going through Uncle David's Daugherty Family Tree.  He used as his source a writing of his ggrandfather, William Henry Daugherty (b. 1830). Most of this information has been included in previous blogs.

We are at William Daugherty (actual name has been suggested as James William Dougherty), whose father was unknown, but David feels could have been "Frederic".  As to the below information: I did stop at Watertown, SD, at a history museum, and there is no record of William Henry owning land there, therefore, he probably was the first man to file on land in the Wessington area.

William Daugherty married Harriet Beddow.  They had five girls and three boys:

Margaret, married John Hampson.  She died in childbirth.  Their son was James Hampson.

William Henry Daugherty (my gggrandfather, b. 1830, d. 1916) married Martha Peper (b. 1838-d1923) had six (eight?) boys and two girls. I believe there were 7 boys and 2 girls. Came to Wessington in 1882.  Another account said she (Martha) was born in Chillicothy, Ohio in 1849.  Helen McNeil stated that there were 10 children and that they came to Wessington in 1994.  Helen also stated that William Henry migrated from Macon County, Illinois to Watertown (this must be Wessington, but I can't be sure).  He was the first man to file on land in Watertown, South Dakota on July 5, 1882 S. E/1/2 - 14.  He came first with his son John William, started farming with 3 horses then traded one for a yoke of oxen.  He wrote a brief family tree on 6/4/1910 that most of this data was derived.  The others followed with their families.

William Henry's children: 
      
       John William Daugherty (b. 1862, d 1927) married Mary Murphy in 1904. 
       William Daugherty (b. 1862).  This is the same person as John William.  Dad (Fred I) and Mom (Irene) lived with him and took care of him on his farm in rural Tulare, near Spotswood for one year in 1947 (approx).  Uncle Dick took care of him subsequently.
        Hattie (b. 1863) married William H. Place (b. 1862, d 1913).  Hattie was a school teacher for 65 years, lived in Wessington before she died.  When we were in town we always stopped at her house for coffee.  I am not sure when she died.  It was some time after 1950.  She died June 3, 1959.
        Her children: Laura Audrey Place, (b. 1888), married 1918 to John Sisco.  Laura's children were Helen Audrey Sisco (b. 1919), John William Sisco (b.1922), Paul Raymond Sisco (b. 1924), and Betty Ruth Sisco (1927).  Hattie's other children were Lillian Edna Place Pesicka, Park Edward Place and Dwight Harland Place."