John W. Daugherty
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
John W. Daugherty
John W. Daugherty, a stock farmer and fruit grower, of Scott County, Mo., was born in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., February 28, 1835 and is the son of William and Pauline (Mansfield) Daugherty. William Daugherty was born in Cape Girardeau, in the same house in which the subject of this sketch was born. Pauline Mansfield was born in Kentucky, 1806, and came to Missouri with her parents about 1809. The family located in New Madrid County, but after the earthquake of 1812, removed to Scott County. William Daugherty was a son of Elijah Daugherty, a native of Virginia, who removed to Missouri, and located near Jackson in the early settlement of Cape Girardeau County. He died in 1856, at about seventy-eight years of age. His wife, Patty Daugherty, died about 1840. Their children were William, John H., Jarvis, Joseph Sarah, Betsy, Emily, Mary and Martha (all deceased). To William and Pauline Daugherty were born six children, viz: Elijah (deceased), Agnes (also deceased), Mary (living in Illinois), John W., Joseph (of Scott County), and Jarvis (of New Madrid County). Their mother died on December 24, 1839 after which Mr. Daugherty married Jane Griffin, a native of Indiana, who died in 1859, leaving three children, Sarah, Matilda and Patty. William Daugherty died in April 1873. John W. Daugherty commenced work for himself in 1857, but made his home with his father until his marriage in 1861, when he located on a farm in Scott County, but removed to his present improved farm in 1866. He was married February 28, 1861, in this county, by Rev. Rucker, to Elizabeth Price, who was born March 6, 1839 and reared in Scott County, Mo., but was educated at Hopkinsville, Ky. She is the daughter of Thomas H. and Mary (Baldwin) Price, early settlers in Scott County. Thomas Harrison Price was born March 2, 1808, in Alexander County, Md., near the Potomac River. His parents died when he was quite young, leaving a family of two girls and six or eight boys. Harriet and Ann were the daughters. One of them married a John Wood, the first settler of Woodville, Ky.; the other married John Wilcox. The sons were Richard, Robert, Joseph and William Elgin. William Price lived in Hopkinsville, Ky., about fifty years, and died there about 1869 or 1870. He was married to Miss Margaret Coleman, of Hopkinsville. Thomas H. Price's first wife was from Kentucky - Miss Mildred Mansfield. They moved to Missouri, about 1831 or 1832 and had two children: John Wesley and Mary. Mrs. Price died about 1834. Mary Baldwin, his second wife, was born August 8, 1813. They were married October 20, 1836, and had the following named children: Thomas William (deceased), born September 7, 1837; Elizabeth Winafred, March 6, 1839; Termelia Adaline, March 20, 1841; Ann Eliza, November 1, 1843; Edward Harrison, March 14, 1846; Washington Price (deceased), January 28, 1849; Charles Robert, April 7, 1851; Benjamin Franklin (deceased), May 25, 1854 and Richard Jefferson, February 1, 1856. Mr. Price died October 7, 1864. His widow lives in Texas with her youngest son. Her children are Elizabeth, Adaline, Anna, Edward, Robert and Jefferson. Mr. Daugherty is a member of the A.F. & A.M. and of the Agricultural Wheel. Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty have eight boys and two girls, one of whom is dead, Elijah M., born April 14, 1862, died September 28, 1863. Those living, with dates of birth, are as follows: Margaret Elnora, March 18, 1864; William Thomas May 18, 1866; Pearl Edward, August 27, 1868; John Alexander, September 14, 1870; Mary Alberty, February 10, 1873; Benjamin Robert, April 13, 1875; Marshal Ernest October 31, 1877; Holcombe May, December 12, 1879; Paul Batten, August 10, 1882.
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