Hood County Texas Genealogical Society
MATHEW DAUGHERTY
From Indian Territory
Its Chiefs, Legislators & Leading Men
by H.F. & E. S. O'Beirne
Mathew
Daugherty was born September 24, 1839, in the State of Arkansas, third son of
James Daugherty. He attended school till he was ten years of age in Texas
County, Missouri, after which (in 1849) he moved with his father to Denton
County, Texas, where he went to the neighborhood schools till 1854, after which
he entered McKenny College, Clarksville, Texas, and in 1857 commenced the study
of law, which he continued until the outbreak of the war, when he enlisted in
the Choctaw and Chickasaw mounted rifles. After the close of the war he
admitted to the bar, and elected to the office of county judge, which position
he held till 1868 and resigned. Since that time he has been practicing his
profession in Denton County, and at this writing is contemplating a removal to
the Cherokee Nation, of which he is a citizen, and intends settling in
Tahlequah, where he will practice in the courts of that district. In November,
1868, Mr. Daugherty married Miss Josephine Stimler, daughter of John Stimler, a
merchant of Denton, by whom he has four children—Stimler, Mathew, Lawrence and
Mosby. Their mother died in 1873, at Granbury, Hood County, Texas. Mr.
Daugherty owns property to the amount of about $4,000, in town; a fine
residence and 1000 acres in Wise County, Texas, together with 500 acres in
Denton, Texas. He is five feet, seven inches high, weighs 145 pounds, and is a
man of deep and varied knowledge, having a profound mind which he still
continues to cultivate in the various branches of learning. Mr. Daugherty is
also an excellent lawyer, and is very popular in Denton County.
GRANBURY CEMETERY - LOT 53 Elizabeth
Josephine Stemler Daugherty b.
01/31/1847 d.
02/22/1883 Daughter
of John & Anna Maria LaPayne Stemmler Wife
of Capt. Matt Daugherty Susan
Christina Daugherty b.
03/02/1880 d.
09/16/1880 Daughter
of Elizabeth & Matt |
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