When William Patrick Dougherty was born on 1 August 1859, in South Carolina, United States, his father, John Wade Daugherty, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Parks, was 32. He married Martha Jane Odom on 25 January 1890. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Kathleen, Polk, Florida, United States in 1920 and Polk, Florida, United States in 1930. He died on 1 May 1932, in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Socrum, Polk, Florida, United States.
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In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Conan, Daley, Donal, Paddy.
Irish and Manx: variant of Doherty .
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