The Shemwell Family

James Lemuel DaughertyAge: 94 years18661961

Name
James Lemuel Daugherty
Given names
James Lemuel
Surname
Daugherty
Birth November 8, 1866 32 22
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 54 days)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 54 days)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census July 20, 1870 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Lindsay Daugherty
July 13, 1873 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Daugherty
September 1874 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Lovejoy Daugherty
September 7, 1876 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterMary Leannah Daugherty
February 25, 1882 (Age 15 years)
MarriageDaisy Dora SwitzerView this family
February 4, 1895 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nina Lee Daugherty
March 29, 1896 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Benjamin Lewis Daugherty
April 9, 1897 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a daughter
#3
Noel Isabel Daugherty
December 3, 1899 (Age 33 years)
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Daisy Jim Daugherty
December 26, 1908 (Age 42 years)
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Robert Switzer Daugherty
August 18, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Eugene Nelson Daugherty
January 7, 1912 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherChristopher Columbus Daugherty
February 6, 1912 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherNancy Jane Lovejoy
May 23, 1913 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#7
Helen Joe Daugherty
February 7, 1918 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 51 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Lindsay Daugherty
1922 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Daugherty
August 2, 1939 (Age 72 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 73 years)
Death of a wifeDaisy Dora Switzer
July 7, 1940 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a daughterNina Lee Daugherty
January 13, 1955 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death April 11, 1961 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1863Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Leannah Daugherty
Birth: 1865 30 21Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: February 25, 1882Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
22 months
himself
7 years
younger brother
15 months
younger brother
George Daugherty
Birth: September 1874 39 30Denton, Texas, United States
Death: August 2, 1939Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Lovejoy Daugherty
Birth: September 7, 1876 41 32Denton, Texas, United States
Death: May 1966Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Daisy Dora Switzer - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 4, 1895Denton, Texas, United States
14 months
daughter
Nina Lee Daugherty
Birth: March 29, 1896 29 20Denton, Texas, United States
Death: January 13, 1955Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States
1 year
son
Benjamin Lewis Daugherty
Birth: April 9, 1897 30 21Denton, Texas, United States
Death: February 27, 1979Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Noel Isabel Daugherty
Birth: December 3, 1899 33 23Texas, United States
Death: June 23, 1988Gray, Texas, United States
9 years
daughter
Daisy Jim Daugherty
Birth: December 26, 1908 42 32Denton, Texas, United States
Death: April 1, 1999Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
20 months
son
Robert Switzer Daugherty
Birth: August 18, 1910 43 34Denton, Texas, United States
Death: November 19, 1971Texas, United States
17 months
son
Eugene Nelson Daugherty
Birth: January 7, 1912 45 35Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: February 26, 2005Lake Jackson, Brazoria, Texas, United States
6 years
daughter
Helen Joe Daugherty
Birth: February 7, 1918 51 41Estancia, Torrance, New Mexico, United States
Death: January 20, 2000Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Columbus Daugherty - Household

Precinct 1 Denton, Texas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Daugherty, Christopher Chead35MWFarmer4000200MOx
Daugherty, Nancy Jwife26FWKeeping HouseTX
Daugherty, Mary Ldaughter6FWAt HomeTXx
Daugherty, James Lson3MWAt HomeTX
Lovejoy, William??16MWAttending SchoolTXx

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Columbus Daugherty - Household

Ed 101 Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Daugherty, Christopher CWM45headMFarmerxxMOVAVA
Daugherty, Nancy JWF37wifeMKeeping HousexxTXMDMS
Daugherty, Mary LWF11daughterSAt SchoolxxxTXMOTX
Daugherty, James LWM13sonSAt SchoolxxxTXMOTX
Daugherty, GeorgeWM9sonSTXMOTX
Daugherty, Charles LWM6sonSTXMOTX
Daugherty, John LWM3sonSTXMOTX

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Lemuel Daugherty - Household

Justice Precinct 1, ED 57 Orange, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Daugherty, J SheadWMNov186732M6IAIAIABlacksmith0YesYesYesRH
Daugherty, DaisywifeWFMar187426M633IAIAIAYesYesYes
Daugherty, NinadaughterWFSept18963SIAIAIA
Daugherty, BenniesonWMJuly18972SIAIAIA
Daugherty, Noelson (s/b daughter)WM (s/b F)Nov18990 years 5 monthsSIAIAIA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Lemuel Daugherty - Household

Justice Precinct 1, ED 77 Denton, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Daugherty, James LheadMW43M15TXMOTXEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmEmpYesYesOMF
Daugherty, DaiseywifeFW34M1564IAMDIAEnglishNoneYesYes
Daugherty, NinadaughterFW14STXTXIAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Daugherty, BensonMW13STXTXIAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Daugherty, NoeldaughterFW10STXTXIAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Daugherty, DaiseydaughterFW1 year 5 monthsSTXTXIANone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Lemuel Daugherty - Household

ED 208 Estancia, Torrance, New Mexico, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Daugherty, James LheadOMMW53MNoYesYesTXMOTXYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Daugherty, DaisywifeFW42MNoYesYesIAVAIAYesNone
Daugherty, NoeldaughterFW20SNoYesYesTXTXIAYesSchool TeacherPublic SchoolW
Daugherty, DaisydaughterFW11SYesYesYesTXTXIAYesNone
Daugherty, RobertsonMW9SYesYesYesTXTXIAYesNone
Daugherty, EugenesonMW7SYesYesYesTXTXIAYesNone
Daugherty, HelendaughterFW1 year 10 monthsSNoNoNoNMTXIAYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Lemuel Daugherty - Household

Ed 4 Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, J LheadMMNoMW63M27NoYesTXMOTXYesLaborerHospital Odd Jobs7894WYesNo
Daugherty, DaisywifeFW54M18NoYesIAMDIAYesHousekeeperHospital6V94WYes
Daugherty, Helen JdaughterFW11SYesYesNMTXIAYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Lemuel Daugherty - Household

Justice Precinct 2 Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Daugherty, James LheadR20NoMW73MNoTX
Daugherty, Daisy DxwifeFW64MNoIASeamstressDress MakingOA60
Daugherty, Daisy JdaughterFW28SYesTXTrained NursePrivate Duty NursingOa390

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - James Lemuel Daugherty - Household

Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Thompson, Rufe BheadMW63MarTXWK48Hardware SalesmanRetail Hardware StoreP
Thompson, Noel IwifeFW50MarTXWK44SecretaryRailroad Commission (Oil and Gear)G
Daugherty, James Lfather-in-lawMW83WdTXU