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William Daugherty
1/24/1818 - 8/26/1917
(Shown at age 82)
William Daugherty was born on January 24, 1818 somewhere in Pennsylvania and died on August 26, 1917 in Summit County, Ohio. He lived to be 99 years old.

His parents were John Daugherty and Anna Hilliard Daugherty. William married Elizabeth Marshall.
Children:
Jane C. (1833)
Mary (1836)
Charles(1838)
Marshall A. (1844)married Alice V. Creveline
Sarah (1848)married Webster H. Hawkins
William E. (1851)
Julia (1856) married Thomas K. Wilson
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Census1/1/1840 Philadelphia PA (Kinsington Ward 5 County) 21 yrs old 
This information, while true, may NOT apply to our William Daugherty.  pg. 8, line 12: Wm. Daugherty - one male - (Under 5), one males - (20 - 29), one female - (Under 5), one female - (20 - 29), Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1 
Census2/18/1850 Tallmadge OH (Summit County) 32 yrs old 
68 ,1287 -William Daugherty (age 27), Elizabeth Daugherty (34), Jane Daugherty (15), Mary Daugherty (14), Charles Daugherty (12), Marshall Daugherty (7), Sarah Daugherty (5), William Daugherty (1), Thomas Williams (28). William was born in PA and is a shoemaker. Elizabeth was born in Ireland. All children were born in OH. Thomas was born in Wales and is a shoemaker.  
Census7/12/1860 Cuyahoga Falls OH (Summit County) 42 yrs old 
#1068 - Wm Dougherty (age 40), Elizabeth Dougherty (48), Marshal Dougherty (16), Sarah Dougherty (14), Wm Dougherty (11)& Julia Dougherty (4).William was born in PA, Elizabeth in NY all others in OH. William's job is listed as a teamster. Estate value $1200, personal $200. 
Census1/1/1870 Cuyahoga Falls OH (Summit County) 51 yrs old 
353 -William Dougherty (age 50), Elizabeth Dougherty (59), William Dougherty (21)& Julia Dougherty (14).William was born in PA, Elizabeth in Ireland, all others in OH. William is a peddler of beneficiary or Confectionery (hard to make out work).The younger William is a blacksmith. 
Census6/15/1900 Portage PA (Summit County) 82 yrs old 
#175 -Webster H. Hawkins (59,Dec 1840), Sarah E. Hawkins (52,Jan 1848), Ruth T. Hawkins (22,Mar 1878 ), William H. Hawkins (24,Jan 1876), daughter in law:Mary Hawkins (25,Jan 1875), father in law:William Daugherty (80,Jan 1820), sister in law:Julia Wilson (44,Oct 1855). Webster and Sarah have been married 32 years. They have had 4 children, all are living. All were born in OH except William in PA, Webster's father in OH, mother in VT. Sarah's father in OH, mother in Ireland. William and Julia are widowers. William's parents were born in PA  
Graveyard/Tombstone8/26/1917 Akron, Glendale Cemetery OH (Summit County) 99 yrs old 
W. Daugherty
1818 -1917  

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12 1830 The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
21 1839 Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
26 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
35 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
38 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
41 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
47 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
51 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
59 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
61 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
71 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
77 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
79 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
82 1900 The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
82 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
83 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
84 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
85 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
86 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
88 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
88 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
88 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
94 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
95 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
96 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
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10 1828 Gold is discovered in Georgia.
16 1834 July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
43 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
44 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
64 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
67 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
90 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
94 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
95 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
99 1917 NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
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2 1820 The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
12 1830 Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
17 1835 Second Seminole Indian War begins.
19 1837 The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
22 1840 Oregon Trail is established
24 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
37 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
42 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
44 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
45 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
47 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
50 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
57 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
58 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
91 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
92 1910 Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
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15 1833 Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico
91 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
96 1914 World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
99 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
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Elizabeth Marshall
Born about 1812 and died on January 10, 1900
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The Children of William Daugherty

42 years old
Sarah E. Daugherty
Born in Summit County, Ohio on an unknown day in January 1848 and died somewhere in Ohio about 1940. She was about 92 years old.

She married Webster H. Hawkins
Children: Millie M. Hawkins (1871)
Mary E. Hawkins (1872)
William H. (1876)
Ruth Tina (1878) married Charles Rose...
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51 years old
William E. Daugherty
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on June 12, 1851 and died in Akron, Summit County, Ohio on March 1, 1932. He was 80 years old.

His parents were William Daugherty (1/24/1818 PA -8/26/1917 OH)and Elizabeth Marshall Daugherty(1812 Ireland -1900 OH). His grandparents were John Daugherty and Anna Hilliard Daugherty.

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30 years old
Julia A. Daugherty
Born in Summit County, Ohio on October 5, 1855 and died in Summit County, Ohio on August 22, 1932. She was 76 years old.

She married Thomas K. Wilson (1/12/1855 - 1/21/1900)...
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