West Virginia Pioneers

John Wesley Doughty

Male 1856 - 1934  (78 years)


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  • Name John Wesley Doughty 
    Born 28 Feb 1856  Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Nov 1934  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Kentuck, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Belgrove from the Jackson Herald of March 23, 1917.
      Mrs Boyd Casto, of Aplin, passed through our ville, Friday, enroute to Pleasant Run, to see her father, John doughty, who is seriously ill with measles.

      Name: John Wesley Doughty
      Sex: male white
      Death Date: 29 Nov 1934
      Death Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 78y9m1d
      Cemetery: Click Cem, Jackson co
      Funeral Home:
      Birth Date: 2/28/1856
      Birth Place: Fletcher, WV
      Marital Status: divorced
      Spouse: Mary Cordelia Doughty
      Occupation: retired farmer
      Mother: Rachel Scarbarry [Scarberry]
      Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
      Father: J. W. Doughty [This should be I. W. for Isaac Wesley]
      Father's Birth Place: Virginia
      Informant: Lewis Casto, Charleston, WV
      [his is Rachel's husband, John's daughter by his first wife Lucinda Moore]
      b. 2/26/1856

      John Wesley Doughty
      Funeral services for John Wesley Doughty, 78, who died Thursday at his home on the Sissonville Road are to be held at two o'clock this afternoon at the Goshen Mission Baptist church in Jackson County. Burial will be in Click cemetery.
      Surviving are the widow, Mrs Mary Cordelia Doughty; seven daughters: Mrs Rachel Casto, Mrs Virginia Rhodes, Mrs Annabelle Rhodes and Mrs Opal Rhodes of this city; Mrs Myrtle Casto and Mrs Nettie Fields, Staats Mill, and Mrs Stella Morris of Elizabeth; five sons: James Doughty, Big Chimney; Lowney Doughty, Beach Grove; Enos Doughy, Akron, O., Henry Doughty, St Albans, and Melford Doughty, this city, and three sisters, Mrs Hester Scarbro of Vickers, Mrs Susan Scarberry of Ohio and Mrs Phoebe Williams of Procterville.
    Person ID I42089  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Isaac Wesley Doughty,   b. 28 Mar 1828, Mercer Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1886, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Rachel Scarberry,   b. 2 Apr 1816, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1902, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1853  Gallia County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1860 Guyan, Gallia, OH # 1609-1568
      Isaac Dabley 34 Pa
      Rachel 33 Va
      George 14 Oh
      Zachariah 11 Oh
      Hester 7 Oh
      John 4 Oh
      Phoebe 2 Oh
      Phoebe Haskins 18 Oh pauper
      [This George is the right age to be the one living with Zachariah Scarberry in 1850]

      1880 Census Place: Washington, Jackson, West Virginia
      Isaac W. DOUGHTY Self M M W 54 PA PA PA
      Rachal DOUGHTY Wife F M W 53 OH WV WV
      Hester A. DOUGHTY Dau F S W 25 OH
      Celie J. DOUGHTY Dau F S W 21 OH
      Elisibeth S. DOUGHTY Dau F S W 18 OH
      Phebe A. DOUGHTY Dau F S W 15 OH

      1900 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV # 92, l/w dau Phebe
      Doughty, Rachel, mil, 4/1816, wd, 7-6, OH WV VA

      JoAnn Jones:" they came to Jackson Co right after the Civil War. Isaac built a log cabin near Kentuck, Jackson Co. and John Wesley built another cabin after his marriage to my grandmother for his growing family. Isaac served in the OH Volunteers 173rd Reg Inf. during the war and was born in Mercer Co. PA."

      Poling Cemetery
      Isaac W Doughty 3/28/1828 - 7/17/1886
      Rachel Doughty, 1812- 1902
    Family ID F6978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucinda Moore,   b. 6 Jun 1864, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 31 Jan 1878  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • There were two John Doughty/Daugherty's and both married Lucindas. The other one is in Roane Co in 1880.
    Children 
     1. James Wesley Doughty,   b. 17 Jan 1877, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1944, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Samuel W Doughty,   b. Feb 1879, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1934  (Age ~ 55 years)
     3. Albert L Doughty,   b. Jan 1883, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1934  (Age ~ 51 years)
     4. William Alonzo Doughty,   b. 2 Jun 1885, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1968, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. Rachel Katherine Doughty,   b. 11 Mar 1889, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1980, McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F11985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Cordelia Carpenter,   b. 6 Mar 1878, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1957, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1892  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 4 Feb 1892 at the residence of Henry Carpenter
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      John W Doughty, 35, Cabell Co, WV; Kentuck, WV
      Mary Cordelia Carpenter, 14, Roane Co, WV; Kentuck, WV

      1900 Washington Dist Jackson Co WV
      John W Doughty 2/1856 m 8y WV OHOH
      Mary C 3/1878 m 8y 4-4 children WVWVWV
      Samuel W 2/1879 WVWVWV
      Albert L 1/1883 WVWVWV
      William A 6/1884 WVWVWV
      Rachel C 3/1888 WVWVWV
      Nora N 3/1893 WVWVWV
      Icy M 10/1894 WVWVWV
      Ennis L son 1/1897 WVWVWV
      Arstella B 5/1899 WVWVWV

      1910 Washington Dist Jackson Co WV
      Doughty, John W 52 m2 17yWV OH OH
      Mary 32 m1 17y 8-8 children WV
      Rachel 21
      Netra N 17
      Iva M 15
      Enus L 13
      Stella B 10
      John A 8
      Henry C 6
      Obra C 4
      Milford O 1.2

      1920 Washington, Jackson, WV Census
      Morris, Arthur M 22
      Stella B 20
      Mary V 1.6
      Doughty, John W 63 fil WV PA OH
      Mary 42 mil
      Henry C 16 bil
      Milford 11 bil
      Jennie 8 sil
      Annie B 6 sil
      Opal 3.1 sil

      1930 Washington, Jackson, WV
      Fields, Alfred 39 m age 26 WV
      Netra 37 m age 24 WV
      Doughty, John fil 74 m age 27 WV PA KY
    Children 
     1. Nettie Nora Netra Doughty,   b. Mar 1893, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1977  (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. Iva Myrtle Doughty,   b. 24 Oct 1894, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1999, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 104 years)
     3. Enos Luster Doughty,   b. 26 Jan 1897, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1980, Summit County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. Stella B Doughty,   b. 30 May 1899, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Sep 2009  (Age < 110 years)
     5. John Austin Doughty,   b. 29 Aug 1901, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1917  (Age 15 years)
     6. Henry Carson Doughty,   b. Abt 1904, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1998, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 94 years)
     7. Aubra Carmel Doughty,   b. 2 Mar 1906, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1917, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     8. Milford Orel Doughty,   b. 15 May 1908, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Sep 2009  (Age < 101 years)
     9. Mary Virginia Doughty,   b. 28 Feb 1911, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1990, Crystal River, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     10. Annabelle Rebecca Doughty,   b. 25 Dec 1913, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 2011, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     11. Opal Jane Doughty,   b. 13 Nov 1916, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 2009, Circleville, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F11984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    3. [S61] Marriage Records, Gallia Co, OH.

    4. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.

    5. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.