James Franklin Daugherty and Cora Mae Jones

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Husband James Franklin Daugherty ¹

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           Born: 20 Dec 1873 - Nectarine, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 2 Apr 1917 - Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Jesse Jerome Daugherty (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elethea Hoffman (1853-1922)

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       Marriage: 24 Sep 1902 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Cora Mae Jones ¹

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           Born: 4 Dec 1880 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1975 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Henry L. Jones (1858-1892) 1 4
         Mother: Catherine E. Hoffman (1858-1940) 1

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   Other Spouse: Samuel Edson Hoffman (1886-1941) - 1923 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Adrian P. Daugherty ¹

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            AKA: Adrien Daugherty
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2 M Alton I. Daugherty ¹

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           Born: 4 Oct 1906
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           Died: Jun 1978 - ? Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Thelma F. Blair (1908-2005)
           Marr: 1944 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 F Catherine F. Daugherty ¹

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            AKA: Kathryn Daugherty
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General Notes: Husband - James Franklin Daugherty

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He was born at Nectarine, Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and received a good education in the schools of that neighborhood. When sixteen years old he went to Bullion, Clinton Township, where he started work as an oil rig builder with Mr. Porter, in whose employ he remained two years. At the age of eighteen years he launched out for himself, as a contractor in rig building, in which line he continued during the remainder of his life, attaining standing and popularity by his thoroughly reliable and skillful work. When twenty-seven years old he also became interested in drilling, buying a share in a string of drilling tools, continuing this for two years in connection with his other business, and managing his own outfit. He always operated solely on his own account in the construction of rigs, ordinarily employing from six to ten men, but often as many as eighteen, and having five rigs under construction at one time. He was engaged principally in the Bullion oil field. As his experience of the various branches of the business enlarged he also undertook different work, installing power plants for pumping and pumping connections with the wells. Subsequently he again went into drilling, operating a set of tools during the last five years of his life. Mr. Daugherty's work recommended itself, and his business grew to such proportions that he was kept busy constantly, becoming the leading rig builder in this region and held in equal repute in his other enterprises. Naturally his investments were largely in oil leases. In 1906 he secured an interest in a lease on the Westlake farm and immediately commenced drilling, taking charge of the work himself and also overseeing the production. Twenty good wells were sunk there, and yielded so profusely that the lease was considered one of the best in that field. He also had a share in the Donaldson farm lease, where five wells were sunk, and was overseer of the work there also. For five years he held a quarter interest in the Myrtle Oil Company, which had twenty-three producing wells, a number of which were drilled by him, but sold out his share in that company, though it paid handsomely. Mr. Daugherty was devoted to his business, though it kept him out long hours and in all conditions of weather. He met his death while looking after some drilling operations which he had under way in Mercer County. One of the severest storms ever known to have occurred there came up, and the wind blew the derrick down upon him, killing him instantly. Mr. Daugherty had given little time to recreation during his busy life, though he enjoyed hunting when the opportunity offered. [HVC 1919, 873]

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General Notes: Wife - Cora Mae Jones

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SSDI: CORA HOFFMAN 04 Dec 1880 Aug 1975 16372 (Clintonville, Venango, PA) (none specified) 185-20-9838 Pennsylvania

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 873.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 50.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 52.

4 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 34.