Pretty free-wheeling history, isn't it?
BTW: The "real" Samuel's name was Daugherty, not Dougherty. I bet this is the first time that mistake was ever made!
It's from a history of Illinois that's archived on the Web. I was looking for the Samuel Dougherty who was a Missouri legislator in 1860. This didn't help me any.James Derrick settled where Samuel Dougherty now lives in 1830. That loca- tion was on Sec. 14. That same year all the family had the bilious fever, and Mrs. Derrick took an overdose of lauda- num and died. Derrick knocked around about a year, married a widow named Hurd, and moved to Missouri. He was driven out of there by bushwhackers during the war. He returned to Mis- souri after the rebellion was over.
BTW: The "real" Samuel's name was Daugherty, not Dougherty. I bet this is the first time that mistake was ever made!