Third Generation

67. Lydia ADAMS³ was born in 1819 in Indiana.³ She died in 1897 at the age of 78 in Claremont, Dodge County, Minnesota.³

Lydia married Robert E. Doughty on 21 Aug 1836, Marion Co IN. She is buried in Hiler Cemetery, Dresbach, Winona Co, Minnesota.

1880 Census. Lincoln Co, Minnesota, Hh 16
Richard Doughty, 40, Farmer, b. IN
Catharine, 34, wife, b. IN
Ida B., 13, dau, b. Minnesota
Clara A., 11, dau, b. Michigan, as were the rest of the children
Richard E., 7, son
Kate W., 5, dau
John R., 3, son
Frank, 10 months, b. July 1879
Lydia, 58, Mother, widow, b. IN

After Doughty. died in 1854, the family moved to Savannah, Illinois (presumably Savanna, Carroll County) for about a year, and later to Dresbach, Winona, Minnesota (across the Mississippi from La Crosse, Wisconsin).
Lydia was said to have later married a Mr. Carr who died when their one son Frank was about a year old. The 1860 census (Dresbach Post Office) showed "L Daughty" with "Francis Daughty" (age 4, born in Wisconsin) and four of her other children, all with surname "Daughty." The 1865 Minnesota state census for Winona County included Frank Doughty in the household of Lydia Doughty [indexed as "Daughty," given names "Sydia" and "Frunk"].
The 1880 census shows Lydia Doughty in the home of her son Richard Edward Doughty in Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was said to have also lived with her son Robert Milton Doughty in Pipestone County, and to have died at his home at Claremont at the age of 78.
[From 1967 family history by one of Lydia's great-granddaughters, Rosina Maria (Young) Widdifield, and a few other sources. A sketch (1879) of Robert M. Doughty's life is online in An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota (Arthur P. Rose, Luverne, Minn.: Northern History Pub. Co., 1911), p. 675-76.]

Lydia ADAMS and Robert DOUGHTY were married on 21 August 1836 in Marion County, Indiana. Robert DOUGHTY was born in 1817 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. He died in 1854 at the age of 37 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

Born about 1817 near Indianopolis (said to have been one of three sons, with father named Richard). Married Lydia Adams on 21 August 1836, Marion County, Indiana [marriage index]. According to a biographical sketch of their youngest son, Robert Milton Doughty, there were nine children in the family. (Seven have been accounted for.) The family moved about 1845 to a homestead near Springfield, Illinois, where they lived until the father's death.

Known children (first 4 born Indianapolis, last 3 born Springfield):
John Doughty, b. abt. 1838, died young.
Richard Edward Doughty (1840-1925), md. Mary Catherine Hiler, both buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Boone County, Arkansas.
Maria (Sarah Maria) Doughty, (abt. 1842-1881), md. James W Young.
Martha Jane Doughty (abt 1844 - 26 Mar 1907; md. Elisha Earl)
Robert Milton Doughty (b. 1847, d. 1912, Holland, Pipestone, Minnesota), md. 10 December 1872, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, Nettie C (Chloe Annette) Franklin [b. 1857, Ocola Township, Livingston, Michigan; d. 1950, Soldiers Home, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa; daughter of Kelly Shubel Franklin and Chloe Ann Mason]. Nettie was buried between Robert and her second husband John N Eckardt (buried 17 June 1941).
Mary Ann (or Anna) Doughty, b. abt. 1849, md. Hiram C Inman
Elizabeth Doughty, b. abt. 1851, d. unmarried
[From 1967 family history by one of Maria Doughty's granddaughters, Rosina Maria (Young) Widdifield, and a few other sources. A sketch (1879) of Robert M. Doughty's life is online in An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota (Arthur P. Rose, Luverne, Minn.: Northern History Pub. Co., 1911), p. 675-76.]

Lydia ADAMS and Robert DOUGHTY had the following children:

+266	i.	Richard Edward DOUGHTY Sr.
267	ii.	Sarah Maria DOUGHTY was born in 1842 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. She died on 7 September 1881 at the age of 39 in Dresbach, Winona County, Minnesota. Maria was buried "in Bluff Cemetery, Dakota, Minnesota, high above and overlooking the broad, beautiful Mississippi River, and just across the river from La Crosse." Born near Indianapolis, daughter of Robert E. Doughty and Lydia Adams. Died of tuberculosis at age 39. As "Sarah M. Doughty," she married 29 May 1861 at Dresbach, Winona, Minnesota, James W. Young (born 25 Dec 1837 Canada West [now southern Ontario, Canada]; died 7 Jan 1919 La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin; son of John Young [born about 1783-90 VT/NH] and Eliza (Owen ?) Young [born about 1801 in ME]). James W. and Maria had one child, Robert John Young. [From family history book (1967) by one of Maria's granddaughters, Rosina Maria "Marie" (Young) Widdifield, and a few other sources. Marie gave "Wilson" as the middle name of James W. Young. She once had a snapshot of Maria's grave marker. The inscription (below) was sent to her by "Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bateman who cared for the cemetery." They also sent her "Biography of James W Young" from History of Winona County (Chicago: H.H. Hill, 1883), pp. 729-31; now online] Bluff Cemetery is also known as Brown Cemetery. Compare these two accounts: "The first persons that died at Dakota and were buried in Bluff Cemetery were: Mrs. Eliza A. Brown, first wife of Nathan Brown, and infant of the same. Mrs. Brown died July 21, 1854, child August 16, 1854." [from "Buried in Dakota Cemetery," History of Winona County (1883, now online), p. 568] "Nathan Brown was the first burial within this cemetery. The exact date is not known other than it was prior to 1854. The first recorded burial was Mrs. Eliza Brown - Nathan's wife - who died on July 21, 1854. Her infant was the second recorded burial - the baby dying on August 16, 1854." [from "Cemetery notes and/or description" for Brown Cemetery (below) "Also known as: Dakota Cemetery"]
268	iii.	Martha Jane DOUGHTY was born in 1844 in Indiana. She died in 1907 at the age of 63 in South Dakota. Married first to Elisha Earl: Children: George Richard Earl 1860 – 1928 James Wilson Earl 1862 – 1937 Annie Laurie Earl 1864 – 1917 Married (2) Alonzo Douglas (11 Jul 1837- 15 Jun 1907) on 22 Feb 1872, Olmsted Co, Minnesota. Alonzo was the son of William and Jane (Morrison) Douglass. He was born in Darlington, Pennsylvania and went to Lee county, Iowa with his family about 1844. Alonzo served for the Union during the Civil War. On Feb. 22, 1872 Alonzo was married to Mrs. Martha J. (Doughty) Earl in Olmsted County, Minnesota. They were the parents of Dorothy Daisy, Lucy Jennette, Mabel Louisa, Maude Lynn, and Edna Estella "Margaret".
+269	iv.	Robert Milton DOUGHTY.