Fourth Generation

266. Richard Edward DOUGHTY Sr was born on 12 January 1840 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. He died on 2 January 1925 at the age of 84 in Self, Boone County, Arkansas.

Marriage (1) Mary Catherine Hiler b: Sep 23 1845 in Beetown, Vermillion Co., IN
Married (2) Oct 26 1861

Richard E Doughty enlisted as a Private from Trempealeau, Wisconsin on Nov 23, 1863 in Company C, 30th Wisconsin Infantry and served during the remainder of the Civil War. Mustered out 20 Sep 1865, Louisville, KY.
This unit had an interesting and rather unusual history: it was kept in Wisconsin for its first six months to help guard against Indian uprisings and police the draft, then were sent into the Dakota Territory on Sully's Northwest Indian Expedition of 1863-4 during which they built and garrisoned Fort Rice, and finally sent to Kentucky to serve on provost duty guarding POWs at the military prison in Louisville.
PVT Doughty would have joined the regiment after they returned from the Dakota Territory. He mustered out with the unit on Sep 20, 1865. My gg-grandfather, PVT Henry Procter, served with PVT Richard Doughty in Co C, 30th WI Infantry.

Civil War Pension Index
Richard E. Doughty served in Co C, 30th Wisconson Infantry. widow, Catharine Doughty. He applied for invalid pension, 7 Jan 1880. She applied from Arkansas, 3 Apr 1925.

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

1900 Census. Ripley, Dodge Co, Minnesota, Hh 151
Richard E. Doughty, b. Jan 1840, age 60, married 38 years, b. IN, Farmer
Mary C., wife, b. Sep 1845, 54, 4 children (counted only those in the household), b. IN
Frank, son, b. Jul 1879, 20, b. Michigan
Jennie M., dau, b. Apr 1882, 18, b. MN
Ford, son, May 1886, 16, b. MN
Edna, dau, b. Oct 1886, 13, b. MN

1910 Census. Rodeo, Grant Co, New Mexico, Hh 5
Mary C. Doughty, 65, married once for 49 years, Had 13 children - 9 are living, b. IN, Farmer
Richard E., Sr., husband, 70, b. IN, survivor of Union Army

1920 Census. Bearcreek Twp, Boone Co, AR, Hh 27
Richard Doughty, 79, b. IN, Farmer
Cathren, wife, 74, b. IN

Richard Edward DOUGHTY Sr and Mary Catherine HILER were married in 1862 in Campbell, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Mary Catherine HILER was born on 23 September 1845 in Beetown, Vermillion County, Indiana. She died on 28 December 1925 at the age of 80 in Dresbach, Winona County, Minnesota.

Richard Edward DOUGHTY Sr and Mary Catherine HILER had the following children: