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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Doubleday, Ulysses, soldier. He was a federal officer; and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Feb. 11, 1893, in Tyrone, N.C.

Doubleday, Ulysses F., journalist, congressman, was born Dec. 15, 1793, in New Lebanon, Conn. For twenty years he edited a journal in the city of Auburn. In 1831-33 and 1835-37 he was a representative from Illinois to the twenty-second and twentyfourth congresses. He died March 11, 1866, in Belvidere,

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Doucet, Edward, educator,

college

presi-

was born March 12, 1835, in Canada. In 1863 he was elected president of St. dent,

Johns college. He died Dec. 9, 1890, in Fordham, N.Y. Dougherty, Charles, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1850, in Athens, Ga. In 1876-84 he was a representative in the Florida legislature; was speaker of the house. In 1885-89 he was a representative from Florida to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a democrat.

Dougherty, Daniel, lawyer, orator, was born Oct. 15, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was known throughout the country as the Silvertongued Orator.

He

died Sept.

5,

1892,

in Philadelphia, Pa.

Dougherty, Denis J., clergyman, bishop. For several years he was connected with the St. Charles seminary at Overbrook, Pa. Since 1903 he has been Roman catholic bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippine Islands. Dougherty, Hugh, banker, statesman, was born July 28, 1844, in Darke county, Ohio. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, enlisting as a

member F,

of

company

ninety-fourth

reg-

iment of Ohio volun-

made

prisoner of war, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, until his exchange. After his military career he entered business pursuits;

became

ant cashier

in

Dougherty, John, business man, was born April 8, 1840, in Ireland. In 1888 he became general manager of the Colorado coal and iron company of Pueblo, Col.; and has been director and trustee of numerous railroad corporations of New York City. Dougherty, John, lawyer. Journalist, congressman, was born Feb. 25, 1857, in Piatt county. Mo. In 1881-86 he was city attorney of Liberty, Mo.; was editor of the Liberty Tribune from 1885-88; in 1888-94 was prosecuting attorney of Clay county. In 18991905 he was a representative from Missouri to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fiftyeightli congresses as a democrat. He died in 1905 in Liberty, Mo. Dougherty, Paul, painter, artist, was born Sept. 6, 1877, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1905 he was awarded the Osborn prize. He is represented by a collection of paintings at the Corcoran gallery of art in Washington, D.C.; and by a collection at the Brooklyn institute. He has made a specialty of marine and coast scenes. He is an associate academician. Dougherty, Thomas E., merchant, manuwas born in 1856 in Port Byron, N.Y. In 3 880 he established a new enterprise in the manufacture of New England mince meat. He sold that business in 1^95 facturer,

and became

sole owner and president of Schaeffer piano manufacturing company. In 1895 he was chosen president of Ashland Club of Chicago.

Dougherty,

assist-

the First

William

Edgeworth,

soldier,

was born Sept. 29, 1841, in Ireland. In 186063 he served from private to first sergeant in the United States army; was second lieutenant in 1863-65 and became first lieutenant in 1865. In 1904 he was retired at his own

request as brigadier-general, after a service of nearly forty-four years.

He was

teer infantry.

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Doughty, John, in

New York

was born in 1754 acted as commander

soldier,

City.

He

of the American army by seniority of rank in 1784-89. In 1785 he built Fort Harmar, which was the first post of the kind within the bounds of Ohio. In 1790 he built Fort Washington, where Cincinnati now stands. It was between the present Third and Fourth streets and is represented in the illustration. He died Sept. 16, 1826, in Morristown, N.J. Doughty, Thomas, painter, artist, was bom July 19, 1793, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the earliest American artists to make evident the charm of what is called the silvery tone; and to reproduce autumnal effects with genuine grace and emphasis. His works include A Peep at the Catskills; View on the Hudson; Lake Scene; Old Mill; Delaware Water-Gap; and Scene on the Susquehanna. He died July 24, 1856, in New

national bank of Bluffof which his uncle, John Studabaker, was president. The title of this bank was subsequently changed to the Studabaker bank, of which institution llr. Dougherty has been president since 1895. He was largely instrumental in the building of several railroads, and has been active and liberal in the promotion of all material interests in his city and county, and has been equally conspicuous in advancing the cause of education and morality. In 1870 he was elected to the Indiana state senate; and served with distinction in that body. In 1878 he was a candidate for congress; and was a dele-

Doughty, William Henry, physician, surgeon, was bom Feb. 5, 1836, in Augusta, 6a.

gate to the democratic national convention and again in 1892.

In 1867-75 he three times held the professorship of materia medica and therapeutics in

ton,

in 1884

York

City.