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Descendants of Bennett Doherty




Generation No. 1


1. BENNETT1 DOHERTY was born May 07, 1834, and died July 05, 1888 in Liberty Twsp., Warren Co. Iowa. He married LYDIA JANE COLES November 18, 1860 in Iowa, daughter of JAMES COLES and MARY PEARSON. She was born February 13, 1837 in Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio, and died July 05, 1888 in Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa.


Children of BENNETT DOHERTY and LYDIA COLES are:

2. i. MARY ROSELLA2 DOHERTY, b. September 12, 1861, Iowa; d. June 29, 1939, Driftwood Precinct, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska.

ii. RUENA DOHERTY, b. July 29, 1863; d. July 18, 1869.

iii. UNNAMED SON DOHERTY, b. March 18, 1865; d. March 18, 1865.

3. iv. LISSIE ARMINDA MAY DOHERTY, b. May 01, 1867; d. August 14, 1915, Nebraska.

4. v. BENJAMIN PEARSON DOHERTY, b. April 21, 1869, Iowa; d. October 22, 1945.

vi. CORA DOHERTY, b. 1870.

Notes for CORA DOHERTY:

Cora may be the daughter who was born dead?

vii. EMILY DIANTHA DOHERTY, b. January 06, 1870; d. January 27, 1871.

viii. UNNAMED DAUGHTER DOHERTY, b. February 02, 1871; d. February 02, 1871.

ix. JAMES WILLIAM DOHERTY, b. September 1873; m. ROSELLA KELLUM; b. 1877, Humboldt; d. 1961.

Notes for JAMES WILLIAM DOHERTY:

Went by William.

More About JAMES WILLIAM DOHERTY:

Census 1900: Iowa, Lucas County, Otter Creek Twsp., Page 269a, living with the Harris family nextdoor to Ben Doherty

Census 1920: January 19, 1920, Iowa, Webster Co., Fort Dodge, E.D. 253, Sheet 1B

Residence: 1939, Ft. Dodge, Iowa1

x. WALTER ALBERT ALVA DOHERTY, b. January 19, 1877; d. 1951, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska.

More About WALTER ALBERT ALVA DOHERTY:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 180

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 1B

Nickname: Alvie

Residence: 1939, Culbertson, Nebraska1

xi. SAMUEL SMITH DOHERTY, b. January 19, 1879, Warren Co., Iowa; d. July 27, 1956, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska.

More About SAMUEL SMITH DOHERTY:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Stone Church, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 180

Census 1920: January 08, 1920, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 135, Sheet 1B, living with nephews James and Henry Cackler

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 1B

Funeral: Herrman Funeral Home, Rev. Adrian Edgar

Residence: 1939, Culbertson, Nebraska1



Generation No. 2


2. MARY ROSELLA2 DOHERTY (BENNETT1) was born September 12, 1861 in Iowa, and died June 29, 1939 in Driftwood Precinct, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska. She married (1) ERIE L. SMITH November 04, 18761. He died 1879. She married (2) SIMPSON EDWARDS October 16, 1880 in Warren or Lucas Co., Iowa, son of ABEL EDWARDS and LUCY BENNETT. He was born May 12, 1860 in Lucas Co., Iowa, and died January 08, 1936 in Culbertson, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska1.

More About MARY ROSELLA DOHERTY:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 179

Funeral: By Rev. J.N. Underhill at the Stone church at Grove Cemetery

Notes for SIMPSON EDWARDS:

EDWARDS, SIMPSON AND ROSELLA

Life was hard in the early years in this county. Simpson and Rosella Edwards and their family started to come here from Lucas Co., IA in 1887. They were in a covered wagon with their family and everything they owned. It came a big blizzard when they had been on the road only a few days. Simpson sent Rosella and the four youngest children who were two, four and six and nine years old on to McCook on the train. Rosella did not know anyone in McCook.

When they got off the train there was a man on the platform. Rosella asked him if he knew how they could get to Marion. He said he was going there and she could ride with him. She asked if he knew John Matson, he said, "Yes, he is my next door neighbor." so they went to Marion with him. The rest of

the family came on in the covered wagon. They got a homestead in teh southeast part of Hitchcock Co., and built a dugout to live in. The boys had to herd the livestock as there were no fences. They had a dug well and got the water out of it with a samll barrel and a horse to pull it out. They farmed with almost no equipment. They had a sorghum mill and made sorghum for the neighbors. One whole winter they had nothing to eat but cornbread and sorghum. The children had to take it to school for lunch. The sorgham sank through the cornbread onto the bottom of the little tin buckets they used for lunch pails. One day Bud got choked on the cornbread. The teacher gave him a piece of white bread with butter to eat. Alfred said he surely wished it had been him who choked. He never would eat sorghum after that.

The children had to walk four miles to school. They were very poor. They tied rags around their feet for overshoes. Alfred was four years old. He said he would have frozen if his sister, Phoebe, hadn't hung onto his hand and walked so fast that he had to run all the way. Times were so hard that Simpson got a job working on the Burlington railroad grade. Rosella had a big tent where she cooked for the workers.

Simpson got $25 a month and furnished his own team of horses. Later they went back to the farm where they lived the rest of their lives.

by Elfie Johnson

Sent to me via e-mail from Brenda Daniel, Hitchcock Co. USGENWEB page, cookierm@gpcom.net.



More About SIMPSON EDWARDS:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 179

Census 1920: January 06, 1920, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 135, Sheet 1A

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 2A

Migration: 1887, Migrated to Hitchcock Co., Nebraska


Children of MARY DOHERTY and ERIE SMITH are:

i. BARTON A.3 SMITH, b. April 02, 1877; d. August 23, 1905.

ii. PHEBE ANN SMITH, b. August 16, 1878, Warren Co., Iowa; d. October 13, 1961, McCook, Nebraska; m. GEORGE ARTHUR MATSON, October 03, 18972; b. May 18, 1877, Nebraska; d. Bet. June 05 - 07, 1947, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska.

More About PHEBE ANN SMITH:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 178

Residence: Bet. 1897 - 1958, Homestead south of Culbertson, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska

Residence2: Bet. 1958 - 1961, McCook, Nebraska

Notes for GEORGE ARTHUR MATSON:

MATSON, GEORGE & PHEBE ANN

George Arthur Matson, seventh child of John Gomery Matson and Phebe Ann Coles Matson, arrived into the world on 18 May 1877. He was born in Nuckolls Co., NE. He moved with his parents to the southeastern area of Hitchcock County in 1881. His parents were farmers. He and his future wife, Phebe Ann Smith, received their schooling in Dist. #3. They were united in marriage 3 Oct, 1897. They raised a big crop of corn the first year and sold it for 15 cents a bushel. They lived near Marian, NE when they were first married. In 1899 they homesteaded 160 acres in Hitchcock co. They lived there for 5 years before they could prove up on it.

"Times were pretty hard for several years and George worked out most of the time. Part of the time for 50 cents a day only getting home on weekends. Our livestock we had when we started out was a little team of mules, a crooked legged horse and a heifer. The first house we lived in on the homestead was made of sod. We dug out a bedroom on the side of the house. It had a ridge log with tree limbs for rafters with the brush and dirt for a roof. It had a dirt floor and I sewed gunny sacks together to make a carpet and scrubbed it with a broom." (Phebe Ann Matson's diary 1952) The children born to this union were: son 31 May 1898; Mildred Delsie 5 Aug 1899; Barton Rea 31 Jan 1904; Erma Fern 16 June 1906; Erie 21 Feb 1910; and Verla 14 Oct 1920.

The young couple suffered many hardships including drought, prairie fire, and the loss of their first child. They milked lots of cows and sold the cream to help make a living. At one time they moved north into the sandhills for a short time. George carried mail from McCook on a start route from 1934-1938. Phebe stayed home and cared for things. They reared their two granddaughters who's mother burned to death when they were babies. They were Dorthy and Beulah Matson. The church to which they belonged held church in the homes of the members. They often had a number of preachers living with them. Phebe Ann Smith was the daughter of Erie L. Smith and Mary Rosella Doherty Smith. Her birthdate was 16 Sep 1878 and her birthplace was Warren Co., IA. Her father died when her brother was 2 years old and she was 10 months. Her mother married Simpson Edwards in 1880 and the family moved to Hitchcock Co.

in 1887. George died in his sleep the morning of 5 Jun 1947. Phebe lived the last three years of her life in McCook where she was cared for in the home of one of her church members. She died 13 Oct 1961. Borth are buried in the Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., NE.

by Alta Fahrenbruch

Transcribed by Brenda Daniel, cookierm@gpcom.net, and extracted from Hitchcock County History book published in 1989

More About GEORGE ARTHUR MATSON:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 178

Residence: 1926, Culbertson, Nebraska

Residence2: 1944, Culbertson, Nebraska


Children of MARY DOHERTY and SIMPSON EDWARDS are:

iii. ALTON MARTIN3 EDWARDS, b. April 02, 1881, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska or Lucas Co., Iowa; d. January 31, 1958, Nebraska; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) SARAH AGNES MCALISTER, March 16, 1904; b. Bet. 1883 - 1886, Colorado; d. 1966, Nebraska.

More About ALTON MARTIN EDWARDS:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 179

Census 1930: Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 1B

Nickname: Bud

Occupation: 1939, Janitor at the Hitchcock Co. Courthouse

Residence: 1944, Trenton, Nebraska

More About SARAH AGNES MCALISTER:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 179

Nickname: Winnie

iv. JOSEPH ALFRED EDWARDS, b. January 01, 1883, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska or Lucas Co., Iowa; d. August 1967, Stratton, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska; m. MABEL ELFIE HAINING, December 22, 1909, Trenton, Nebraska; b. August 05, 1890, Cornell, Nebraska (nearby).

Notes for JOSEPH ALFRED EDWARDS:

The social security records and census list his name as Alfred Edwards.

EDWARDS, ALFRED AND MABEL

Alfred Edwards was born in Lucas co., IA 1 Jan 1883. He came to Hitchcock Co. with his family when he was four years old. Mabel Haning was born near Cornell, NE 5 Aug 1890. Mabel and Alfred were

married at Trenton, NE 22 Dec 1909. They lived in the north part of his father and mother's house for the first two or three years years of their marriage, then they moved about two miles south to an old dugout on the George Matson place where they farmed for sometime. There Elfie was born, 11 Jan 1913. When she was a year and a half old, they bought a farm in the southeast corner of Hitchcock Co., on Ledge Creek, about two miles down on the hill from where they were living. They dug the cactus off the ground, planted trees and built all the buildings. They built the house first, then the barn and all the other

buildings. Mother helped with all the carpenter work, fence building and other work. Mabel was so happy with the new house. She said she felt like she was living in a palace. If you have ever lived in a leaky mouse infested old dugout, you would understand her feelings.

On [private living birthday] Josephine was born, a tiny little girl in the rocking chair the first her sister ever saw her. The family spent many happy years on the farm. The girls married and had homes of their own, and after Mabel and Alfred could care for it no longer, they sold it to Erie Matson and moved to Trenton where they spent the rest of their years.

by Elfie Johnson

Transcription sent to me by Brenda Daniels, Hitchcock USGENWEB page, cookierm@gpcom.net.



More About JOSEPH ALFRED EDWARDS:

Census 1920: January 06, 1920, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct,

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 1B

Place of Death: Hitchcock Co. Hospital

Residence: 1944, Culbertson, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska3

Residence2: Bet. 1909 - 1962, rural Trenton, on a farm

Residence3: Bet. 1962 - 1967, town of Trenton, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska

Residence4: Trenton, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska 69044, last known SSA address

Residence5: 1961, Culbertson

Social Security Number: 506-50-0684

v. ABEL BENNETT EDWARDS, b. May 25, 1885, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska; d. 1895, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska.

More About ABEL BENNETT EDWARDS:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska, Lot 170

vi. LUCY ELTIE EDWARDS, b. January 28, 1889; d. January 1974, Kansas; m. EDWARD PARKERSON PARSONS.

More About LUCY ELTIE EDWARDS:

Residence: 1961, Wichita, Kansas4

Residence2: Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, last known SSA address

Social Security Number: 553-30-9476

More About EDWARD PARKERSON PARSONS:

Residence: 1944, Mountain Home, Arkansas5

vii. FLOYD EDWARDS, b. April 16, 1890, Driftwood Precinct, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska; d. March 05, 1944, McCook, Nebraska; m. JOSEPHINE SCHMITT, September 14, 1920, McCook, Nebraska5.

More About FLOYD EDWARDS:

Burial: Stone Church cemetery south of Culbertson, Hitchock Co., Nebraska

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 2A

Funeral: At the Stone Church by Rev. J. C. Germany of Trenton, Nebraska

Place of Death: McCook Hospital

viii. JOYCE ALICE EDWARDS, b. May 15, 1897; m. (1) UNKNOWN MASON5; m. (2) UNKNOWN THOMPSON.

More About JOYCE ALICE EDWARDS:

Nickname: Jocie?

Residence: 1961, McCook, Nebraska

More About UNKNOWN MASON:

Residence: 1944, McCook, Nebraska



3. LISSIE ARMINDA MAY2 DOHERTY (BENNETT1) was born May 01, 1867, and died August 14, 1915 in Nebraska6. She married WILLIS CACKLER September 08, 1887, son of ISAAC CACKLER and MARY STEWART. He was born April 01, 1856, and died July 07, 1930.

More About LISSIE ARMINDA MAY DOHERTY:

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Hitchcock Co., Nebraska

More About WILLIS CACKLER:

Census 1900: Bet. June 20 - 22, 1900, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 108, Sheet 5A, p. 47


Children of LISSIE DOHERTY and WILLIS CACKLER are:

i. FRANK3 CACKLER, b. September 09, 1887, Iowa; d. April 1973, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa; m. IVA MAE NEWVILLE, November 11, 1916; b. May 12, 1900, Minnesota; d. September 25, 1993, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.

More About FRANK CACKLER:

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa

Census 1920: January 19, 1920, Iowa, Webster Co., Fort Dodge, E.D. 253, Sheet 1B

Residence: Ft. Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa 50501, last known SSA address

Social Security Number: 479-03-6057

Notes for IVA MAE NEWVILLE:

She was adopted by her stepfather J.W. Doherty.

More About IVA MAE NEWVILLE:

Adopted Name: Iva Mae Doherty

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa

Residence: 55404 Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, last known SSA address

Social Security Number: 564-26-4313, issued in California before 1951

ii. JERRY CACKLER, b. September 1888, Iowa.

iii. JESSE CACKLER, b. January 18, 1890, Iowa; d. April 21, 1972, Red Willow Co., Nebraska; m. (1) IDA; b. United States; m. (2) RAMONA F.; b. January 28, 1929; d. December 05, 1977, Red Willow Co., Nebraska; m. (3) FLORENCE, Abt. 1926; b. Bet. 1906 - 1907, Nebraska.

More About JESSE CACKLER:

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Red Willow Co., Nebraska

Census 1920: January 08, 1920, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 135, Sheet 1B

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 2A

Residence: 69001 Mc Cook, Red Willow, NE, last known SSA address

Social Security Number: 506-22-7029

Notes for RAMONA F.:

Jesse and Ramona had a son who is still living.

More About RAMONA F.:

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Red Willow Co., Nebraska

iv. JAMES EDWARD CACKLER, b. August 18, 1891, Iowa; m. AUGIE.

More About JAMES EDWARD CACKLER:

Census 1920: January 08, 1920, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 135, Sheet 1B, living with brother Henry and uncle Samuel Doherty

v. HENRY A. CACKLER, b. Bet. May 1910 - 1911.

Notes for HENRY A. CACKLER:

Died as a young person.

More About HENRY A. CACKLER:

Census 1920: Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 135, Sheet 1B, living with brother James and uncle Samuel Doherty



4. BENJAMIN PEARSON2 DOHERTY (BENNETT1) was born April 21, 1869 in Iowa, and died October 22, 1945. He married LAURA JEMIMA ELSIE COLES September 17, 1890, daughter of LEVI COLES and HANNAH SHUPE. She was born 1875 in Cedar Co., Missouri7, and died 1921 in Warren Co., Iowa7.

More About BENJAMIN PEARSON DOHERTY:

Census 1900: Iowa, Lucas County, Otter Creek Twsp., Page 269a

Census 1920: January 22, 1920, Iowa, Lucas Co., Otter Creek Twsp., E.D. 91, Sheet 3B

Census 1930: April 07, 1930, Iowa, Lucas Co., Otter Creek Twsp., E.D. 59-12, Sheet 2A

Residence: 1939, Lucas Co., Iowa8


Children of BENJAMIN DOHERTY and LAURA COLES are:

i. IDA ROSELLA3 DOHERTY, b. March 25, 1892; m. ABERHAM RITCHIE, May 03, 1918.

ii. CARL WILLIAM DOHERTY, b. December 18, 1893.

More About CARL WILLIAM DOHERTY:

Census 1930: April 1930, Iowa, Lucas Co., Otter Creek Twsp., E.D. 59-12, Sheet 2A, living with father

iii. CHARLES DOHERTY, b. September 01, 1895; m. JENNIE/ /.

Notes for CHARLES DOHERTY:

Could he be the same as this Charles?

CHARLES DOHERTY

SSN 484-14-8795 Residence: 50049 Chariton, Lucas, IA

Born 19 Sep 1895 Last Benefit:

Died Sep 1983 Issued: IA (Before 1951)





More About CHARLES DOHERTY:

Census 1930: April 21, 1930, Nebraska, Hitchcock Co., Driftwood Precinct, E.D. 44-6, Sheet 1B

iv. BERT WALKER DOHERTY, b. August 12, 1901, Iowa; d. March 20, 1976, Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa; m. VERA EVELYN PENICK, September 01, 1953.

More About BERT WALKER DOHERTY:

Burial: Norwood Cemetery, Lucas Co., Iowa

Social Security Number: 484-46-1337

v. RAY DOHERTY, b. July 28, 1904, Lacona, Iowa; d. March 05, 1967, North Platte, Lincoln Co., Nebraska9; m. WELTHA EMERSON, February 02, 1961.

More About RAY DOHERTY:

Burial: Ft. McPherson Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska

Military service: World War II

Occupation: Bet. 1960 - 1967, worked at Lincoln County Courthouse

Social Security Number: 506-16-4825

vi. ELSIE VERN DOHERTY, b. May 31, 1907, Warren Co., Iowa; d. June 04, 1996, Milo, Warren Co., Iowa; m. UNKNOWN HAMILTON.

More About ELSIE VERN DOHERTY:

Residence: 50166 Milo, Warren, IA, last known SSA address

Social Security Number: 480-80-3835





Endnotes


1. Obituary of Mary Rosella Doherty, scanned copy available upon request.

2. Obituary of Phebe Ann Smith, scanned copy available upon request.

3. Obituary of Floyd Edwards, scanned copy available upon request.

4. Obituary of Phebe Ann Smith, scanned copy available upon request.

5. Obituary of Floyd Edwards, scanned copy available upon request.

6. Obituary of Mary Rosella Doherty, scanned copy available upon request.

7. Laurane Nash, familyties@rttinc.com.

8. Obituary of Mary Rosella Doherty, scanned copy available upon request.

9. Laurane Nash, familyties@rttinc.com.