David C. DOUGHERTY

   Ancestral File Number: K8VO-10.

  General Notes:

Civil War: He enlisted and was mustered into the 62nd O.V.I (Company K) on December 9, 1861, as a private. A that time he was 18 years old. On January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted for a period of three years at Hilton Head, South Carolina. These papers show that at the time of the enlistment he was 5'10" tall, with dark eyes, black hair and a fair complextion. He was promoted to corporal on June 30, 1862, on sick leave July and August of that year. He was mustered out December 32, 1863 at the end of his first term, and by re-enlisting in the field at Hilton Head, as a veteran, he was paid a considerable bounty. He came back in the service as a Private, appointed to corporal February 1, 1864, and then a Sgt. in Oct. 1864 and 1st Sgt. in November 1864. On April 9, 1865 (near the end of the Civil War) he was captured by the Confederates, and was absent on the company roll from April to August as a prisoner of war. He was captured at Appomottox Court House, Virginia. From September 1865 to November 1865, he is shown absent at home as a prisoner of war for exchange. By this time though the hostilities had ceased. David Dougherty applied for an invalid pension on February 28, 1876. He states that was discharged June 13, 1865. His name appears on the 1878 list of deceased soldiers, showing that he died December 10, 1877.

David married Alelia OKEY, daughter of Unknown OKEY and Unknown UNKNOWN, on 6 OCT 1870 in Monroe County, Ohio. (Alelia OKEY was born in 1849, died on 20 AUG 1885 in Monroe County, Ohio and was buried in Dougherty Cemetery - Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio.) The cause of her death was disease of the lung.