Marshall Joseph Dougharty

Family/Spouse: Clarissa Jane McWilliams. Clarissa was born on 19 Dec 1838 in Alabama; died on 21 May 1919 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eudora Dougharty was born on 27 Mar 1864 in Texas; died on 8 Jun 1919 in Texas.
2. Samuel Thomas Dougharty was born about 1866 in Texas; and died.
3. Lucinda Dougharty was born about 1869 in Texas; and died.
4. Amanda Dougharty was born in Dec 1871 in Texas; and died.
5. Margaret Courtney Ann Dougharty was born on 17 Dec 1873 in Texas; and died.

Notes:

Rubye Burkett writes that he was a surveyor by trade, and moved to Texas in 1843. He was the first county clerk of Newton county. One of his first duties was to mark the line between Jasper and Newton counties, as will as furnish a table and chairs for the county court. He married thied Harriet Poole Hall, widow of Britt Hall, and she died soon after their marriage.

In May of 1855, George, now 70 years of age, and his son Charles Bowman were hauling logs on an ox cart, near the "Wilson Woods place". George had stopped to open a gate and was gored by one of the oxen. His eleven year old son, Charles Bowman, pulled enough logs from the wagon to cover his father and ran for help but George was mortally wounded and there was nothing they could do.

The inventory of his estate included his surveying tools and maps, four boxes of books, including "Josephus and Cisero." George also taught school, was a member of the State Legislature and a farmer.


After George's tragic death, Joseph Marshall and Charles Bowman were found living with their half sister, Hester Ann, who was married to Asa Lafitte Stark. The whereabouts of Amanda Catherine and Julia Cassandra at that time are unknown. They may have already been married.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Newton County
Enumeratged 11 Nov 1850
Stamped 130
170-171
George Dougherty 66 M Surveyor S. Carolina
Courtney A 46 F Kentucky Can not read or write
Frances Bascomb 20 M Miss
Hester Ann 18 F Miss (Last name FORD, born to Courtney's prior marriage)
Marshall Joseph 15 M Louisiana
Amanda Cather 13 F Louisiana
Julia Cassandra 11 F Louisiana
Charles Boman 7 M Mississippi

George married Courtney Caraway on 1 Jan 1834 in Franklin County, Mississippi. Courtney was born between 1802 and 1804 in Tennessee; died on 29 Aug 1853 in Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She might instead have been born in Kentucky.