ISABELLA A. DOUGHERTY OBITUARY, 25 Aug 1911



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The Kincaid Dispatch

Kincaid, Anderson, Kansas

Friday, August 25, 1911

pg. 1. col 2.



Isabella A. Dougherty



After several weeks of patient suffering, Mrs. I. A. Dougherty passed

peacefully to her reward last Tuesday afternoon, and the city and the

community suffer a great loss and mourn her departure, and sympathize

with those bereaved.



Mrs. Dougherty was a remarkable woman and a doer of things without a

parallel in this community. Following the death of her husband she

assumed active management of the household, and has been an active

figure in the community. She was possessed with untiring industry and a

courageous heart that surmounted all obstacles. When it was first known

that she was dangerously ill, a friend remarked that if she did not    

overcome death it would be the first thing that she never overcame. She

probably did more than any other one person to advertise Anderson county

products. Her exhibits at county, state and neighboring fairs were

wonders in variety, beauty, taste, and excellence, and many were the

prizes she brought home and plentiful the praises she received for her

work. When her last illness came upon her she was preparing an exhibit

for the state fair, and we fear that her zeal caused her to overtax her

strength. She was a Christian woman of education and refinement, a

dutiful wife, a devoted mother, a loyal friend, a patriotic and

enterprising citizen.



Isabella Amelia McNeil was born in Vermillion county, Indiana, August

17th, 1842, and died at the home of her son, Frank, in Kincaid, Kansas,

August 15th, 1911, aged 68 years, 11 months and 28 days. Her father died

the following year and she moved with her mother to Vermillion county,

Ill., where she spent her girlhood, was educated and taught school. She

was converted to Christianity early in life, united with the M. E.     

church and lived a consistent Christian life always. She was united in

marriage with Francis L. Dougherty May 9, 1876. Four children were born

to their union. She is survived by three sons, Lyman C., of Spokane,

Wash., and Charles E. and Frank L., of Kincaid, and one sister, Mrs.

Elizabeth Shultz, of Fairmount, Ill.



Funeral services were held at the M. E. church August 17th, which was

the anniversary of her birth, and were attended by many of her old

friends.