Individual Details

Born about 1817 near Indianopolis (said to have been one of three sons, with father named Richard). Married Lydia Adams on 21 August 1836, Marion County, Indiana [marriage index]. According to a biographical sketch of their youngest son, Robert Milton Doughty, there were nine children in the family. (Seven have been accounted for.) The family moved about 1845 to a homestead near Springfield, Illinois, where they lived until the father's death.

Known children (first 4 born Indianapolis, last 3 born Springfield):
John Doughty, b. abt. 1838, died young.
Richard Edward Doughty (1840-1925), md. Mary Catherine Hiler, both buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Boone County, Arkansas.
Maria (Sarah Maria) Doughty, (abt. 1842-1881), md. James W Young.
Martha Jane Doughty (abt 1844 - 26 Mar 1907; md. Elisha Earl)
Robert Milton Doughty (b. 1847, d. 1912, Holland, Pipestone, Minnesota), md. 10 December 1872, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, Nettie C (Chloe Annette) Franklin [b. 1857, Ocola Township, Livingston, Michigan; d. 1950, Soldiers Home, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa; daughter of Kelly Shubel Franklin and Chloe Ann Mason]. Nettie was buried between Robert and her second husband John N Eckardt (buried 17 June 1941).
Mary Ann (or Anna) Doughty, b. abt. 1849, md. Hiram C Inman
Elizabeth Doughty, b. abt. 1851, d. unmarried
[From 1967 family history by one of Maria Doughty's granddaughters, Rosina Maria (Young) Widdifield, and a few other sources. A sketch (1879) of Robert M. Doughty's life is online in An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota (Arthur P. Rose, Luverne, Minn.: Northern History Pub. Co., 1911), p. 675-76.]

Birth	1817	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Marriage	21 Aug 1836	Marion County, Indiana - Lydia Adams
Death	1854	Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Spouse	Lydia Adams (1819 - 1897)
Child	Richard Edward Doughty Sr (1840 - 1925)
Child	Sarah Maria Doughty (1842 - 1881)
Child	Martha Jane Doughty (1844 - 1907)
Child	Robert Milton Doughty (1847 - 1912)