Worth Waiting For

If Diablo Canyon goes . . . .

If Diablo Canyon blows, we go.

W. H. Dougherty, son of Frank Dougherty, Regent, U of Texas 1917-1920

Grandson of Isaac Dougherty and Rachel Slimp Dougherty

See:

United States Trotting Association Register, Volume 20

Francis Marion Dougherty II and Isaac Newsome Dougherty

Grandsons of Francis Marion Dougherty, son of Isaac Dougherty and Rachel Slimp Dougherty. As Cousin Carilyn Dougherty says, the boys (in Gainesville, Texas) "are dressed in Union & Confederate uniforms respectively." She adds, "It is a graphic illustration that FMD-the-Legislator held the reconcillation of the country as the ultimate achievement and glory as well as a source of personal pride."

F. M. Dougherty's grave

F.M. Dougherty's Grave, Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Texas

A Texas Historical Marker.

• Texas Cemeteries (Group)
• Texas Historical Markers (Group)

Uncle Frank's Marker--son of Isaac Dougherty and Rachel Slimp

F.M. Dougherty, Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Texas Historical Marker

(February 13, 1826-December 27, 1895) Alabama native Francis Marion Dougherty came to Texas in the 1840s, moving to Gainesville in 1858. Following service in the Civil War, where he saw action in the Red River Campaign of western Louisiana, he returned to Cooke County and worked as a merchant. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1879 and again in 1881, he worked on a number of important issues, including fence law, county boundaries, agriculture and railroad development. He was also a Gainesville banker and businessman, leading the board of trade, which helped develop the county fair. Recorded – 2003

Francis Marion Dougherty--GG Grandmother's Brother, LBJ's Granduncle by Marriage

Uncle Frank, who left Mississippi for Texas and did well for himself.
 Brother of Cynthia Dougherty Bell, wife of Robert Knox Bell.
 Uncle Frank's sale of a railroad to the MKT: