Dougherty, Dora Belle

Dora Belle (Alexander) Dougherty

Born Aug. 15, 1890 in Fortescue, MO

Died Apr. 20, 1930 in Craig, MO

DEATH OF MRS. ALBERT DOUGHERTY:

"Friends and neighbors of mrs. Albert Dougherty were grieved to learn of her very sudden death Sunday evening. While she had been under medical treatment for sometime, friends did not realize her condition was so serious, and her death was unexpected.

Dora Bell Alexander was born August 15, 1890, four miles west of Fortescue, where she grew to womanhood and attended the rural school of this community.

She was married to Albert Dougherty May 23, 1908, and to this union ten children were born, William, Zepha, and Maxine having died in infancy.

Mrs. Dougherty\\\'s health began to fail some four years ago, and all was done for her that loving hands could do, and the end came Sunday, April the 20th at 8:00 p.m., at her home two miles south of Craig. She had reached the age of 39 years, 8 months, and 5 days.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband and seven children as follows: Alberta, Nora, Johnnie, Presley, Carl, Warren and Coine. Also an aged father, H. Alexander; two brothers, Sam of Cozad, Nebraska, and Charles of Fortescue; six sisters, Mrs. Lula Hopper of Bigelow, Mrs. Ada Perry of Bigelow, Mrs. Anna Dunn of Falls City, Mrs. Dollie Hughs of Oshkosh, Nebraska, Mrs. Carrie Wilson of Centralia, Kansas, and Bula Paulsgrove of Oregon, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Dougherty had been praying and seeking the Lord for some days, and told her friends she felt that all was well.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Craig, where a large.... balance of article was not included.
Source: Scrapbook Clipping/Holt County Historical Society, Mound City, Mo.

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