Harry Ermentrout Daugherty ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #2557, Len Traubman]
Harry E. Daugherty was of Irish-German descent. He owned very successful veneer mills, first in Ladoga, Indiana, then in Indianapolis. One source said he was born 3 Nov 1870. He and Letha lost their first baby after two years of marriage. Three years after that, after 5 years of marriage, Carl was born in 1890. He and Letha lived in Ladoga until 1912, when a veneer mill he owned burned. They then moved to Indianapolis and began another mill. All of Letha's relatives were already living there. Their youngest daughter, Letha, was born at 3614 North. Illinois Street in Indianapolis. The family next moved to 3440 N. Central, which no longer stands. It was razed to make room for the parking lot for Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Harry donated the wood for the pews.
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They continued to live in Ladoga until 1912, when a veneer mill which Harry owned burned. They moved to 3614 North Illinois Street in Indianapolis and started another mill.
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Matilda "Til" Daugherty Linn (1993) said, "Our parents always entertained a lot, especially Dad's business acquaintances. It was good training for us children, learning how to relate to people from other places and countries." About their black cook, she said, "Ora was such a lady, sweet and old fashioned and clean. She always bathed and put on a clean dress before dinner. She made delicious cakes and mixed the batter by hand, the old fashioned way." A deer head in the "3440" home was sent to Harry Daugherty by a Daugherty who had settled in the West as a rancher. He was one of Teddy Roosevelt's guides on trips West. His name may have been Galt, and he may have been a nephew by marriage to a Daugherty woman. Matilda Daugherty Linn (1993) also said that her Grandma Rachel, with Josiah and baby Harry took the train to visit relatives in Kansas. The "3440" house was razed to make a parking lot for Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Harry Daugherty, with no more education than Ladoga Normal School, had the intelligence and initiative to enter into business, succeed, respond to traumatic setbacks, and come right back. At the end of his life in 1938, he bestowed the Hoosier Veneer Company in Indianapolis to his five children, thus leaving them with a legacy of security that helped sustain them and also helped launch his grandchildren into their own lives.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clark Township, Montgomery, IN on 29 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 433B, District 106, Family 406, Roll 300
Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana
Harry E. Daugherty..Son..10..IN..At School
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Ladoga, IN on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 100, Dwelling 23, Family 26, Roll 393
Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 4 years
Harry Daugherty..Head..30..Mar 1870..IN..Bookkeeper, Bank
(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Indianapolis, IN on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 82, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Roll 452
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
3440 Central Avenue, home owned, with mortgage; Ward 4
Harry E. Daugherty..Head..49..IN..Manufacturer, furniture
(Living with wife, 5 children, and widowed mother.)
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• He was buried after 8 November 1938 in the Crown Hill Cemetery in , Marion County, IN.

Harry married Letha Moten Scott on 19 September 1895 in Ladoga, IN.^{1 2} (Letha Moten Scott was born on 14 May 1874 in Ladoga, IN,^{1 2 4} died on 17 January 1955 in Indianapolis, IN ¹ and was buried on 18 January 1955 in , Marion County, IN ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Ladoga, IN on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 100, Dwelling 23, Family 26, Roll 393
Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 4 years
Harry Daugherty..Head..30..Mar 1870..IN..Bookkeeper, Bank
Leatha S. Daugherty..Wife..26..May 1874..IN..0/0
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Indianapolis, IN on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 82, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Roll 452
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
3440 Central Avenue, home owned, with mortgage; Ward 4
Harry E. Daugherty..Head..49..IN..Manufacturer, furniture
Letha Daugherty..Wife..45..IN
James C. Daugherty..Son..19..IN..Shipping clerk, furniture
Anna Daugherty..Dau..17..IN
Matilda Daugherty..Dau..15..IN
Andrew J. Daugherty..Son..12..IN
Letha R. Daugherty..Dau..7..IN
Rachael Daugherty..Mother..73..OH..widowed
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