Daughter of John Dougherty and Mary Hollowell
Although the original family name has been spelled many ways, Daugherty, O'Dougherty, etc., Catherine's family spelled it Dougherty in all of their records. Catherine Dougherty is found in the Church membership record, New York emigrant record, and the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel record. Her second great-grandaughter has handwritten records from her daughter and granddaughter using the Dougherty spelling. Her father's Illinois Will and Probate record show the Dougherty spelling.
Married Jesse Hobson, 6 April 1835, Naperville, Cook, Illinois
History. Catherine was a daughter of John Dougherty Jr., and Mary Hollowell and was born May 4, 1813. From historical records and land sales and purchases, the family can be traced through Virginia and Kentucky to Indiana and Illinois. The Dougherty family settled in Naperville, Orange County, Indiana. The Hobson family lived in the same area and soon Jesse Hobson began to be interested in John and Mary's oldest daughter Catherine.
Jesse Hobson and Catherine Dougherty were married in Knox County, Illinois on 6 April 1833. Note: family records show 1835 as their wedding date this is consistent with having their first child born in December of 1837. About this time the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contacted them. The couple became interested and were baptized in 1833. Jesse Hobson on April 10th, and Catherine in June. Jesse and Catherine were faithful, dedicated members of the church all of their lives. They lived in Hancock County and then for a short time in Walnut Grove. They were sealed in the Endowment House on 14 April 1847.
0n June 27, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. Shortly after, while serving in the Nauvoo Guard to control violence, Jesse, with 60 Saints, was sent by Brigham Young to Nebraska to make friends with the Pawnee Indians and to build houses for those member families who were to remain there temporarily before moving west. (More information is listed in Jesse's personal history).
Jesse and Catherine were the parents of 9 children: Randolph Sylvester Hobson (1836), Lydia Ann Hobson (1838), Alma Utilis Hobson (1841), Miriam Eliza Hobson (1843), Henry Platt Hobson (14 July 1846), Nathan Hobson (1849), Jesse Dougherty Hobson (1850), Mary Catherine Hobson (1853) and Julia Christina Hobson (1855). The oldest son, Randolph Sylvester Hobson died at Winter Qtrs. All the rest of the children lived to adulthood.
Moving west with the Pioneers, the Robson's traveled with the Gardner Company arriving in 1852. They settled in Farmington, Davis, Utah. Historians record that many of the pioneers that settled in Farmington did not have farms or land that were recorded with deeds or land grants because it was so early in the settlement of the area. The early pioneers in the area were really said to have been "Squatters."
Catherine and Jesse lived on the farm in Farmington, having sixty acres and the grazing rights on Fremont Island on the Great Salt Lake. During this time, Jesse represented Davis County serving in the territorial legislature, which at that time met in Fillmore Utah. Catherine stayed home on the farm and was very involved with raising their children and tending the farm when he was away.
In the winter of 1855, Jesse was in Fillmore and received word that Catherine was very ill. Due to a snowstorm, he was delayed in returning home. He finally got as far as Provo and came down with the fever and could not travel. The oldest daughter Lydia finally traveled south to bring him home. Catherine died on December 14, 1855, in Farmington, Davis, Utah. She was buried there on 17 December 1855.
It was now Jesse who had the responsibility to care for his children with the last child, having been born on the 19th of August 1855. History doesn't record much but it appears that Catherine probably died from not recovering from having the baby in August. There is also no record available that gives clues to the location of the farm, or Catherine's final resting place.
In the Salt Lake Tabernacle at General Conference of the Church, 6 April 1856, President Brigham Young announced that Jesse Hobson, with many others, was called to England for a two-year mission for the church. This necessitated finding places for the children to live for two years since Catherine had just died. - Written by Suzanne B. Anderson
Sources.
Histories of Willa Dean Burnham and Carolyn Hobson.
Personal conversations with historians in Farmington, Utah.
Interviews with Edgar Brossard and wife Laura Cowley Brossard.
An original copy of this story was found at the DUP museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Although the original family name has been spelled many ways, Daugherty, O'Dougherty, etc., Catherine's family spelled it Dougherty in all of their records. Catherine Dougherty is found in the Church membership record, New York emigrant record, and the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel record. Her second great-grandaughter has handwritten records from her daughter and granddaughter using the Dougherty spelling. Her father's Illinois Will and Probate record show the Dougherty spelling.
Married Jesse Hobson, 6 April 1835, Naperville, Cook, Illinois
History. Catherine was a daughter of John Dougherty Jr., and Mary Hollowell and was born May 4, 1813. From historical records and land sales and purchases, the family can be traced through Virginia and Kentucky to Indiana and Illinois. The Dougherty family settled in Naperville, Orange County, Indiana. The Hobson family lived in the same area and soon Jesse Hobson began to be interested in John and Mary's oldest daughter Catherine.
Jesse Hobson and Catherine Dougherty were married in Knox County, Illinois on 6 April 1833. Note: family records show 1835 as their wedding date this is consistent with having their first child born in December of 1837. About this time the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contacted them. The couple became interested and were baptized in 1833. Jesse Hobson on April 10th, and Catherine in June. Jesse and Catherine were faithful, dedicated members of the church all of their lives. They lived in Hancock County and then for a short time in Walnut Grove. They were sealed in the Endowment House on 14 April 1847.
0n June 27, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. Shortly after, while serving in the Nauvoo Guard to control violence, Jesse, with 60 Saints, was sent by Brigham Young to Nebraska to make friends with the Pawnee Indians and to build houses for those member families who were to remain there temporarily before moving west. (More information is listed in Jesse's personal history).
Jesse and Catherine were the parents of 9 children: Randolph Sylvester Hobson (1836), Lydia Ann Hobson (1838), Alma Utilis Hobson (1841), Miriam Eliza Hobson (1843), Henry Platt Hobson (14 July 1846), Nathan Hobson (1849), Jesse Dougherty Hobson (1850), Mary Catherine Hobson (1853) and Julia Christina Hobson (1855). The oldest son, Randolph Sylvester Hobson died at Winter Qtrs. All the rest of the children lived to adulthood.
Moving west with the Pioneers, the Robson's traveled with the Gardner Company arriving in 1852. They settled in Farmington, Davis, Utah. Historians record that many of the pioneers that settled in Farmington did not have farms or land that were recorded with deeds or land grants because it was so early in the settlement of the area. The early pioneers in the area were really said to have been "Squatters."
Catherine and Jesse lived on the farm in Farmington, having sixty acres and the grazing rights on Fremont Island on the Great Salt Lake. During this time, Jesse represented Davis County serving in the territorial legislature, which at that time met in Fillmore Utah. Catherine stayed home on the farm and was very involved with raising their children and tending the farm when he was away.
In the winter of 1855, Jesse was in Fillmore and received word that Catherine was very ill. Due to a snowstorm, he was delayed in returning home. He finally got as far as Provo and came down with the fever and could not travel. The oldest daughter Lydia finally traveled south to bring him home. Catherine died on December 14, 1855, in Farmington, Davis, Utah. She was buried there on 17 December 1855.
It was now Jesse who had the responsibility to care for his children with the last child, having been born on the 19th of August 1855. History doesn't record much but it appears that Catherine probably died from not recovering from having the baby in August. There is also no record available that gives clues to the location of the farm, or Catherine's final resting place.
In the Salt Lake Tabernacle at General Conference of the Church, 6 April 1856, President Brigham Young announced that Jesse Hobson, with many others, was called to England for a two-year mission for the church. This necessitated finding places for the children to live for two years since Catherine had just died. - Written by Suzanne B. Anderson
Sources.
Histories of Willa Dean Burnham and Carolyn Hobson.
Personal conversations with historians in Farmington, Utah.
Interviews with Edgar Brossard and wife Laura Cowley Brossard.
An original copy of this story was found at the DUP museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Daughter of John Dougherty and Mary Hollowell
Although the original family name has been spelled many ways, Daugherty, O'Dougherty, etc., Catherine's family spelled it Dougherty in all of their records. Catherine Dougherty is found in the Church membership record, New York emigrant record, and the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel record. Her second great-grandaughter has handwritten records from her daughter and granddaughter using the Dougherty spelling. Her father's Illinois Will and Probate record show the Dougherty spelling.
Married Jesse Hobson, 6 April 1835, Naperville, Cook, Illinois
History. Catherine was a daughter of John Dougherty Jr., and Mary Hollowell and was born May 4, 1813. From historical records and land sales and purchases, the family can be traced through Virginia and Kentucky to Indiana and Illinois. The Dougherty family settled in Naperville, Orange County, Indiana. The Hobson family lived in the same area and soon Jesse Hobson began to be interested in John and Mary's oldest daughter Catherine.
Jesse Hobson and Catherine Dougherty were married in Knox County, Illinois on 6 April 1833. Note: family records show 1835 as their wedding date this is consistent with having their first child born in December of 1837. About this time the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contacted them. The couple became interested and were baptized in 1833. Jesse Hobson on April 10th, and Catherine in June. Jesse and Catherine were faithful, dedicated members of the church all of their lives. They lived in Hancock County and then for a short time in Walnut Grove. They were sealed in the Endowment House on 14 April 1847.
0n June 27, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. Shortly after, while serving in the Nauvoo Guard to control violence, Jesse, with 60 Saints, was sent by Brigham Young to Nebraska to make friends with the Pawnee Indians and to build houses for those member families who were to remain there temporarily before moving west. (More information is listed in Jesse's personal history).
Jesse and Catherine were the parents of 9 children: Randolph Sylvester Hobson (1836), Lydia Ann Hobson (1838), Alma Utilis Hobson (1841), Miriam Eliza Hobson (1843), Henry Platt Hobson (14 July 1846), Nathan Hobson (1849), Jesse Dougherty Hobson (1850), Mary Catherine Hobson (1853) and Julia Christina Hobson (1855). The oldest son, Randolph Sylvester Hobson died at Winter Qtrs. All the rest of the children lived to adulthood.
Moving west with the Pioneers, the Robson's traveled with the Gardner Company arriving in 1852. They settled in Farmington, Davis, Utah. Historians record that many of the pioneers that settled in Farmington did not have farms or land that were recorded with deeds or land grants because it was so early in the settlement of the area. The early pioneers in the area were really said to have been "Squatters."
Catherine and Jesse lived on the farm in Farmington, having sixty acres and the grazing rights on Fremont Island on the Great Salt Lake. During this time, Jesse represented Davis County serving in the territorial legislature, which at that time met in Fillmore Utah. Catherine stayed home on the farm and was very involved with raising their children and tending the farm when he was away.
In the winter of 1855, Jesse was in Fillmore and received word that Catherine was very ill. Due to a snowstorm, he was delayed in returning home. He finally got as far as Provo and came down with the fever and could not travel. The oldest daughter Lydia finally traveled south to bring him home. Catherine died on December 14, 1855, in Farmington, Davis, Utah. She was buried there on 17 December 1855.
It was now Jesse who had the responsibility to care for his children with the last child, having been born on the 19th of August 1855. History doesn't record much but it appears that Catherine probably died from not recovering from having the baby in August. There is also no record available that gives clues to the location of the farm, or Catherine's final resting place.
In the Salt Lake Tabernacle at General Conference of the Church, 6 April 1856, President Brigham Young announced that Jesse Hobson, with many others, was called to England for a two-year mission for the church. This necessitated finding places for the children to live for two years since Catherine had just died. - Written by Suzanne B. Anderson
Sources.
Histories of Willa Dean Burnham and Carolyn Hobson.
Personal conversations with historians in Farmington, Utah.
Interviews with Edgar Brossard and wife Laura Cowley Brossard.
An original copy of this story was found at the DUP museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Although the original family name has been spelled many ways, Daugherty, O'Dougherty, etc., Catherine's family spelled it Dougherty in all of their records. Catherine Dougherty is found in the Church membership record, New York emigrant record, and the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel record. Her second great-grandaughter has handwritten records from her daughter and granddaughter using the Dougherty spelling. Her father's Illinois Will and Probate record show the Dougherty spelling.
Married Jesse Hobson, 6 April 1835, Naperville, Cook, Illinois
History. Catherine was a daughter of John Dougherty Jr., and Mary Hollowell and was born May 4, 1813. From historical records and land sales and purchases, the family can be traced through Virginia and Kentucky to Indiana and Illinois. The Dougherty family settled in Naperville, Orange County, Indiana. The Hobson family lived in the same area and soon Jesse Hobson began to be interested in John and Mary's oldest daughter Catherine.
Jesse Hobson and Catherine Dougherty were married in Knox County, Illinois on 6 April 1833. Note: family records show 1835 as their wedding date this is consistent with having their first child born in December of 1837. About this time the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contacted them. The couple became interested and were baptized in 1833. Jesse Hobson on April 10th, and Catherine in June. Jesse and Catherine were faithful, dedicated members of the church all of their lives. They lived in Hancock County and then for a short time in Walnut Grove. They were sealed in the Endowment House on 14 April 1847.
0n June 27, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. Shortly after, while serving in the Nauvoo Guard to control violence, Jesse, with 60 Saints, was sent by Brigham Young to Nebraska to make friends with the Pawnee Indians and to build houses for those member families who were to remain there temporarily before moving west. (More information is listed in Jesse's personal history).
Jesse and Catherine were the parents of 9 children: Randolph Sylvester Hobson (1836), Lydia Ann Hobson (1838), Alma Utilis Hobson (1841), Miriam Eliza Hobson (1843), Henry Platt Hobson (14 July 1846), Nathan Hobson (1849), Jesse Dougherty Hobson (1850), Mary Catherine Hobson (1853) and Julia Christina Hobson (1855). The oldest son, Randolph Sylvester Hobson died at Winter Qtrs. All the rest of the children lived to adulthood.
Moving west with the Pioneers, the Robson's traveled with the Gardner Company arriving in 1852. They settled in Farmington, Davis, Utah. Historians record that many of the pioneers that settled in Farmington did not have farms or land that were recorded with deeds or land grants because it was so early in the settlement of the area. The early pioneers in the area were really said to have been "Squatters."
Catherine and Jesse lived on the farm in Farmington, having sixty acres and the grazing rights on Fremont Island on the Great Salt Lake. During this time, Jesse represented Davis County serving in the territorial legislature, which at that time met in Fillmore Utah. Catherine stayed home on the farm and was very involved with raising their children and tending the farm when he was away.
In the winter of 1855, Jesse was in Fillmore and received word that Catherine was very ill. Due to a snowstorm, he was delayed in returning home. He finally got as far as Provo and came down with the fever and could not travel. The oldest daughter Lydia finally traveled south to bring him home. Catherine died on December 14, 1855, in Farmington, Davis, Utah. She was buried there on 17 December 1855.
It was now Jesse who had the responsibility to care for his children with the last child, having been born on the 19th of August 1855. History doesn't record much but it appears that Catherine probably died from not recovering from having the baby in August. There is also no record available that gives clues to the location of the farm, or Catherine's final resting place.
In the Salt Lake Tabernacle at General Conference of the Church, 6 April 1856, President Brigham Young announced that Jesse Hobson, with many others, was called to England for a two-year mission for the church. This necessitated finding places for the children to live for two years since Catherine had just died. - Written by Suzanne B. Anderson
Sources.
Histories of Willa Dean Burnham and Carolyn Hobson.
Personal conversations with historians in Farmington, Utah.
Interviews with Edgar Brossard and wife Laura Cowley Brossard.
An original copy of this story was found at the DUP museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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