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- Daugherty Family Gathering Identification:
Okay Daugherty Family, can you identify any of your relatives in this photo. My grandfather is the 4th boy on the back row, HH Daugherty. There are Butlers, Romans, Daughertys, Whites, etc. Ettie White Daugherty and her sister Yettie and Mother Dora White are all in the front row. I need your help in identifying the others. Thanks
He and his brother Ballard were born March 25, 1891, in either Butler, Grayson, or McLean County, Kentucky (I'd have to go back and look). He died on November 4, 1964, near Griffin, Indiana. Family legend has it that Hillard was the "good" twin while Ballard was the "bad" one. One of the stories goes that Ballard joined the navy at the beginning of World War I, but, when he came home a few months later, decided that he didn't want to be in the navy any more. So this brother, Hillard, took on his name and his identity and went in his place. Ballard later changed his mind and re-enlisted in the navy, but now under the name of this brother Hillard. They switched their names and identities for the rest of their lives. This man is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, on a hill overlooking Griffin, Indiana, under the name "Ballard Daugherty." When I met his grandson about a year ago, he either didn't know--or didn't want to talk about--any of his grandfather's history.
By his first wife, Irene, whose last name I don't know, he had two daughters, Trudy and Virginia. I don't know their birthdates, other than that they were about 3 and 5 when the tornado came through Griffin. They were safely taken down to a storm shelter by someone else when the storm was approaching, but, for some reason, Irene did not make it there. She was carried away by the storm, and her body was found in a field later on.
Hillard hired a young woman to stay in the home and take care of the girls, but their maternal grandparents (whose name I do not know!), didn't care for that arrangement, and came and picked up the girls and took them away. As far as I know, Hillard never saw them again. Irene's parents lived somewhere North, but I don't know where.
This part of the story came from my mother, and I don't know how accurate it is.
The second time, he married Ira (whose maiden name I do not know!!). He married her about 1930-1931. She was, in fact, the woman he had hired to care for his daughters. She was born October 22, 1911, and died January 1986. She is buried by Hillard (under the name of Ballard) in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Griffin, Indiana.
They had a son, Austin B. Daugherty (obviously, named after his grandfather) January 25, 1932. He died on July 25, 1988, and is buried in the same cemetery. Austin married Barbara unknown, and they had a son Earnest, born about 1953. Earnest and his family still live on a farm south of Griffin. (Source: Donna Hart)
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1891 - 1964 (73 years)