He was a son of Catherine Bolinger and John Daugherty.

Co. E 6th WV Infantry.

A (partial/partially buried) marker, attributed to John W. Daugherty in "Ritchie County Cemeteries Through 1993" (Ritchie Co. Historical Society), exists in the cemetery. The inscription on the older stone reads:
Nov. 24, 1868
21Y 11M 21D

The upright marker may be a replacement. It is not listed in the above-named cemetery reading (through 1993). The older stone is on/in the ground near the present marker for John Wesley Daugherty 1846-1866. Neither marker is mentioned in an earlier reading published in The Ritchie County Historical Society Nov./Dec. 1975 Newsletter (Vol. III No. VI).

Both markers as they appeared in Aug. 2015 are shown in the attached photos.


According to Minnie Kendall Lowther's History of Ritchie County" (1911), Wesley Daugherty served as a Union soldier during the Civil War, which he survived, but was killed "shortly after his return home by an accidental bullet wound in his forehead."


Alt. spelling: Dougherty

He was a son of Catherine Bolinger and John Daugherty.

Co. E 6th WV Infantry.

A (partial/partially buried) marker, attributed to John W. Daugherty in "Ritchie County Cemeteries Through 1993" (Ritchie Co. Historical Society), exists in the cemetery. The inscription on the older stone reads:
Nov. 24, 1868
21Y 11M 21D

The upright marker may be a replacement. It is not listed in the above-named cemetery reading (through 1993). The older stone is on/in the ground near the present marker for John Wesley Daugherty 1846-1866. Neither marker is mentioned in an earlier reading published in The Ritchie County Historical Society Nov./Dec. 1975 Newsletter (Vol. III No. VI).

Both markers as they appeared in Aug. 2015 are shown in the attached photos.


According to Minnie Kendall Lowther's History of Ritchie County" (1911), Wesley Daugherty served as a Union soldier during the Civil War, which he survived, but was killed "shortly after his return home by an accidental bullet wound in his forehead."


Alt. spelling: Dougherty