Re: Doughty Family of Blackwell, Okla,
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Doughty Family of Blackwell, Okla,
BARBARA MEANS 2/18/01
Taken from North Central Oklahoma Rooted in the Past complied and edited by North Central Oklahoma Historical Association, Inc.
" Vincent Eyre Doughty, son of Joseph Franklin Doughty and Mary Louisa Doughty, was born in Troy, Kansas, on December 9, 1883.Sometime in his preschool years, the family moved to St Joseph, Missouri.On November 26, 1908 he married Emma Marguerite Nadler.Three daughters were born to the couple:Margaret Doughty, Frances Doughty, and Harriett Doughty.
In December 1918 the family moved from St Joseph to the Mid-Continent Oil Company camp eight miles south of Billings, Oklahoma. Here Vincent worked in the company garage as a machinist and welder.Three days after Emma and the girls arrived, the worst blizzard in twenty years struck the camp. Much to the chagrin of the girls.Christmas had to be celebrated in the middle of January.In May, 1919, because of the illness of the youngest daughter, the family returned to St. Joseph where they remained for a year.At the request of the oil company, they returned to Billings and remained at the camp for two years.Again the family returned to Missouri because of the illness of Vincent's father.
This time the family settled in Bethany, Missouri, where Vincent and a partner, William Fishel, established a machine and welding shop.In the fall of 1923, Frances Doughty died.
In February 1925 Vincent came to Blackwell and worked as a machinist and welder in the Benson Garage, located on the northwest corner of Oklahoma and North A.Later he worked for Harshman and Sodowdky in the 200 block of East Blackwell; Amos Motor Company, the present site of REA; and White Implement Company, the present site of Blackwell Lumber Company on East Bridge.
Vincent Doughty was well-known not only in the Blackwell area but also in the surrounding counties as a very fine machinist and welder."Impossible" jobs were brought to him.In the 30's the Braman school bell cracked.The Braman school board brought the bell to him and asked him if he could weld it.Everyone believed that a bell that had been welded could not ring.Mr. Doughty dug a pit, put the bell into it, and heaped coals around it.The bell was heated for three days.Then the bell was brought up and welded.Again it was buried and this time it cooled for three days.At the end of the cooling period the bell rang as truly as it ever had.Mr. Doughty received a lot of publicity from this feat.
On February 9. 1941 Emma Doughty died from injuries received in an automobile accident.She had been very active in the United Methodist Church and the Assoicated Charities."
I have not quoted the entire article that was submitted by Margaret but I do want to note that Vincent Doughty died Feruary 6, 1970 at Blackwell, Oklahoma
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