Source:
Memoirs
of
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Personal and Genealogical
with Portraits
- Vol. II -
Madison, Wis.
Northwestern Historical Association
1904

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OSCAR R. DOUGHERTY, of McKeesport, Pa., a prominent brick manufacturer, was born in that city on Mar. 2, 1860, being a son of Jamieson and Rachael Dougherty.  Young Dougherty was educated in the public and district schools, and, on leaving his books, began to learn his present business.  He was with Peter Sworner for five years, working with other concerns in the brick business until 1898, when he began his present business of brick manufacturing in the eleventh ward of McKeesport, and since has prospered at that location.  Mr. Dougherty has been a member of the common council for the past five years, his last term having expired in April, 1903.  He was married, in 1885, to Johanna Speelman also a native of McKeesport, and to them five children have been born, viz.: Lila, Daisy O., Jr., Charles and George J.  Politically, Mr. Dougherty is an independent democrat, and is a member of the city and county committees of his party.  His family attend the Methodist church, and are prominent in the religious and social circles of McKeesport. Source:  Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Vol. 2 - Publ. 1904 - Page 100