John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.868

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History of Cambria County, V.2

868 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

Dougherty: Rose, married George Williams, lives at St. Benedict, Pa.; and John, who died in 1914.
     Joseph A. Dougherty spent his boyhoodin Clearfield County and was educated in the public schools. He attended Andover Academy and Mansfield Normal School. He lived in Boston for several years and in 1902 removed to St. Benedict, Pa., where he was employed in the mines. He spent 15 years at Emeigh, and in January, 1924, established his present business at Barnesboro, where he handles a complete line of men's furnishings.
     On Sept. 8, 1909, Mr. Dougherty was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Wilson, the daughter of Joseph and Jean Wilson, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty have four children: John, born Sept. 10, 1910; Joseph, born Feb. 17, 1914; Hugh Duffy, born Sept, 8, 1915; and Jean Burnette, born March 5, 1922.
     Mr. Dougherty has always been a Republican and has served as township auditor and school director. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and Masonic Lodge and has a wide acquaintance in Cambria County.

    A. J. Houck, editor of the North Cambria News at Hastings, is among Cambria County's well known and successful newspaper men. He was born at Nichtown [sic], Cambria County, April 25, 1886, and is a son of D. J. and Caroline (Gessler) Houck.
     D. J. Houck, of Hastings, was born in 1860, in Allegheny Township, son of Joseph Houck, and grandson of George Houck, who was born at Germantown, Pa., and bore arms during the war of the Revolution. He was one of those who endured the hardships and privations of Valley Forge and served until the close of the war. In religion he was a Lutheran. George Houck married Elizabeth Patterson and they had three children: David, Joseph, and Elizabeth.
     Joseph Houck was born in 1818 in Lebanon County, was a shoemaker, and in 1840 settled in Johnstown, where he opened a shop. Thence he moved to Carrolltown, and in 1852 to Gallitzin, where for three years he conducted a shop. His next migration was to Allegheny Township, and in 1860 he settled in Carroll, now Barr Township, where he purchased 300 acres of land, which he cleared and on which he spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. He was called by his neighbors, "The old roadmaker."

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868	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
Dougherty: Rose, married George Williams, lives at St. Benedict, Pa.; and John, who died in 1914. Joseph A. Dougherty spent his boyhoodin Clearfield County and was educated in the public schools. He attended Andover Academy and Mansfield Normal School. He lived in Boston for several years and in 1902 removed to St. Benedict, Pa., where he was employed in the mines. He spent 15 years at Emeigh, and in January, 1924, established his present business at Barnesboro, where he handles a complete line of men's furnishings. On Sept. 8, 1909, Mr. Dougherty was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Wilson, the daughter of Joseph and Jean Wilson, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty have four children: John, born Sept. 10, 1910; Joseph, born Feb. 17, 1914; Hugh Duffy, born Sept, 8, 1915; and Jean Burnette, born March 5, 1922. Mr. Dougherty has always been a Republican and has served as township auditor and school director. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and Masonic Lodge and has a wide acquaintance in Cambria County. A. J. Houck, editor of the North Cambria News at Hastings, is among Cambria County's well known and successful newspaper men. He was born at Nichtown [sic], Cambria County, April 25, 1886, and is a son of D. J. and Caroline (Gessler) Houck. D. J. Houck, of Hastings, was born in 1860, in Allegheny Township, son of Joseph Houck, and grandson of George Houck, who was born at Germantown, Pa., and bore arms during the war of the Revolution. He was one of those who endured the hardships and privations of Valley Forge and served until the close of the war. In religion he was a Lutheran. George Houck married Elizabeth Patterson and they had three children: David, Joseph, and Elizabeth. Joseph Houck was born in 1818 in Lebanon County, was a shoemaker, and in 1840 settled in Johnstown, where he opened a shop. Thence he moved to Carrolltown, and in 1852 to Gallitzin, where for three years he conducted a shop. His next migration was to Allegheny Township, and in 1860 he settled in Carroll, now Barr Township, where he purchased 300 acres of land, which he cleared and on which he spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. He was called by his neighbors, "The old roadmaker."