Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Dougherty, James E. December 5, 1862 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

JAMES E. DOUGHERTY, Editor Of The Bryn Mawr Record, Is A 
Native Of Lower Merion, Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania. He Was Born December 5, 1862. His Parents Were 
Edward Dougherty, Of Rathmullan, County Donegal, Ireland, 
And Annie Mcmullin, Of County; Derry, Ireland. At The Age Of 
Five And A Half Years He Was Sent To The Public School At 
Bryn Mawr. With The Exception Of Two Years, One Of Which He 
Spent At The Radnor School Near The Old Baptist Burying 
Ground At Wayne, And One At Easttown School, Then 
Cabbagetown, Now Waterloo Mills, Chester County, He Remained 
At Bryn Mawr Until April, 1878, When He Entered The 
Augustinian College Of Villanova, In Delaware County, 
Pennsylvania, At Which Institution He Graduated, June 30, 
1880, As B. S. His Graduation Took Place Twenty-Two Days 
After He Had Entered The Employ Of The Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company As A Clerk In The Office Of The Auditor Of Passenger 
Receipts. He Remained In That Department For A Period Of 
Fourteen Years And Six Months, Resigning His Position On 
November 17, 1894, To Be Postmaster At Haverford, 
Pennsylvania, Having Been Appointed August I6, 1894, By 
President Cleveland. He Served Until August 16, 1902, When 
As A Democrat, He Was Removed By President Roosevelt. He 
Then Became Associated With The Suburban Publishing Company 
At Wayne, Pennsylvania, Acting As Editor Of The Bryn. Mawr 
Record.

Politically, Mr. Dougherty Is A Democrat, And He Has Always 
Been An Earnest Advocate Of Its Principles And Policy. He 
Has Been County Committeeman, And A Delegate To Several 
Democratic County Conventions. Mr. Dougherty Has Been All 
His Life A Total Abstainer From Intoxicating Beverages. He 
Has The Honor Of Having Been The First Member On The Roll Of 
The St. Thomas, At Villanova, Total Abstinence Society, 
Which Was Organized January 14, 1877. 

In 1892 He Was Instrumental In Organizing Our Lady Of Good 
Counsel Total Abstinence Benevolent Society Of Bryn Mawr, 
And In May, 1900, He Organized The Ladies' Society Of The 
Same Parish. He Has Been A Delegate To The Philadelphia 
Catholic Total Abstinence Union For A Period Of Twenty-Five 
Successive Years. He Has Also Been A Delegate To National 
Conventions Of The Total Abstinence Union Of America From 
The Philadelphia Union Of The Society.

Mr. Dougherty Married, October 27, 1886, At Villanova, 
Pennsylvania, Mary Anti, Daughter Of Peter And Bridget 
(Mcgann) Rountree, Of Haverford. The Ceremony Was Performed 
By The Late Rev. J. J. Blake, Q. S. A. The Couple Have Had 
Nine Children, Four Of Them Deceased, Those Who Are Living 
Being Edward J., Agnes, Joseph, Mary And Frances.

Mr. Dougherty Has Performed All His Duties, Whether As 
Postmaster Or Journalist, With Fidelity And Success. He Is A 
Useful And Highly Respected Member Of The Community In Which 
He Has Lived All His Life.

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