Charles B. Dougherty

Charles B. Dougherty was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on September 3, 1860.{{cite book |last=Pennsylvania Society of New York |date=1925 |title=Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liczAQAAIAAJ&q=%22charles+bowman+dougherty%22 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Pennsylvania Society of New York |page=154}} He was educated in Wilkes-Barre and attended Emerson Institute in Washington, D.C.{{cite book |last=Hayden |first=Horace Edwin |date=1906 |title=Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8c4AQAAMAAJ&q=%22c+bow.+dougherty%22+%22emerson%22&pg=PA166 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company. |page=166}} As an adult, his name was often abbreviated "C. Bow. Dougherty", and he was called "Bow".{{cite journal |last=Saward |first=Frederick E. |date=November 3, 1915 |title=A Coal Man as Citizen Soldier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vW9JAQAAMAAJ&q=%22charles+bowman+dougherty%22+%22emerson%22&pg=PA1268 |journal=The Coal Trade Journal |location=New York, NY |publisher=Frederick E. Saward |page=1268}}

Dougherty spent his entire career with the Susquehanna Coal Company and its successor companies, advancing through the corporate ranks to become chief clerk, purchasing agent, and then assistant manager.{{cite journal |date=January 1, 1916 |title=Charles Bowman Dougherty |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKdEAQAAMAAJ&q=%22charles+bowman+dougherty%22+%22susquehanna+coal+company%22&pg=PA31 |journal=The Black Diamond |volume=56 |issue=1 |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Black Diamond Company |page=31}}

In 1881 he enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard's 9th Regiment (now the 109th Field Artillery). He advanced through the enlisted ranks to sergeant major before receiving his commission as a first lieutenant in 1887. He advanced through the officer ranks to become regimental commander in 1897 with the rank of colonel.

Dougherty commanded the 9th Regiment when it was federalized for the Spanish–American War in 1898, and continued in command after returning to Pennsylvania.{{cite book |last=Leonard |first=John W. |date=1908 |title=Who's Who in Pennsylvania |volume=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V08DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA212 |location=New York, NY |publisher=L. R. Hamersly & Company |page=212}} During the war he also served twice as commander of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps.{{cite book |date=1899 |title=Yearbook of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of California: Members in the War with Spain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnmAAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA57 |location=Los Angeles, CA |publisher=Chas. W. Palm |page=57}}

In 1901 he was appointed commander of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 3rd Brigade as a brigadier general.{{cite book |last=Pennsylvania Adjutant General |date=1908 |title=Annual Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EeFGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA282 |location=Harrisburg, PA |publisher=C. E. Aughinbaugh |page=282}}

After succeeding Wendell P. Bowman, from 1910 to 1915 Dougherty held the rank of major general as commander of the Pennsylvania National Guard Division, now known as the 28th Infantry Division.{{cite book |last=Pennsylvania Adjutant General |date=1911 |title=Annual Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOCgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA53 |location=Harrisburg, PA |publisher=Wm. Stanley Ray |page=53}} At the time he was the youngest officer to command the division, and the first commander who had not been a veteran of the American Civil War.{{cite news |date=October 10, 1910 |title=Maj. Gen. Dougherty: Scranton Paper Recounts Interesting Events in his Military Career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-leader-maj-gen-dougherty-sc/126851403/|newspaper=The Wilkes-Barre Record |page=13 |access-date=2023-06-21 |via=Newspapers.com}} He retired in 1915, and was succeeded as division commander by Charles M. Clement.{{cite web |url=http://www.pngmilitarymuseum.org/commanders/id.html |title=28th Infantry Division Commanders |website=Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum |access-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127083616/http://www.pngmilitarymuseum.org/commanders/id.html |archive-date=November 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Dougherty was active in the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish–American War, and later the Military Order of Foreign Wars.{{cite journal |date=May 2, 1908 |title=Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Commandery, of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish–American War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pUs-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA145 |journal=Army and Navy Register |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Army and Navy Publishing Company |page=145}}{{cite journal |last=Jenks |first=J. E. |date=January 25, 1919 |title=Military Order of Foreign Wars |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0s-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA108 |journal=Army and Navy Journal |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Army and Navy Publishing Company |page=108}}

He applied for return to active duty in World War I, but was unable to persuade the Secretary of War and Army Chief of Staff to act favorably. During the 1918 influenza epidemic he led efforts to address the problem in the Wilkes-Barre area.{{cite book |last=Harvey |first=Oscar Jewell |date=1920 |title=The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918: An Account of its Ravages in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the Efforts made to Combat and Subdue it |url=https://archive.org/stream/0266067.nlm.nih.gov/0266067#page/n13/mode/2up |location=Wilkes-Barre, PA |publisher=Oscar Jewell Harvey |page=7}} In addition, Dougherty served as a member of the state armory board, which provided oversight of construction, maintenance and use of armories and other National Guard training facilities.{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Herman, P., compiler |date=1919 |title=Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONdWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1321 |location=Harrisburg, PA |publisher=J. L. L. Kuhn |page=107}}

Dougherty was in ill health for the last six years of his life. He died in Wilkes-Barre on August 1, 1924, after having become ill while attending a military banquet in New York City and being transported to his home.{{cite news |date=August 2, 1924 |title=General C. B. Dougherty Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-leader-general-c-b-dougherty/126851575/ |newspaper=The Wilkes-Barre Record |pages=12, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-leader-general-c-b-dougherty/126851660/ 15] |access-date=2023-06-21 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum in Wilkes-Barre.{{cite news |date=August 5, 1924 |title=Pay Tribute to Gen. Dougherty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-leader-pay-tribute-to-gen-dou/126851755/ |newspaper=The Wilkes-Barre Record |page=5 |access-date=2023-06-21 |via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1883 Dougherty married Anna D. Posten of Wilkes-Barre.{{cite book |last=Harvey |first=Oscar Jewell |date=1930 |title=A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |volume=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdEwAQAAMAAJ&q=%22charles+bowman+dougherty+was+married%22 |location=Wilkes-Barre, PA |publisher=Raeder Press |page=254}} They were the parents of four daughters, two of whom lived to adulthood—Helen and Marion.

{{cite book |date=1896 |title=Historical Souvenir of the Ninth Regiment, Infantry, N. G. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdAOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1892 |location=Wilkes-Barre, PA |publisher=Wilkes-Barre Armory Association}}

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