Dougherty, Hugh
banker, legislator, was born July 28, 1844, in Darke county, Ohio. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, enlisting as a member of company F, ninety-fourth regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry. He was made prisoner of war, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, until his exchange.
After his military career he entered business pursuits; became assistant cashier in the First National bank of Bluffton, of which his uncle, John Studabaker, was president. The title of this bank was subsequently changed to the Studabaker bank, of which institution Mr. Dougherty has been president since 1895. He was largely instrumental in the building of several railroads, and has been active and liberal in the promotion of all material interests in his city and county, and has been equally conspicuous in advancing the cause of education and morality. In 1870 he was elected to the state senate, and served with distinction in that body. In 1878 he was a candidate for congress; and was a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1884 and again in 1892.