Doherty, Chester Cochran

1894 - 1970  (76 years)

• Name	Doherty, Chester Cochran
  Birth	19 Feb 1894	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Physician and Surgeon
  Reference Number	DOHE.C002
  _FGRAVE	216424294
  Military Service	World War II, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Air Forces
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  Death	22 Jul 1970	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Burial	Cremated
  Person ID	I43597	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Feb 1894 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 22 Jul 1970 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Chester C. Doherty, well known Clay City physician and surgeon, passed away Wednesday in a Chicago hospital. The son of pioneer residents of Clay City, Dr. Doherty was a graduate of the NorthwesternUniversity College of Medicine, where he taught from 1932 until 1962. He had also served on the staffs of Passavant Hospital and Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Doherty returned to Clay City in 1963 where he has since practiced his profession. He was well known in this area and was also on the staff of the Richland Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Bernadine, and five sons: Richard J. of Brooklyn, S.D., Chester C. Jr. of Chicago, Roger D. of Taiwan, Nationalist China, Anthony of Washington, D.C., and R. W. (Bill) of Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. Kittie Tucker and Miss Maude Doherty both of Boonville, Indiana. His parents, a sister, Mrs. Ethel Duff, and three brothers, Dr. S. S. Doherty, D. Robert Doherty and Tony Doherty of Eldorado preceded him in death. During World War II, Dr. Doherty served as Lieutenant Colonel and was an assistant flight commandant in the Air Force. He was also certified by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and also by the American College of Surgeons. Private funeral services were held in Chicago. The remains were cremated at the request of Dr. Doherty . Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, July, 1970.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1329] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 13B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00633&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2).