Doherty

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This Irish settlement was located on the Shawneetown-Vincennes Stagecoach Road.  A country store was built on the
mail route and became known as the " Irish Grocery", since many immigrants came to settle there after 1820.
A Post office was located in the store  Oct. 16, 1877 and was known as Waltonboro then the name and post office ceased
to exist July 21, 1887.
Martin Doherty arrived from Waterford, Ireland in 1860 and married Mary McGuire.  He became a farmer, Justice of the
Peace and a Director of the Shawneetown Bank.
When the Irish Grocery store opened again with a post office on May 28 1890, it was then called Doherty.

7/20/06 taken from the History of Gallatin County, Illinois and family Histories., Turner Publishing Co.