Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Harrison Douglass    
                Born: Feb-25-1884          in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Feb-29-1968          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  4,5
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1910                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1905                 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 clerk at glass factory  6
          Occupation: 1930                 glass plant worker  7
          Occupation: 1920                 watchman  8
          Occupation: 1910                 laborer at Horner Gaglen Co.  9
              Father: Thomas Pinnel Douglass   (1856 - 1921) 
              Mother: Frances M. Ireland   (1855 - 1895) 
                Wife: Ola Edna Sommerville   10  
             Married: Apr- 9-1905          in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: May-31-1885          in Harrison Co, WV  11,2
                Died: Jan- 7-1970          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1905                 in Harrison Co, WV  2
              Father: Jonathan Marion Sommerville   (1851 - 1922) 
              Mother: Mary Anne Evans   (1854 - 1935) 
           M Child 1: Thomas Virgil Douglass      
         Census name: Virgie T. Douglass 
                Born: Oct-28-1906          in Harrison Co, WV  12,13
                Died: Feb-22-1972          in Monongalia Co, WV  14,12
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  15
              Census: 1920, 1940           in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 mold maker at glass factory  6
                Wife: Leona Carson  b. ca 1906  
             Married: Jan- 8-1927          in Harrison Co, WV  13
           M Child 2: Paul M. Douglass      
                Born: ca 1910               8
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 mold maker at glass factory  6
                Wife: Pauline ___  b. ca 1912  
             Married: ca 1928               7
           M Child 3: Jimmie D. Douglass      
                Born: Oct-23-1913          in North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  16 (see note 2)
                Died: Dec-26-1915           17,4
              Buried:                      in Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV  18,19
           M Child 4: Harold Edgar Douglass      
         Census name: Herald E. Douglass 
                Born: Aug- 6-1918           12,20,8
                Died: Jan-  -1986           12
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  15
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military:                      Sfc, US Coast Guard, World War II  20
           F Child 5: Mary Frances Douglass      
                Born: Mar- 9-1922          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  16,21,4,7
                Died: Mar-13-2003          in Williamston, Martin Co, NC  22,4
              Buried:                      in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, VA  18
             Resided:                      in Williamston, Martin Co, NC  22,15
             Resided: 1946, 926 14th St    in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Jack Nicholas  b. ca 1921  
             Husband: Rivers Andrew Powell  b. Sep-18-1918  d. Jun-11-1976  
             Married: Feb-23-1946          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2

Sources:
(1) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants 
(self-published, July 2007) 
(2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(3) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(6) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(7) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(8) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) Marriage record of daughter. 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(16) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(17) Obituary, News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 30, 1915, in its entirety: 
LITTLE DOUGLASS CHILD IS BURIED AT MILETUS 
"Jimmie Douglas, aged two years, little son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Douglas of Clarksburg, who died at 10 o'clock Sunday 
night, was buried Tuesday afternoon at Miletus, Doddridge County.  The deceased is survived by his parents and two 
brothers." 
(18) Findagrave.com. 
(19) Obituary. 
(20) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946) 
(21) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(22) North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, NC Center for Health Statistics, NC Vital 
Records, NC State Archives. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Not with family in 1940 Census.  Wife Ola, marital status married, was head
of household with their children.  John himself, married and working as a clerk
at a glass factory, was also in Clarksburg, but listed as a lodger in the
household of Daisy M. Sims, 40, widowed, occupation waitress.
Note (2) Birth date on headstone is Oct 22 1914.  But his birth record, identifying
his as an unnamed son of John H. & Ola Douglas, indicates Oct 23 1913.  His age
was given as 2 in his Dec 1915 obituary.







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