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William DOUGLASS

William DOUGLASS

Male 1791 - 1877  (85 years)

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  • Name William DOUGLASS 
    Born 13 Mar 1791  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1818  Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation hotelier and postmaster, Goose Creek  [5] 
    Residence Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence INITIALLY  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 13 Feb 1877  Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Buried Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I50856  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2008 

    Father John DOUGLASS,   b. Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1818, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Susan HOWEE,   b. Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. (UNMARKED, NO DATES), IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor ROBERTS,   b. Aug 1797, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1869  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated in July 1850:
      William Douglass, 58, b. Scotland, farmer; Eleanor, 53; Elizabeth, 28; John, 26; Mary, 24; Jeremiah (initial unclear), 22; William, 20; Andrew, 18; Ellen, 11. [6]
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth DOUGLASS,   b. Jan 1820, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905  (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. John DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1824
     3. Mary DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1826
    +4. Jeremiah R. DOUGLAS,   b. 21 Sep 1827,   d. 10 Dec 1899  (Age 72 years)
    +5. William DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1830,   d. Nov 1909  (Age ~ 79 years)
    +6. Andrew DOUGLASS,   b. Jun 1832, Schultz, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904, Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     7. Eleanor Jane "Ellen" DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1839
    Family ID F21005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    2. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 175.

    5. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 176.

    6. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).