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John Harrison DOUGLASS

John Harrison DOUGLASS

Male 1884 - 1968  (84 years)


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  • Name John Harrison DOUGLASS
    Birth 25 Feb 1884  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1905  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1910  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    laborer at Horner Gaglen Co. 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    watchman 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    glass plant worker 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    clerk at glass factory 
    Death 29 Feb 1968  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Person ID I51356  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2016

    Father Thomas Pinnel DOUGLASS,   b. 15 Apr 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1921, Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Mother Frances M. IRELAND,   b. 20 Aug 1855   d. 18 Oct 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F21185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ola Edna SOMMERVILLE,   b. 31 May 1885, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1970, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [10]
    Marriage 9 Apr 1905  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Virgil DOUGLASS,   b. 28 Oct 1906, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1972, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Paul M. DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1910
     3. Jimmie D. DOUGLASS,   b. 23 Oct 1913, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1915 (Age 2 years)
     4. Harold Edgar DOUGLASS,   b. 6 Aug 1918   d. Jan 1986 (Age 67 years)
    >5. Mary Frances DOUGLASS,   b. 9 Mar 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 2003, Williamston, Martin Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F21189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S2161] James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants, (self-published, July 2007).

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    8. [S5] Headstone.

    9. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    10. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.