Husband: William Douglass
Also known as: William Douglas 1
Born: Mar-13-1791 in Scotland 1,2,3
Died: Feb-13-1877 in Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV 1
Resided: near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4,3
Resided: formerly in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 4
Resided: initially in Pennsylvania 4
Immigrated: 1818 at Philadelphia, PA 5
Occupation: hotelier and postmaster, Goose Creek 4
Father: John Douglass ( - 1818)
Mother: Susan Howee
Wife: Eleanor Roberts 4 Also known as: Ellen Roberts 4,6 Married: in Nova Scotia, Canada 4
Born: Aug- -1797 in England 2,7 Died: May-26-1869 8 Buried: in Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV 1,9 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Elizabeth Douglass Born: Jan- -1820 in Pennsylvania 10 Died: 1905 9 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Never married: 9,10
M Child 2: John Douglass Born: ca 1824 3 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Notes 9
F Child 3: Mary Douglass Born: ca 1826 3 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Resided: (settled) in Kansas 9 Husband: Adam Robson b. ca 1827 Married: Aug-15-1854 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 4: Jeremiah R. Douglas Born: Sep-21-1827 2 Died: Dec-10-1899 8 Buried: in Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV 1,9 Census: 1860 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Military: Co D, 6th WV Inf, Civil War 1 Wife: Elizabeth Umphrey b. ca 1829
M Child 5: William Douglass Born: ca 1830 3 Died: Nov- -1909 9 Buried: in Highland Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah Cornell b. ca 1835
M Child 6: Andrew Douglass Also known as: Andrew Douglas 1 Born: Jun- -1832 in Schultz, Pleasants Co, WV 10,11,3,12 Died: 1904 at Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 9,11 Buried: in Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV 1 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah Martha Bills b. Sep- -1842 d. Dec-29-1921
F Child 7: Eleanor Jane "Ellen" Douglass Census name: Ellen Douglass 3 Born: ca 1839 3 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: William Hamilton
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (3) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 176. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 175. (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA, Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 176, describes Ellen Roberts as "a pretty Scotch lassie." But the 1860 shows that although her husband William Douglass was from Scotland, she herself was from England. (8) Headstone. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 177. (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Death record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) in household with brother brother Andrew and his family