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Byres Douglas

Byres Douglas

Male Abt 1889 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Byres Douglas was born about 1889 (son of Alexander Scott Douglas and Sallie McCants); and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander Scott Douglas was born on 25 Dec 1833 in Fairfield District (son of Alexander Douglass, Jr and Jennie Simonton); died on 5 Jan 1914.

    Notes:

    or Douglass?
    Lawyer and soldier, and partner in a Spartanburg newpaper

    Biography in the history section

    Alexander married Sallie McCants in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sallie McCants
    Children:
    1. 1. Byres Douglas was born about 1889; and died.
    2. Reid Douglas was born about 1889; and died.
    3. Laura Glen Douglas was born about 1889; and died.
    4. James McCants Douglas was born on 14 Jul 1889 in Winnsboro; died on 12 Oct 1918 in Fort Bliss, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Alexander Douglass, Jr was born on 13 Sep 1799 in ., Fairfield, S.C. (son of Alexander Douglass, Sr and Grisell (Grace) Brown); died on 22 Jul 1863; was buried in New Hope Arp Cemetery, Fairfield, S.C..

    Notes:

    A PLANTER, AN INTELECTUAL, AND A GOOD HISTORIAN. OWNED LARGE TRACTS OF LAND AND
    SLAVES. SUCCEEDED WELL IN BUSINESS.

    Alexander married Jennie Simonton in 1826. Jennie (daughter of John Jr. Simonton and Margaret Strong) was born on 8 Sep 1799; died on 3 Jan 1873; was buried in New Hope Arp Cemetery, Fairfield, S.C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jennie Simonton was born on 8 Sep 1799 (daughter of John Jr. Simonton and Margaret Strong); died on 3 Jan 1873; was buried in New Hope Arp Cemetery, Fairfield, S.C..

    Notes:

    Janette

    Children:
    1. Martha Douglass
    2. John Simonton Douglas was born on 14 May 1828 in Fairfield Co, Fairfield, S.C.; died on 4 Mar 1912.
    3. Jane Douglass
    4. 2. Alexander Scott Douglas was born on 25 Dec 1833 in Fairfield District; died on 5 Jan 1914.
    5. Margaret Simonton Douglass was born on 24 Nov 1836 in ., Fairfield, S.C.; died on 28 Nov 1905; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery Columbia, Tennessee.
    6. Mary Douglass
    7. Sarah Douglass


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Alexander Douglass, Sr was born in 1758 in New Galloway, Scotland; died on 21 Sep 1822; was buried in Jackson Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

    Notes:

    CAME TO AMERICA IN 1791 WITH THEIR TWO FIRST BORN CHILDREN.
    UNCERTAIN OF DEATH DATE (7 OR 10 OCT 1843)

    Alexander Douglass was born in New Galloway, Scotland. He left Scotland for County Antrim, Ireland. There he met and married his bride, Grace, who was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. In the year 1790, the young couple from County Antrim, Ireland (Alexander Douglass, Sr., age 32, and his wife, Grisell (Grace) Brown Douglass, age 27) set sail for America with their two small children. Mary (Mollie) was two years old and John was one. Because of stormy weather, it is said, they were near the port but unable to land for a month. They landed in December of 1790, and settled in the Jackson Creek Community. In 1793, their third child, James, was born in Fairfield County (their first child to be born in America). In 1797, William was born, and in 1799 another son, Alexander Douglass, JR was born. In the year 1801, [our antecedent], Charles Brown Douglass, the father of Thomas Goulding Douglass, was born. The last child to be born to Alexander and Grace was Samuel. William became a physician. Alexander, Sr. died Sept. 21, 1822 at 64 years of age. His wife, Grace, died Oct. 7, 1843 at the age of 80 years. They are both buried in Jackson Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery (sometimes referred to as Stone Manse

    Alexander + Grisell (Grace) Brown. Grisell was born in 1763 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland; died on 7 Oct 1843; was buried in Jackson Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Grisell (Grace) Brown was born in 1763 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland; died on 7 Oct 1843; was buried in Jackson Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
    Children:
    1. Mary (Mollie) Douglass was born in 1788 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland; died on 29 May 1848; was buried in Jackson Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
    2. John Douglass was born in 1789 in Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland; died on 26 Oct 1872; was buried in Catholic Presbyterian Ch. Cemetery, Chester, S.C..
    3. William Douglass, M.D. was born in 1797 in Fairfield Co, Fairfield, S.C.; and died.
    4. Child Douglass
    5. 4. Alexander Douglass, Jr was born on 13 Sep 1799 in ., Fairfield, S.C.; died on 22 Jul 1863; was buried in New Hope Arp Cemetery, Fairfield, S.C..
    6. James Douglass was born in May 1793 in Fairfield Co, Fairfield, S.C.; died on 5 Jan 1867.
    7. Charles Brown Douglass, Sr was born in 1801 in Fairfield Co, S.C.; died on 18 Aug 1851 in Fairfield Co, S.C.; was buried in Jackson Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
    8. Samuel Douglass

  3. 10.  John Jr. Simonton was born in 1760; died on 31 Jan 1840.

    John + Margaret Strong. Margaret was born in 1768; died on 1 Mar 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret Strong was born in 1768; died on 1 Mar 1828.
    Children:
    1. 5. Jennie Simonton was born on 8 Sep 1799; died on 3 Jan 1873; was buried in New Hope Arp Cemetery, Fairfield, S.C..



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