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- Her parents were Daniel & Hannah DOUGLAS. Relation to this Daniel W. DOUGLAS is not proven yet.
- (Research):Is this the correct Daniel?
DANIEL'^ DOUGLAS {SainueJ^, James'), born in Voluntown, Conn., Nov. 27, 1769; married, March 30, 1797, his cousin, Hannah^ Douglas [2. viii. ]. In the fall of 1800 he made a journey to Wayne county. New York. Here, in what is now the tow^n of Walworth, he built a log cabin and made a clearing of eight acres. In January, 1801, he returned to Voluntown, disposed of his property there, and in February, removed his wife and two small children in a sleigh to their new home. The road ended about half a mile from his clearing, and he was obliged to move their effects the remainder of the way on horseback and by hand through the woods. The region which was then a wilderness is now a popu- lous and delightful farming district. Daniel's cousin, Stephen Douglas, the youngest brother of his wife, fol- lowed with his family, and a small settlement sprang up, which in honor of the first comers, was called Douglas Corners. From this little settlement the thriving town of Walworth has grown. Esquire Douglas was for many years one of the most prominent men in the town, and was repeatedly placed in positions of trust and responsi- bility. He was chosen justice of the peace, and dis- charged his duties to such general satisfaction that he was successively elected for nearly twenty years. He died very suddenly at Macedon on his way to court, June 12, 1827. His widow removed in 1833 to the home of one of her children in Michigan, where she died Sept. 15, 1836
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