J. married Lottie Belle Douglas in Jul 1891 in Warren Co., Kentucky. Lottie (daughter of James Thomas Douglas and Celia Franses Milam) was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 26 Nov 1937 in Butler Co., Kentucky; was buried on 28 Nov 1937 in Old Riverview Cemetery, Morgantown, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to census records, Lottie lost two children before 1910. Her husband apparently died before 1936 for at her mothers death her name was Martin.

Lottie may be the name she was known by, as I have her recorded as Martha.

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James Douglases great grandson William B. Douglas remembered him as being very eccentric in his later years. He would sit on his front porch and yell at people passing by who he didn't like. His comments were mostly political as James Douglas was a staunch Federalist, Warren County was a Federal County in the Civil War. He was a land owner and tobacco farmer.

There may have been a fifth child born, according to the 1880 Soundex, but no record, of any kind, has been found to date. I feel this was "misinformation" on the Soundex.

James Thomas Douglas (1848-1922) married Celia Frances Milam (1852-1936). Both are buried in Cherrys Chapel Cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky, USA. His daughter was Lottie Belle Douglas (1875-1937) who married James Robert Norris (1868-1924}. her daughter was Christa Belle Norris (1910-2008) who married Carl Bethel (1906-1970}. They are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA. Her daughter was Hazel Mae Bethel (1928-1983) who married a Living McDonald. Lottie Belle Married C. L. Martin after the death of James Robert Norris. The family had her buried next to her first husband in Riverview Cemetery in Butler County, Kentucky, USA. (My grandmother) changed the spelling of her name from Christa Belle to Christabel.

Birth:
James was the first born of his father's second marriage to Martha Elizabeth Alford.

Died:
Cause of Death Nephritis complicated by senility

Buried:
See obituary, the cemetery is well maintained even today.

James married Celia Franses Milam on 9 Jan 1868 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky. Celia was born on 27 Apr 1852 in Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 18 Jan 1936 in Warren Co., Kentucky; was buried on 19 Jan 1936 in Cherry's Chapel, Warren Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Celia was the sixth of ten children.

Died:
Celia Douglas died of pneumonia. Her great grandson, William B. Douglas, remembers driving to her funeral in a blizzard from Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Buried:
Cherry's Chapel Cemetery is a well maintained, cemetery today. It was recently charted by the D.A.R. and the tombstones are in very good condition.

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Married:
James and Celia were married at the home of, the brides father, Obdiah Milam in Riverside.

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William Buchanan Douglas



William Buchanan Douglas was born on 4 January 1815 on his family's plantation near Pattonsburg, Botetourt County,Virginia. He was the first son of John B. and Catherine Sence Douglas. He grew up and received a private education on the family plantation . His father died when he was just fifteen years old, leaving William with a substantial inheritance.
He married Catherine Fulwiler on 14 June 1841 in Botetourt County, and they had four children: Catherine, John W., Gustanza and Evaline. In late 1846 William arrived in Warren County, Kentucky, with four small children but without a wife. Apparently Catherine died shortly before the move to Kentucky . On 19 April 1847 he married Martha Elizabeth Alford in Warren County. They set up housekeeping on a two-hundred-acre farm on Lost Creek, which had been purchased in 1822 by his father and was part of William's inherited estate. With his second wife, he had eleven children: James Thomas, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane, William Jr., Malvinia Frances, Jessee H., Julia, Virginia B., Steven Arnold, Martha and Hattie. Many descendants of these children still live in the Warren county area today. He continued farming and disposing of his property in Virginia until his death on 26 Oct 1887 at his home on Lost Creek. where he is buried in the family cemetery. He was a member of the Christian Church.


William bought out his siblings in 1857 and from then on he owned the Lost Creek Farm outright. Each sibling owned 20% for which he paid them $60.00 each. Shortly after that his brother, James J. Douglas, and his wife disappeared in Henderson county, Kentucky.















Birth:
He was the first son of the second marriage of John Douglas Sr. to Catherine Sence.

Died:
The tombstones of William B. Douglas and Martha E. Douglas, are greatly in need of repair, however they are readable. The foundation of the original house is very visable. the graveyard is adjacent to the ruins and Lost Creek. The cemetery is greatly in need of repair today.

William married Martha Elizabeth Alford on 19 Apr 1847 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky. Martha was born on 1 Jun 1829 in Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 7 Dec 1901 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky; was buried on 11 Dec 1901 in Family Cemetery On The Lost Creek Farm, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Buried in Family Graveyard next to husband on Douglas Farm at Lost Creek Warren Co. KY

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Married:
The original marriage bond is on file at the manuscripts section at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Copy on file.