Notes:

Dr. John Douglass Harrison was a Major in the Medical Corps with the A.E.F. in World War I, and was cited for distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Villeret, france. In 1926 he was practicing medicine in Greenwood, South Carolina.

John married Elizabeth McMaster about 1910. Elizabeth was born on 25 Jul 1890; died in Greenwood County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Douglass Harrison was born about 1912.
2. Donald Mcmaster Harrison was born about 1914.

Notes:

Fitz Hugh McMaster papers, South Caroliniana library.

John + Sallie Dixon. Sallie was born about 1850; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eli married Elizabeth Fleming Douglass on 26 Nov 1844 in Fairfield District, South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Douglass and Mary Letherd Lunsford) was born on 15 Feb 1829 in Blackstock, South Carolina; died on 26 Nov 1864 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Lucy Wyche Rives. Lucy was born about 1800; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Physician

County/State: Chester Dist., SC

Location: Black Stocks P.O.

Page #: 037

Year: 1860

Dr. John Douglass was born in Salem County, South Carolina and graduated
from Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in
1805. He returned to South Carolina to practice, and was renowned for his
early brain surgery. He was the first to successfully remove a kidney.
John Douglass was elected to the South Carolina House and Senate, and
served as a delegate to the Nullification Convention of 1822-23. All four
of his sons became physicians. John, the eldest, died in 1855, but the
father and all three surviving sons served during the Civil War. Tommie
was captured and imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio; Wade was killed at
Wilcox Station, near Petersburg; and Wes came through unhurt.
Dr. Douglass married Mary Letherd Lunsford, the only child of Swanson
Lunsford of Virginia. Swanson Lunsford came South as a Captain in Lee's
Legion during the Revolution. He is buried on the State House grounds in
Columbia.

"As early as 1836 Dr. John Douglass, of Chester, S.C., trephined for
epilepsy in a lad 12 years old, the result of a blow on the head- the
convulsions stopped and returned later. In 1839 he trephined a boy aged
16 for mental derangement, the result of a blow on the head fifteen years
before. The relief in this case was permanent. In 1847 he again operated
for convulsions with entire relief. . . . Dr Douglass consequently
deserves to be ranked among the first of those who trephined for the cure
of this disease, not only in South Carolina, but in America, and as such
deserves great credit, which has not hitherto been accorded to him."
North Carolina Medical Journal, 15 June, 1893.

"Dr. John Douglass of Chester is said by tradition to have first removed
a kidney." Article by E.H. Hines, "Comments on Medical Pioneering in
South Carolina", Southern Med. & Surg. Vol 96, p.51. 1934.

19 July, 1860- Population Census- Blackstocks, Chester Co. SC
Roll 1217 Line 4-9, Printed page 37, Written page 73
Dwelling #599 Family # 61
Douglas, John M 65 SC Doctor Real $15,000 Psnl $40,832
Mary L F 60 SC
Sylvester M 22 SC Doctor
Thomas M 21 SC Medical Student
Mary F 20 SC
Frances P F 16 SC

17 August, 1870- Population Census- Hazelwood, Chester Co. SC
Roll 1490 Line 9-13, printed page 99, Written page 25
Dwelling # 190 Family # 206
Douglas, John W M 75 SC Physician Real Estate $4000
Mary L W F 72 SC Keeping House Real Estate $6500 Psnl
$420
Mary L W F 31 SC
Sylvester M 29 SC Physician
Psnl $500
Thomas M 27SC Farmer
Psnl $325 [Broderbund Family Archive #318, Ed. 1, Census
Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860, Date of Import: 15 Mar 1996,
Internal Ref. #1.318.1.10087.131]

Individual: Douglass, John
County/State: Chester Dist., SC
Location: Black Stocks P.O.
Page #: 037
Year: 1860

John married Mary Letherd Lunsford on 18 May 1817. Mary (daughter of Swanson Lunsford and Rebecca Wade) was born on 14 Aug 1798 in Richland County, South Carolina; died on 7 May 1873 in Blackstocks, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]