1790 - 1874 (84 years)
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Name |
James Douglass |
Birth |
1790 |
Washington county, Pennsylvania, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1874 |
Person ID |
I60375 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
23 Sep 2014 |
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Notes |
- of Elizabeth Pennsylvania, USA
James Douglass was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1790, died in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, in 1874. He came with his widowed mother and his six brothers to Elizabeth township, about a year after the death of his father, Robert Douglass, and there grew to manhood, married, and always lived a farmer. After his marriage he lived on the old Drennan homestead until his death. He married Mary Ellen, daughter of John and Margaret Drennan. The Drennans located at the Forks of the Yough in Elizabeth township, prior to the Revolution, about one mile from New Douglass station, on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad. John Drennan died in the year 1800, and was buried in Round Hill Cemetery. On his tombstone is engraved: "Within this small lot lie the remains of seven small children of the decedent." Margaret, his widow, survived him forty years. They had six other children who grew to mature years. James and Mary Ellen (Drennan) Douglas had children:
All of the children of James and Mary Douglass were farmers, as were their forebears and most of their descendants, there being but two or three exceptions.
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