Rev Alexander Douglas

1807 - 1853  (45 years)

• Name	Alexander Douglas
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	27 Oct 1807	Lancaster County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	August19, 1853	Tyler, Smith Co., TX
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery
  Person ID	I6828	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Alexander Douglas,   b. Bef 1768   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jane Elliot   d. Abt 1795
  Marriage	?chester Co
  Family ID	F67643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Tirzah Cowsar,   b. 1810, Lancaster, SC d. Sep 1862, Tyler, Texas (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1835
  Children	1. James Postell Douglas,   b. 7 Jan 1836, Lancaster Co., SC d. 27 Nov 1901 (Age 65 years)   2. Robert L. Douglas,   b. 1838, Alabama, USA d. Austin, Travis, Texas, USA   3. Mary Elizabeth Douglas,   b. 27 Mar 1840, Talladega, Alabama d. 29 Jan 1918, Athens, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)   4. John B. Douglas,   b. 26 Nov 1843, Talladega, Alabama d. 11 Jun 1893 (Age 49 years)   5. Eli Ebeneezer Douglas,   b. 14 Feb 1845   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Hannah Selena Douglas,   b. 7 Jul 1847   d. 2 Apr 1858, Tyler, Smith Co., TX (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F67716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary Brother Douglas is no more. He was born in the State of South Carolina, Lancaster District, October 27, 1807, and embraced salvation by faith in his native place. In the great revival of "33 , and joined the M.E. Church, the church of his choice. Two years afterwards , he was united in holy matrimony to Miss Margaret T. Cowsar, daughter of James and Hannah Cowsar and in 1837 he emigrated to Alabama, where he was licensed to preach in 1845; moved to Texas in the spring of 1848 and in December same year ordained Deacon by Bishop Andrew and traveled an itinerary and then located in this place (Tyler) where he was taken sick August 4th and died of typhoid fever 19th inst. Aged 45 years , 9months and 23 days . Parson A. Douglas was a man of sanguinary temperament and more than ordinary zeal and was manifest in his preaching and exhortations , and many souls were converted and built up under his ministry. He was, however , the subject of severe trials, and passed through some fiery ordeals in the last few years. That he has been misrepresented and sometimes persecuted, none can doubt. That he did not bear his afflictions alluded to, with as much composure and faith in Christ as the church desired is what Brother Douglas often confessed and bemoaned with the deepest penitential sorrow. He was ardently loved by the members of the quarterly conference and Preacher in-charge. The writer visited him in company with Rev. B. H. Hamilton in his sickness and conversed about his prospects of the future he , he melted to tears and lamented his leanness, and promised if God spared him "to live a new life. A few days before his departure he remarked to Rev. Mr. Tunnel that "all was well" Rev. B West also visited but the writer does not recollect the conversation on the subject of religion between them. His friends are satisfied that is at rest, beyond the trials and changes of life. He was buried with Masonic honors. He leaves an afflicted wife, four sons and two daughters to mourn his loss. May the his children meet the expectations of a kind father and indulgent mother and be the "Salt of the earth and the light of the world: As he has brothers and sisters, and relatives in South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, etc. it is earnestly desired that the Nashville and Louisville Christian Advocate, Charleston Ch. Advocate and New Orleans Ch. advocate will please copy the above. T. O. Ellis Tyler Smith Co., Texas Aug 30 '53 (1853 )