1813 - 1865 (52 years)
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Name |
Hiram C. Douglass |
Prefix |
Rev |
Birth |
10 May 1813 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
24 Jun 1865 |
Person ID |
I76672 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
24 Mar 2014 |
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Notes |
- The Rev. Hiram Douglass did more than any other Cumberland Presbyterian preacher in the early and mid nineteenth century to develop and expand the Who-So-Ever-Will doctrine of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in northwest Georgia and southeast Tennessee.
Rev. HIRAM DOUGLASS b 10 May 1813 Spartanburg, SC d 24 Jun 1865 Charleston, Bradley Co, TN leaving a will. He is buried at Charleston. Hiram m 1831 McMinn Co, TN, Caroline Warnock, dau of Abner Warnock. "Sumach on the Hill" Sumach, GA by Conway Gregory pp 96-102 documents the interesting story of Rev. Hiram Douglass who was a Cumberland Presbyterian circuit ordained minister of the gospel. He established churches from TN to GA.. Hiram was of a tall stature and was gifted with oral abilities and a good singer. He was highly esteemed and considered instrumental more than any other person in the building of the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches in East Tn and upper GA. Hiram was very poor at the beginning of his ministry in 1831 and his wife lived part of the time with relatives. Before his death he had acquired a 200 acre farm near Ooltewah and had slaves although he supported the Union. All his sons joined the Confederate cause and all his sons were captured at Chickamauga. His sons were paroled to Hiram. After Hiram's death his widow and family moved to the mid-west, settling in Minnesota and Michigan. A monument was erected in his honor commemorating his accomplishments on his grave in Cleveland.
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