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Col. Young Norvel Douglass was born in Sumner County in 1805, the
sixth son of James and Catherine Collier Douglass, a descendant of Col.
Edward Douglas and Sarah George(1). He followed the
occupation of farming and, in 1834, married Benetta Rawlings, daughter
of Dr. Benjamin Rawlings, a pioneer physician of Middle Tennessee.
After his marriage, he located in Gallatin and began merchandising along
with his agricultural pursuits. He was a successful farmer and was
Captain of one of the first military companies organized in Sumner
County, afterwards becoming a Colonel.
His wife died in 1849, and he again married a widow, D. Killebrew, nee
Green. There were six children born to the first union, the third child
being Capt. Charles Sanders Douglass, who was later a prominent educator
of the State.
Col. Douglass died in 1865, in Gallatin, Tennesseee, and at the time of
his death he and his brother Thomas were the last two sons of James
Douglass living in Tennessee, but there were four other sons then living
in Texas. Col. Douglass had many namesakes in all branches of the
family.
Notes:
1. The Douglass family has been prominent in
Sumner County since 1785, when Edward Douglass, with all his children,
settled on Station Camp Creek a few miles north from Gallatin. He was
born in Farquier County, Virginia; married about 1740,
Sarah George. But note also that there is some confusion between
accounts of said Edward Douglas/Douglass. See
here and here
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