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J.W. Douglass
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J. W. DOUGLAS, farmer, P. O. Meadville, was born in Meadville, September
20, 1818, and is a son of Joseph and Harriet (Williams) Douglas. Our
subject's grandfather came to this [Crawford] county in 1797; was in the war of
1812, and had a brother a Major in the British Army.
The grandfather taught the first school in this county, the schoolhouse
being the old blockhouse in Meadville. J. W. is the eldest of a family
of eight children, and early in life commenced merchandising, acting in
that capacity thirty-seven years in Meadville.
He was married February 22, 1844, to Eliza, daughter of John E. Smith, a
pioneer hotel keeper of Meadville, and who lived to be ninety years of
age. The results of this union have been six children, viz. : Mary,
Sarah, Harriet, Jessie, Nellie and Carrie.
Mr. Douglas is a Democrat in politics.
In 1852 and 1853 he was County Treasurer. For thirteen years he was
Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Regiment of Crawford County Volunteers,
of which his father, who had also been in the war of 1812, was Colonel.
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Source
Sources for this article include:
History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania; containing a history of the
county; its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.;
portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of
Pennsylvania; statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc. Chicago, Warner,
Beers, 1885
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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