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William C. Douglass was born on 17th November 1852 in Pleasant Hill near Talbotton, Georgia and died
on 19th April 1928 in Raleigh North Carolina where he was a prominent lawyer.
He attended Georgia Public Schools and the Collingworth Institute in Talbotton, Georgia, studied law under Marmaduke S. Robbins of Asheboro, North Carolina and was a partner with Judge Thomas J Shaw for many years. In 1895 he was appointed Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial District. Later he moved to Raleigh, NC and entered practice with J. Newton Holding, W.H. Lyons, and then formed a partnership, Douglass and Douglass, with his son Clyde A. Douglass, which continued till his death in 1928.
He was a member of the Wake Forest Bar Association of which he was President in 1926, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He was also active in the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and the Lodge of Masons in Raleigh, NC.
He married Wincey Josephine Tysor in 1874, in Wake County, North Carolina.
They had twelve children, including Daisey, 1879-1950, and William Campbell, Jr.,
1874-1880.
The son of John Campbell Douglas, 1827-1862 and
Sarah Isabella Birch, 1833-1904, William C. Douglass is the 7th great-grandson of Deacon William Douglas who was born
in 1610 and died in 1682 New London in the Colony of Connecticut.
He was a first cousin of Walter Hill, Chancellor of the University of
Georgia.
See also:
• William
Campbell Douglas obituary and funeral notice
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