Hon. Daniel W. Douglass
Extracted from The Fredonia Censor, Chautauqua Co, NY
10 June 1868 issue
In Houghton, Mich., May 31, Hon. Daniel W. Douglass, formerly of
Fredonia, aged 74 years.
Death of Daniel W. Douglass - In this number of the Censor we
record the death Daniel W. Douglass, Esq., which occurred on the
31st of May, at Houghton, Michigan. He was born in New London, CT:
April 14th, 1794, and was above 74 years of age at the time of his
death.
He was one of the pioneer business men in this county, having settled
in this village when only a boy, in the year 1811, being a member of the
family of his brother-in-law, the late Jacob Houghton. Mr. Douglass
continued in active and extensive business in this village for quite
half a century, and few men in western New York were more widely and
favorably know. To the early settlers he extended many favors, and
encouraged them in the long, laborious task of clearing these heavy
timber lands by giving them credits on his books and securing a market
for the first and cheap products of a new country, then beyond canals
and railroads. But few men, who truly knew him and were in trade during
those trying and early days in the history of the county, survive him.
We call to mind only Gen. Elijah Ripley, Hon., Alvah H. Walker, Maj.
Samuel Barrett, Walter Smith, and Joseph Plumb, who live as he died,
ripe in years and highly honored.
Mr Douglass was one of the founders of the Fredonia Academy,
always contributing to its support, and was for many years its
President. He was an intelligent and zealous politician influential with
his party, being a Whig and Republican. In 1851, he and Austin Smith
represented the County in the Legislature. That year there was an extra
session and much important legislation had it will be recollected that
they were both highly esteemed and influential members. Mr. Douglass
declined a re-election.
He had genial and social habits, gentle manly instincts, probity
of character, and was justly popular with his associates. He was buried
at Houghton, Mich., the home of his son Edward; if his sepulcher had
been here, many an old friend would have laid a [letters blurred
together - maybe: token on his __ and shed a tear at his tomb.]
Family
Daniel was the son of Daniel
Douglas and Lydia Douglas (3rd cousins). He married
Hannah Fenner. They had a son Edward, and two daughters,
Clemenza and Ann. (Clemenza is not proven as a
daughter, but thought likely.) Clemenza married Orson Green; Ann Elizabeth married a Mr. Greene
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