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There is evidence of 'prehistoric
people' in the area now known as the State of Ohio. Our story
begins with the arrival of Eurpopean settlers. I have yet to
identify who the first Douglas family might have been to arrive in Ohio.
The history of Ohio as a state began when the Northwest Territory
was divided in 1800, and the remainder reorganized for admission to the
union on March 1, 1803 as the 17th state of the United States. The
recorded history of Ohio began in the late 17th century when French
explorers from Canada reached the Ohio River, from which the "Ohio
Country" took its name, a river the Iroquois called O-y-o, "great
river". Before that, Native Americans speaking Algonquin languages had
inhabited Ohio and the central midwestern United States for hundreds of
years, until displaced by the Iroquois in the latter part of the 17th
century. Other cultures not generally identified as "Indians", including
the Hopewell "mound builders", preceded them. Human history in Ohio
began a few millennia after formation of the Bering land bridge about
14,500 BCE – see Prehistory of Ohio.
By the mid-18th century, a
few American and French fur traders engaged historic Native American
tribes in present-day Ohio in the fur trade. The Native Americans had
their own extensive trading networks across the continent before the
Europeans arrived. American settlement in the Ohio Country came after
the American Revolutionary War and the formation of the United States,
with its takeover of former British Canadian territory. Congress
prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory which presaged Ohio and
the five states of the Territory entering the Union as free states.
Ohio's population increased rapidly after United States victory in the
Northwest Indian Wars brought peace to the Ohio frontier. On March 1,
1803, Ohio was admitted to the union as the 17th state.
Settlement of Ohio was chiefly by migrants from New England, New York
and Pennsylvania. Southerners settled along the southern part of the
territory, arriving by travel along the Ohio River from the Upper South.
Yankees, especially in the "Western reserve" (near Cleveland), supported
modernization, public education, and anti-slavery policies. The state
supported the Union in the American Civil War, although antiwar
Copperhead sentiment was strong in southern settlement areas.
After the Civil War, Ohio developed as a major industrial state. Ships
traveled the Great Lakes to deliver iron ore and other products from
western areas. This was also a route for exports, as were the railroads.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the fast-growing industries
created jobs that employed hundreds of thousands of immigrants from
Europe. During World War I, Europe was closed off to passenger traffic.
In the first half of the 20th century, a new wave of migrants came from
the South, with rural whites from Appalachia, and African Americans in
the Great Migration from the Deep South, to escape Jim Crow laws,
violence, and hopes for better opportunities.
When Robert Douglass was born on 27 September 1795, in Connecticut,
United States, his father, Robert Douglass, was 35 and his mother, Mrs
Mary Cummings, was 32. He married Susan A Waugh in 1817, in Camden,
Camden, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at
least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Camden, Lorain, Ohio, United
States in 1850. He died on 19 April 1863, at the age of 67, and was
buried in Camden Cemetery, Kipton, Lorain, Ohio, United States., as were
some, if not all, of his chidren.
Jeremiah W. "Jerry W Duncan"
Douglas Sr. Born 22 Feb 1825 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Son of
William Willoughby Douglas and Catherine (Shearer) Douglas
Jeremiah W. "Jerry W Duncan" Douglas Sr. Born 22 Feb 1825 in Cincinnati,
Hamilton, Ohio, Son of William Willoughby Douglas and Catherine
(Shearer) Douglas
Robert Martin Douglas was born in 1875, at
birth place , Ohio, to Isaac Brown Douglas and Susan Douglas (born
Shanklin) .
Isaac was born on February 28 1846, in Fayette,
Pennsylvania, United States.
Susan was born on January 10 1845, in
Sugar Creek Twp, Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
Robert had 9
siblings: Robert Martin Duglas , James Duglas and 7 other siblings .
Robert married Clara Douglass (born Hauenstein) .
Clara was born on
February 1 1878, in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States.
They had one daughter: Ruth R Nickles (born Douglas) .
Robert died in
1930, at age 55
Silas Marion Douglas was born 1 Jan 1853 in
Monroe Township, Richland, Ohio. He married May W (Weagley) Douglas and
they were the parents of Stephen A Douglas, Eleanor D Douglas and Marian
D Douglas. Silas died 16 Sep 1925 in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio.
Richard Douglas was born Jul 1889 in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, the
husband of Madeleine Helen (Dabo) Douglas — married Dec 1917 in
Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Richard died May 1971 in Washington,
District of Columbia.
Henry Bowman Douglas II was born 29 Dec
1924 (not so early!) in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Morris Duncan
Douglas and Dorothy Walton Dinsmore. He was brother of Jean (Douglas)
Winslow, born 1921 in Ohio, died 1951.
Henry was the father of
Heather Douglas and one other child. He died 26 Jun 2006 in Englewood,
New Jersey.
Jane Boblett formerly Douglas
Born 1805 in Ohio;
Died 1826 in Jackson, Ohio, United States
was the wife of Michael
Boblett — married 10 Apr 1826 in Jackson, Ohio. They had a son, Michael
Van Boblett
Pvt. John Douglas was born 1838 in Belmont, Ohio,
United States and died 23 Mar 1863 in Nashville, Tennessee
John
William Douglas was born 30 Nov 1831 in Ohio. He was the husband of Mary
Jane Watts — married 1 Feb 1859 in Johnson, Iowa. They were the parents
of Ella Douglas, George William Douglas, John Thomas Douglas and Joseph
West Douglas. John died 6 Oct 1916 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa.
Albert Douglas was born 11 Mar 1837 in Ohio, the son of Dade Douglas
and Camilla (Arnold) Douglas.
He married Telitha (Armstrong) Douglas
— married 29 Nov 1866 in Nemaha, Nemaha, Nebraska and they were the
parents of Laura Douglas, Encie (Douglas) Kenagy, John Douglas, Ernest
Douglas, Lucy Douglas, Josiah Douglas, George Buchanan Douglas and Leah
Douglas
Albert died 4 Jul 1911 in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas.
James Jewett Douglas (1858 - 1894) was born in Marietta, Washington Co.,
Ohio on 23 Aug 1858 to James M Douglass and Courtney Frances Ranier
(both born in Virginia). James Jewett Douglas married Lois Vesta
Virginia Willis and had 3 children, Floyd, Clady and Pearley (all born
in Marietta). He died on Jul 9 1894 in Marietta, Washington, Ohio.
Captain Richard Douglass
(1746–1828), a cooper, soldier, deacon and politician, was born in New
London, Connecticut in 1746 to Stephen and Patience Douglass.
He built what is now known as the Richard
Douglass House.
Richard died in 1852 in Chillicote, Ohio.
Among the
states famous sons is Andrew
Grant "Andy" Douglas (1932-2021), who was American Republican
justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, serving in that office from 1985 to
2002.
In 1990, James
"Buster" Douglas became the undisputed world heavyweight champion
when his controversial knockout victory over Mike Tyson two days earlier
was recognized by two holdout sanctioning bodies (Washington Times, DC).
The son of professional boxer William "Dynamite" Douglas, Douglas grew
up in Columbus, Ohio, in the predominantly black Linden neighbourhood of
Windsor Terrace.
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