James Thomas Douglas

1848 - 1922  (74 years)

• Name	James Thomas Douglas
  Birth	3 Feb 1848	Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky   [1]
  	James was the first born of his father's second marriage to Martha Elizabeth Alford.
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 May 1922	Long, Warren Co., Kentucky, USA   [2]
  	Cause of Death Nephritis complicated by senility
  Burial	9 May 1922	Cherry's Chapel, Warren Co., Kentucky   [3]
  	See obituary, the cemetery is well maintained even today.
  Person ID	I14290	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 May 2013

  
  

  Father	William Buchanan Douglas,   b. 4 Jan 1815, Pattonsburg, Botetourt Co., Virginia d. 26 Oct 1887, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky At His Home (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Martha Elizabeth Alford,   b. 1 Jun 1829, Warren Co., Kentucky d. 7 Dec 1901, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1847	Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky   [4]
  	The original marriage bond is on file at the manuscripts section at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Copy on file.
  Family ID	F2021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Celia Franses Milam,   b. 27 Apr 1852, Warren Co., Kentucky d. 18 Jan 1936, Warren Co., Kentucky (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1868	Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky   [5]
  	James and Celia were married at the home of, the brides father, Obdiah Milam in Riverside.
  Children	1. George Washington Douglas,   b. 5 Dec 1870, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky d. 9 Apr 1915, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky (Age 44 years)   2. Horace Greely Douglas,   b. 12 Jul 1872, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky d. 22 Nov 1961, Rich Pond, Warren Co., Kentucky (Age 89 years)   3. Charlotte Douglas,   b. 20 Jul 1874, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky d. Abt 1878, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky (Age 3 years)   4. Lottie Belle Douglas,   b. 20 Jan 1875, Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky d. 26 Nov 1937, Butler Co., Kentucky (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F5071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  James Douglases great grandson William B. Douglas remembered him as being very eccentric in his later years. He would sit on his front porch and yell at people passing by who he didn't like. His comments were mostly political as James Douglas was a staunch Federalist, Warren County was a Federal County in the Civil War. He was a land owner and tobacco farmer. There may have been a fifth child born, according to the 1880 Soundex, but no record, of any kind, has been found to date. I feel this was "misinformation" on the Soundex. James Thomas Douglas (1848-1922) married Celia Frances Milam (1852-1936). Both are buried in Cherrys Chapel Cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky, USA. His daughter was Lottie Belle Douglas (1875-1937) who married James Robert Norris (1868-1924. her daughter was Christa Belle Norris (1910-2008) who married Carl Bethel (1906-1970. They are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA. Her daughter was Hazel Mae Bethel (1928-1983) who married a Living McDonald. Lottie Belle Married C. L. Martin after the death of James Robert Norris. The family had her buried next to her first husband in Riverview Cemetery in Butler County, Kentucky, USA. (My grandmother) changed the spelling of her name from Christa Belle to Christabel.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1116] BIRTH RCD. JAMES T. DOUGLAS, Date from the original tombstone (Reliability: 3). [S1117] DEATH CERT. JAMES T. DOUGLAS. [S1117] DEATH CERT. JAMES T. DOUGLAS, Cert. No. 12478 State of KY (Reliability: 3). [S1336] MARRIAGE RCD. WILLIAM B. DOUGLAS, Cert. on file (Reliability: 3). [S1591] MARRIAGE RCD. JAMES T, DOUGLAS.