Lewis Henry Douglass

1902 - 1937  (35 years)

• Name	Lewis Henry Douglass  [1]
  Birth	2 Apr 1902	Fountain County, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jul 1937	Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois
  Death	18 Jul 1937	35 Years Old; Covington, Fountain County, Indiana
  Person ID	I153912	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Walter Melvin Douglass,   b. 30 Sep 1883, New Market, Montgomery County, Indiana d. 8 May 1952, 3 Cronkhite St, Danville, Vermillion Co, Illinois, USA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mabel Neville Brooks,   b. 13 Sep 1884, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana d. 19 Jan 1963, Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1900	Fountain County, Indiana
  Family ID	F59308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernice Moreman,   b. 10 Dec 1905, Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois d. 27 Jan 1998, 92 Years Old; Bismark, Newell Township, Vermillion County, Illinois (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1925	1st Marriage; Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
  Children	1. Living Douglass
  Family ID	F60636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY: "ENGINEER DEAD AT 35 LEWIS HENRY DOUGLAS Death claimed a C. & E.I. locomotive engineer Sunday, July 18, 1937,when Lewis Henry Douglas 35, died at home on State Road 34 one-halfmile east of Foster Road in Indiana. Formerly a resident of Danville,Mr. Douglas moved about eight months ago to the home where he died at9 a.m. He was born in Fountain County, Ind., April 2, 1902, son ofWalter and Mabel Brooks Douglas. He was a member of the Brotherhoodof Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and of Benson Chapel M.E. Church. Surviving are: the widow, Mrs. Bernice Moorman Douglas; the parents;four children, Meredith, 10, Kathryn Jane, 8, Robert Lewis, 7, andWalter Wayne 2; one brother, Walter Douglas, Louisiana; three sisters,Mrs. Alice Watson, Bronson, Ill., Mrs. Fay Fisher, Terre Haute, andMrs. Dorothy Clore, Danville. The body was taken to the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. WalterDouglas, 31 Pennsylvania Avenue, city, to remain until taken toBerhalter Funeral Chapel for funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday. TheRev. James Fisher, Pastor of Olivet Presbyterian Church, willofficiate. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park." [Transcribed 02 February2006, SLJuhl, Compiler]

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Obituary: Lewis Henry Douglass, 18 July 1937 (Reliability: 3).