Adam Douglass

1790 - 1849  (58 years)

• Name	Adam Douglass
  Birth	1 Nov 1790	Belfast, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jun 1849	Laconia, Indiana, USA
  Burial	Old Goshen Cemetery One Mile North Of Laconia
  Person ID	I168879	First tree
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	William Douglass,   b. 1746, Killinchy, Down Co., Ireland d. 31 Oct 1846, Brookfield, Near Belfast, Ireland (Age 100 years)
  Mother	Margaret Waker,   b. 1763, Killinchy, Down Co., Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1786
  Family ID	F34799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Pennebaker,   b. Bef 1919   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Apr 1819
  Children	1. Col . Judge Benjamin Pennebaker Douglas,   b. 22 Jul 1820, Virginia, USA d. 31 Dec 1904, Corydon, Harrison, Indiana, USA (Age 84 years)   2. Sarah Douglass,   b. 13 May 1822   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charlotte Douglass,   b. Abt 1824   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Catherine Douglass,   b. 10 Mar 1824   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Dorcas Anne Douglass,   b. 27 Apr 1828   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Jane Douglass,   b. 14 Mar 1830   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Samuel Walter Douglass,   b. 9 Sep 1832   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F35033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2015

  
  

• Notes

  When seven years of age, just after the failure of the Irish Rebellion, he came to the United States with his uncle Adam, but returned to Ireland in 1812. There he joined the Irish Regiment and took part in the Battle of Waterloo (1815), where he was twice wounded and had his horse shot from under him. Soon afterward he returned America and settled at New Market, Va., where he taught school and did surveying. He wrote two books, one of which, "The Irish Emigrant: An Historic Tale Founded on Fact," was published by John T. SHARROCKS, at Winchester, Va., in 1817. On April 27, 1819, Adam DOUGLASS married Nancy PENNEBAKER (or PENNYBAKER) daughter of Benjamin, granddaughter of Capt. Dirk PENNEBAKER of the Revolutionary War, and sister of Isaac PENNEBAKER, US Senator from Virginia. She was born in New Market, Va., 1834, and ! died at Laconia, Ind., Nov 9, 1843. They moved to Laconia, Ind., where both Adam DOUGLASS and his wife are buried in the old Goshen Cemetery one mike north of Laconia on the Corydon road.