Thomas Douglass (1781 - 1858)

Born 1781 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 17 Jan 1858 at about age 77 in Mt. Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

After the death of his father Robert Douglass in 1794 in Raccoon Twp.PA his mother Isabella and all his brothers moved to the forks of the Youghiogheny River near Greenock, PA Elizabeth Twp where they lived on a farm later known as the Kelly Farm.

Thomas and his wife Margaret lived on a farm near Greenock Elizabeth Twp. which is now occupied by the Youghiogheny Country Club Elizabeth, PA. He died Jan 7 1859 at age 77 and is buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery near his farm.

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Thomas, married Margaret Crawford; children: Rebecca, married William Crawford ; Robert ; Colonel William ; Isabelle, died aged thirteen years ; John J. ; Maria, married Washington Waddell; Sydney J., and James, all of whom married except Sydney Jane, who died quite aged.

She was a daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Elrod) Douglass, early settlers in Elizabeth township, where they owned a farm on the present site of the Country Club. The place comprised about two hundred acres. They were members of the United Presbyterian Church, and he was active in the public affairs of the township. Children : William, a colonel in the Civil War and a member of the legislature ; Robert, a farmer, died at McKeesport ; Rebecca, married William Crawford, and died in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania ; Sidney, married Joseph Gillespie, and died in Suterville, Pennsylvania ; Maria, mentioned above ; John; James.

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

George W. Weddell was also a native of Elizabeth township, where he was reared and educated, and in 1844 married Maria, daughter of Thomas Douglas, of that township. He and his wife have a family of seven children, viz.: Thomas Douglass, Dr. Oliver S., David Henry, Sarah Margaret, James Nelson (deceased), Nancy F., Mary Jane (Mrs. Dr. James M. Campbell), and Isaac Irvin. He and his wife are members of the U. P. Church.

John J. Douglass, farmer, postofflce Blythedale, is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Johnston) Douglass. His grandfather was a native of Scotland, and settled in Adams county, Pa., where the father of our subject was born, and when seven years of age came to this county and settled in this township, where he lived until his death, in 1859. His family consisted of seven children, four of whom are still living: Maria, Mrs. George Weddle, of Versailles township; Sidney J., widow of Joseph Gillespie; James, of Buena Vista, and John J., who was born on the homestead in 1811, and lived there until 1840, when he removed to his present place and engaged in the milling business until 1865, and has since carried on his present farm.

Col. William Douglass was the second son of Thomas Douglass, a native of Elizabeth township.

Sources

• Family history Records
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 864-865, 980-982)
• Cushing, Thomas History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Part II (A. Warner & Co.., Chicago, 1889, p. 334, 380-381, 576, 637-638)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #68179466