Harry Clinton Douglass (1802 - 1899)

Born 26 Oct 1802 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Wynne (Eliott) Douglass — married 18 Dec 1828 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1899 at age 96 in Kaufman, Texas, United States

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Biography

Harry Clinton Douglass was born October 26, 1802 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States son of James Douglass, youngest son of Col. Edward Douglass. Harry Clinton Douglass married Elizabeth "Betsy' Elliott, 18 Dec 1828; in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States ^{[1] [2]} Harry C Douglass moved his family from Sumner, Tennessee to Oscala, Missouri about 1842/43. They stayed there about 8 years and then moved to Texas arriving in Greyson County, Texas around 1858/60. ^[3] He settled just north of Sherman, near kinsman, James H Douglass who arrived with his family from Tennessee about the same time. With James H Douglass was Bettie Carr, who would later marry Harry's son Edward. ^[4] In 1863, Harry Clinton Douglass moved his family to Garden Valley, Smith County, Texas and in 1869 they moved agaih settling a short distance from Kaufman, Texas.

Harry, his cousin, James H Douglass, and his brother William Cage Douglass are found in Grayson County; an illustrated history of Grayson County, Texas., page 134 living near each other in Grayson County, Texas not far from present Sherman, Texas. The Douglass cousins are all thought to have arrived in Grayson County about 1860. Harry Clinton Douglass and his brother William Cage Douglass had both been living for a time at Oscala, Missouri and possibly traveled together on the journey to Texas arriving shortly before their kinsmen, James H Douglass and his family.

In 1881 Harry and his wife, Betsy moved to Wills Point, Texas where on June 17, 1886 Betsy Douglass passed away. In 1898 Harry moved to Forney where he lived with his daughter, Julia Shands. It was there that Harry, almost 97 years of age passed away August 11, 1899. ^[5]

1850 Census Household

Harry C Douglass M 47 Tennessee

Betsy W Douglass F 36 Tennessee

Melissa Douglass F 18 Tennessee

Ellin Douglass F 16 Tennessee

Find A Grave: Memorial #38774747 Ed E Douglass M 14 Tennessee ^[6]

Henry P Douglass M 12 Tennessee

Young A Douglass M 10 Tennessee

Find A Grave: Memorial #32416495 Wm G Douglass M 7 Missouri

R P Douglass M 5 Missouri ^[7]

Julius J Douglass M 3 Missouri

Catharine M Douglass F 1 Missouri

Betzy Winn F 79 Georgia

Children

1. Young Alfred Douglass, m Tunie Virginia Brown, of Smith County, Texas ^[8]
2. Melisa Louise Douglass, m (1st) Rev Pearson, m (2nd) Rev J W Fields
3. Edward Elmo Douglass, m Betty Carr at Sherman, Texas
4. Ellen Douglass, m in 1858 Lt Samuel H Reynolds, of San Antonio
5. Henry Phagan Douglass, m Mattie Ellison, of Garden Valley
6. James Elliott Douglass, m Callie Shands, of Forney, Texas
7. Thomas Clinton Douglass, m Mary Corinne Woodfin, of Kaufman, Texas
8. Julia Cox Douglass, m Dr N E Shands, of Forney, Texas ^[9]
9. William George Douglass, m Sudie (Susie) Nichols, of Kaufman
10. Julius Inman Douglass, m Genia Blackwell, of Canton, Texas
11. Robert Parrish Douglass, m Roberta Jackson, of Terrell, Texas
12. katherine Douglass, m Angus J Gilchrist, of Garden Valley, Texas

Sources

1. ↑ Historic Sumner County, Tennessee, Jay Guy Cisco, 1909, Nashville, TN
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950,"
3. ↑ Harry Clinton Douglass Biography, History, memoirs, and genealogy of the Douglass family, compiled by Douglass, Malcolm Curtis, 1900- Page 89
4. ↑ 1860 US Census, Greyson, Texas
5. ↑ Harry Clinton Douglass Biography, History, memoirs, and genealogy of the Douglass family, compiled by Douglass, Malcolm Curtis, 1900- Page 89
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGM-BWR : 17 October 2014), E E Douglass, Texas, United States; citing p. 5, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,093.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNR-H4L : 15 July 2017), Robert P Douglass, Precinct 1, Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 34, sheet 53C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1315; FHL microfilm 1,255,314.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #181379504 Young Alfred Douglass
9. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M6-ZHF : 5 December 2014), Douglas in entry for Julia Cox Shands, 05 Sep 1939; citing certificate number 42903, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,304.

Also See:

• Harry Clinton Douglass Biography, History, memoirs, and genealogy of the Douglass family, compiled by Douglass, Malcolm Curtis, 1900- Page 89

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNR-HHQ : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry C Douglass, Precinct 1, Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district 34, sheet 53D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1315; FHL microfilm 1,255,314.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG9-91D : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry C Douglass, Texas, United States; citing p. 2, family 9, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,093.

• "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFF-MVF : accessed 15 December 2015), H C Douglass, [Blank], Grayson, Texas, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 22, household ID 139, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,295.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PW-3LD : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry C Douglass, St Clair county, St Clair, Missouri, United States; citing family 76, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-K7Q : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry C Douglass, Sumner, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 368, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 534; FHL microfilm 24,549

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-GQ7G : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry C Douglass and Elizabeth Elliott, 18 Dec 1828; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,844.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CR-RJH : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry Clinton Douglass in entry for E E Douglass, 20 Feb 1923; citing certificate number 5698, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,699.

• "Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TC-PJN : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry Clinton Douglas in entry for Thomas Clinton Douglas, 18 Jan 1938; citing Van Zandt Co, Texas, reference v 4 p 331; FHL microfilm 1,763,262.

• "United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWBH-ZM2 : accessed 15 December 2015), Harry Douglass, 1861-1865; from "Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-1865," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M346 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 255.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 February 2021), memorial page for H C Douglass (26 Oct 1802–11 Aug 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #65277426, citing White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Aggie (contributor 46870595) .