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820. Photo Burley Greely DOUGLAS was born on 30 Nov 1891 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky.450 Three months after his birth, his mother was killed by lighting and he was raised by his grandparents, Celia and James T. Douglas. It is not known why his father, George W. Douglas who remarried, did not raise him with his second family. In 1925 he was an Insurance Agent in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.451 He died on 17 Mar 1964 in Plantation, Broward Co., Florida.452 He died of a heart attack after an illness of four years at 9:30 PM at his home, pronounced dead at Broward General Hospital. He was buried on 24 Mar 1964 in the Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.451 He appeared in the census 1900 census in the Greencastle Dist., Warren Co., Kentucky.453 He appeared in the census 1910 census in the Greencastle Dist., Warren Co., Kentucky.454 He had Social Security Number 400-05-9147 Issued in Kentucky.455 Burley G. Douglas was born Burleough G. Douglas, however he went by the name of Burley his entire life. He was raised by his grandparents, James T. and Celia Douglas after his mothers death when he was only five months old. This brought about a confrontational situation between the Douglases and the Morgans, parents of his mother Helen Morgan Douglas. This situation apparently still exist today.

Burley sold insurance for many years in Jeffersonville and New Albany Indiana and he retired as a district manger of the Georgia Life Insurance company

Burley Greely DOUGLAS and Ada Belle HERALD were married on 21 Dec 1909 in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.456 Ada and Burley Douglas were married at the Methodist Parsonage Residence in Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Photo Ada Belle HERALD (daughter of Joseph J. HERALD and Lillie HOCKENBURY) was born on 25 May 1893 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky. She died on 25 Mar 1974 in Mt. Vernon Nursing Home, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida.457 Ada died in the Mt Vernon Nursing Home nursing Home in Ft. Lauderdale, at 7:45 am. She was buried on 29 Mar 1974 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.451 She appeared in the census 1900 Census in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.458 Burley Greely DOUGLAS and Ada Belle HERALD had the following children:

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Ruby Belle DOUGLAS.

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William Bryan (Doug) DOUGLAS.

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James Clifton (Tip) DOUGLAS.

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Harold Greely DOUGLAS.

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Mary Elizabeth (Sunny) DOUGLAS RN..

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