24th Generation
286. Mary Elizabeth
DOUGLAS274 was born
on 16 Feb 1819 in Pattonsburg, Botetourt Co., Virginia.275 Agreement276
This prenuptial agreement was recorded in Warren County, KY on 20 May 1845.
It is a lengthy document which basically says that Mary E. Douglas's inheritance,
which was considerable, would stay under her control. This was agreed to by
her husband John H. Douglas. She died on 29 Jan 1911 in Riverside, Warren Co.,
Kentucky.274 She was buried
on 30 Jan 1911 in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.274 Shehad an Obituary277
"Over Ninety-one, Years Of Age Was "Aunt Mary" Douglas"
"One of the oldest residents of the section succumbs to the infirmities
of age.
Aunt Mary Douglas passed away this morning at her home near Riverside, Ky, from
old age. Aunt Mary, as everyone knew her,, was born in Virginia in 1819, being
over ninety-one years of age. She was reared in old Virginia, where she received
a very good education, being women of quite extraordinary mental ability, she
taught her children at home and to use the best English. Reared in the age when
people were honest, she lived and did everything in the good old way. She never
cooked three meals on a cook stove in her life, but threw her stove away and
cooked her corn cake and potatoes in her ovens on an open wood fire. She was
member of the Christian Church. She will be buried to-morrow in the family burying
ground by her husband, John Douglas who has long since succeeded her to that
bourne from which no traveler returns.
She leaves surviving her two sons, Benjamin and Walter, both living near Riverside"
Shehad an Obituary277
"Over Ninety-one, Years Of Age Was "Aunt Mary" Douglas"
"One of the oldest residents of the section succumbs to the infirmities
of age.
Aunt Mary Douglas passed away this morning at her home near Riverside, Ky, from
old age. Aunt Mary, as everyone knew her,, was born in Virginia in 1819, being
over ninety-one years of age. She was reared in old Virginia, where she received
a very good education, being women of quite extraordinary mental ability, she
taught her children at home and to use the best English. Reared in the age when
people were honest, she lived and did everything in the good old way. She never
cooked three meals on a cook stove in her life, but threw her stove away and
cooked her corn cake and potatoes in her ovens on an open wood fire. She was
member of the Christian Church. She will be buried to-morrow in the family burying
ground by her husband, John Douglas who has long since succeeded her to that
bourne from which no traveler returns.
She leaves surviving her two sons, Benjamin and Walter, both living near Riverside"
She appeared in the census 1900 Census in the Greencastle Dist., Warren Co.,
Kentucky.278 She appeared
in the census 1910 Census in the Greencastle Dist., Warren Co., Kentucky.279 Elizabeth and her husband,
John H. Douglas were first cousins. John H. was a son of Capt James Douglas
of Anson county, North Carolina, the older brother of John B. Douglas Elizabeth
was well off financially due to her interstice from her father and she legally
had the right to control it. They had three sons, Benjamin and Walter lived in
Warren county all their lives and never married. Jilson apparently died in Warren
county. No records are available on his life or death. Mary Elizabeth DOUGLAS
and John H. DOUGLAS were married on 13 Oct 1839 in Botetourt Co., Virginia.280 John
H. DOUGLAS (son of Capt. James DOUGLAS Esq. and Sarah Howard LEAKE) was born
about 1804 in Anson Co., North Carolina. He died in 1870 in Home
of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky. John Douglas and his wife
Mary were first cousins. Mary Elizabeth DOUGLAS and John H. DOUGLAS had the
following children:
406 | i. | Jilson Berryman DOUGLAS was born in 1842
in Montgomery Co. Virginia. He appeared in the census in 1850 in
Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky. He appeared in the
census in 1860 in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.
He died after 1870 in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.
Jilson Douglas must have died in the 1860's, he was not on the 1870 census and
no
further records , or mention of him, can be found. | 407 | ii. | Benjamin Thomas DOUGLAS was born on 24
Dec 1846 in Botetourt Co., Virginia.281
Hereceived a: Land Grant]282
He died on 5 May 1931 in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.283 He was buried on 6 May 1931
in Family Cemetery, Warren Co., Kentucky.281
Benjamin died unmarried and without issue in Warren County, Kentucky. | 408 | iii. | Walter Leak DOUGLAS
was born in Feb 1849 in Home of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.284 He died on 3 Feb 1923 in Home
of Martha Alford in Warren Co., Kentucky.285
He was buried on 3 Feb 1923 in Family Cemetery, Warren Co., Kentucky.286 |
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