24th Generation

294. John H. DOUGLAS 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.

John H. DOUGLAS and Mary Elizabeth DOUGLAS were married on 13 Oct 1839 in Botetourt Co., Virginia.²⁸⁰ Mary Elizabeth DOUGLAS²⁷⁴ (daughter of John B. DOUGLAS Sr. and Catherine CENTZ) 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. John H. DOUGLAS and Mary Elizabeth DOUGLAS had the following children:

406	i.	Jilson Berryman DOUGLAS.
407	ii.	Benjamin Thomas DOUGLAS.
408	iii.	Walter Leak DOUGLAS.