Winfield Scott Douglas

Portrait of Winfield Scott Douglas

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Born: Friday, November 12, 1847 in Tennessee

Died: Wednesday, July 2, 1913 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois

Buried: Boucher Cemetery, Jackson County, Illinois

Lived: 65 years 7 months 20 days


Parents

Father:  John D. Douglas (1795/TN - 1860/MO)

Mother:  Feby Dunn (1813/IL - 1860/MO)


Sibling

Sister:   Francis Douglas ♀ (1844/TN - )


Spouses

Name:   Mary Amine Ellis (1846/IL - 1879/KY)

  Date: 09/02/1866 (age: 18 years 9 months 21 days)

  Place: Jackson County, Illinois

Name:   Margaret Ellen Lindsey (1841/IL - 1920/IL)

  Date: 12/19/1879 (age: 32 years 1 month 7 days)

  Place: Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois


Children

Son:   John Logan Douglas+ ♂An indication that a portrait of this person is available (1867/IL - 1942/IL)

Daughter:   Eliza Lucina Douglas Rains+ ♀ (1870/IL - )

Son:   Henry Cornelius Douglas+ ♂ (1872/IL - 1940/IL)

Daughter:   Ellen Frances Douglas Hale+ ♀ (1875/IL - 1953/IL)

Daughter:   Fariba Matilda Douglas Rains+ ♀ (1880/IL - 1932/IL)


History/Life Events

  Service: Veteran of the US Civil War (1861-1865). Company B, 59th Illinois Infantry.

  Occupation: Farmer.


Official Sources (show all)

  Winfield Douglas and Amine Ellis Certificate of Marriage, 1866

  Winfield Douglas & Margaret Wolfe Marriage Register, 1879

  Winfield Douglas & Margaret Wolf Certificate of Marriage, 1879

  Fariba Douglas Certificate of Birth, 1880

  Winfield Douglass Pension Application, 1883

  John Douglas & Letha Lindsey Register of Marriage, 1892

  George Hale & Ellen Douglas Record of Marriage, 1892

  Winfield Douglas Application for Headstone, 1934


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