Carroll-Clinton County IN Archives Biographies.....Douglas, Charles H. 1857 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

CHARLES H. DOUGLAS.

   Men who begin life without the aid of powerful friends or wealthy relatives
and who succeed deserve the very greatest credit. To this class belongs Charles
H. Douglas, a well-known farmer of Burlington township, who owns eighty acres of
land situated two miles south and two miles west of Burlington, in Burlington
township, this county.

   Charles H. Douglas was born at Lewiston, Fulton county, Illinois, April 3,
1857, and is the son of Newton Monroe and Sarah (Harrison) Douglas, the latter
the daughter of Charles Harrison, a pioneer lawyer and an officer in the Black
Hawk War. Charles Harrison traveled along the Michigan road from Indianapolis to
the Michigan line, explaining to the settlers their rights in buying and selling
the land which they had entered from the government. Newton Monroe and Sarah
(Harrison) Douglas grew up in Franklin county, Ohio, near Columbus. After their
marriage, they came to Indiana in 1854 and located near Decatur, Indiana, where
they lived for one or two years. Newton M. Douglas was a minister in the
Methodist church and, on account of his profession, lived in many different
places. His wife died in Carroll county, Indiana, and, after her death, he went
to Illinois, where he died. Both are buried at the Ball Hill cemetery. They were
the parents of six children, of whom five are now living, as follow: Frank, a
farmer in Burlington township; Charles, the subject of this sketch; Joseph, a
retired farmer of Frankfort, Indiana; James, a farmer in Michigan, and Mary, who
is married and lives in the state of Iowa.

   Charles H. Douglas was reared in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. He was educated
in the common schools of Indiana and Ohio and, having begun to work on the farm
at the early age of eight years, had little time to attend school. About the
time he reached his majority he was working for David Grobaugh.

   On October 9, 1879, Charles H. Douglas was married to Frances M. James, the
daughter of E. B. James, and a native of Butler county, Ohio. After their
marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, who had very little money, first rented and then
purchased forty acres of land in Burlington township, where they lived for some
years. Subsequently, they sold out and moved to Frankfort, Indiana, in order
that they might educate their children. After living in Frankfort for fifteen
years, until 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas came back to the farm where they now
live. While living at Frankfort, Mr. Douglas engaged in buying and shipping live
stock.

   Charles H. and Frances M. (James) Douglas have been the parents of five sons,
namely: E. J., born on October 8, 1880, a graduate of the Frankfort high school,
is employed by the Clover Leaf Railroad Company at Frankfort; Roscoe, born on
July 28, 1882, who is unmarried and at home, is well known as a breeder, trainer
and owner of light harness and race horses; Vern, born on January 20, 1884, a
graduate of the common schools, is a conductor and resides in Chicago, Illinois:
Monroe, born on June 24, 1886, a graduate of the common school, is an engineer
at Chicago Heights, and James, born on October 21, 1897, who is also a graduate
of the common school, lives at home.

   Mr. and Mrs. Douglas are well-known citizens, honored and respected in the
community where they live and where they have a host of friends. Mr. Douglas
votes the Democratic ticket. The farm they now live on was owned by Elias B.
James, where he resided more than fifty years prior to his death, having
obtained his deed from the government.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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