Biographical Sketch of James Douglas, Kingsville, Johnson County, Missouri,

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

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JAMES DOUGLAS, Kingsville, was born in Missouri, August 29, 1829. His
father, T. J. Douglas, was a native of Virginia. He moved to Missouri in
1828, and settled in Cooper county, where he remained until his death,
which ocurred in 1852. The subject of this sketch received his education
in the public schools. His early life was spent on his father’s farm. He
was married in 1856 to Miss Virginia Barr, a native of Cooper County,
Missouri and a daughter of Henry Barr. After the death of Mrs. D., he
married Jerda Fryer,  a native of Cooper County, and a daughter of James
Fryer. By this union, they have five children: Kelly D., Elvin, Burton,
Mattie and Frank. He moved to Johnson County in 1866, and bought 280 acres
of land, where he now lives.

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