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ANDREW J. DOUGLASS

He was born in Bath county, Virginia, May I8, 1825. He is the son of Andrew J. and I^ancy A. (Fox) Douglass. When our subject was about ten years, old his parents removed to Highland county, Ohio, where young Douglass grew to young manhood. He then turned his face westward and made his first halt in Edgar county, Illinois, where he. remained one year, and then moved onward toward the setting sun. This move brought him to Mercer county where he has since resided, a period of nearly forty years.

It may not be amiss here to mention that the lady who has been Mrs. Douglass for thirty-four years, came with her parents to Mercer county a year previous to Mr. Douglass' turning his steps westward; and when we call to mind the fact that an acquaintance had existed between the two parties in the state of Ohio, it is not difficult to divine the guiding star that directed the feet of Mr. Douglass to the vast, unbroken prairies of the "Far West." Mr. Douglass came west without any capital, save his willing hands and unimpeachable character, and for a number of years he occupied only rented land.

He then purchased the place on which he now lives and improved it; and he now has a grand farm of 500 acres under a good state of cultivation, well supplied with good buildings of every sort demanded on a farm, and well stocked with cattle, horses, etc. Mr. Douglass has a passion for fine horses, and he can boast of some fine specimens in this line..

Mr. Douglas was married April 6, 1848, to Mary J. Mclntire, daughter of John and Elizabeth Melntire. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass have been blessed with eight children: Frances E., Mary E.,William E., George K., Isaiah H., Charles I., Mina I., and Andrew J. Frances E., the eldest, was married to George W. Braucht, March 21, 1867, and died July 21, 1869, leaving an infant son, Frederick E.; Mary E. is married to James M. Greer. ; William K., to Mary E. Walker, and Isaiah H., to Ida M. Jones. Mr. Douglass is a greenbacker, politically. He and Mrs. Douglass are Sabbatarians, or Seventh Day Adventists.

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