Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Douglas, John S. February 11, 1856 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 160
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    John S Douglas, an energetic young businessman of Uniontown, was born in
West Newton, Westmoreland county, Penna, February 11, 1856, and is a son
of Robert Douglas and Harriet Wimer Douglas.  His grandfather, Robert
Douglas, was one of seven brothers that came from Scotland and located
near what is now Douglas Station on the Pittsburgh and McKeesport
railroad.  He was the father of Robert Douglas, a teamster on the old
National Road, and was afterwards a farmer.  Robert Douglas was a
prominent member of the Salem Baptist church in Westmoreland county.  His
wife was a daughter of David Wimer.
    John S Douglas was educated in the common schools of Westmoreland
county.  His first employment after starting in life for himself, was the
management of his father's farm.  In the spring of 1882 he came to
Uniontown and engaged in the agricultural implement business until 1887,
when in that year he became a traveling salesman for William Deering and
Company of Chicago, with whom he remained for two years.   In the spring
of 1889, he associated himself with Captain J S Horn in the insurance
business in Uniontown.  October 14, 1880, he was married to Miss Lulu
Norcross, daughter of William Norcross and Rachel Masters Norcross, of
near Brownsville.
    In politics he has always adhered to the principles of the democratic
party, being an active worker in that organization, and is always anxious
for his party's civil supremacy and complete success.  His devotion t his
party's interest has won him a host of friends.  He is a Heptasoph and a
member of the Royal Arcanum.  Mr Douglas is a member of the Uniontown
Baptist church, and is president of its board of trustees, and has also
been treasurer of the same church for several years.  He is an honest,
capable, and is one of the thoroughly business young men of the county.

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