U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas, John Setlington (b. 1849) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 437-438 JOHN SETLINGTON DOUGLAS was born March 2, 1849, on the farm he now owns in Banks District. His parents were John Douglas and Elizabeth Armstrong, natives of Highland County, Va., who emigrated to Frenchton about 1845. His grandparents were James Douglas and a Miss Ervin of the same County. This James Douglas, as legend has it, was one of three brothers, who came from Scotland to America in Colonial days, and one of them settled in Ohio, one in Kentucky and one in Virginia. The subject of this sketch was raised a farmer but in youth devoted himself so attentively to his school, that success crowned his efforts and after three years of study under Loyal Young, D. D., as principal of the French Creek Academy, he concluded to teach and was amply prepared for that profession. He taught fifteen years, two years of which time he taught in the state of Illinois. He married Yernie A. Ireland, the daughter of John Ireland and Olive Loudin, May 28, 1878, and to this union have been given, three daughters: Ora, Rettie, wife of R. M. Hull, and Rae. Mr. Douglass owns two hundred acres of land, his father's homestead, and farms it with success. He has held several positions of trust in Upshur County. He was census enumerator in 1880, served as Deputy Sheriff, 1881 to 1885, and also 1893 to 1897, he has been elected as president of the Board of Education of Banks District three times in twelve years. Is the president now, has been a member of the examining board of teachers and was selected and appointed by Governor Dawson as real estate assessor of Upshur County, under the new tax law of 1905. He is a Republican in politics and Methodist in Religion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------