Father: James Douglass
Mother: Fanny Davis
Marriage 1) Amanda Keeler, Aug. 31, 1853, Iowa Co., IA.
Marriage 2) Amy V. Ewers, Oct 16, 1895, Clinton Co., IA.
Children: George, Elva, Ida, Frederick, Charles, & Hattie.
Occupation: carpenter
An early settler, he arrived with his parents in Johnson County Wisconsin/Iowa Territory on April 1, 1839, and settled one mile east of the present site of Tiffin. By 1860 he was residing in Oxford, and probably died there.
He served in the Union Army, First Sergeant, Regiment 14 Iowa Infantry, Company F.
Enlisted 14 Oct 1861, age 29, residence Copi, discharged 28 Jan 1863, St Louis, MO. (Ancestry.com)
[Copi later became Oxford]
History of Johnson County, Iowa 1836-1882, (published 1883)
page 484: John E. Douglass, 1st Seargent
page 621: 14th Iowa.— John Douglass, wounded at Ft. Donelson, struck by a shell.
pages 710-711: There is a ferry across the Iowa river at River Junction, which has been in operation some twenty-five years. It was formerly known as the Odell ferry, but is now owned by Mrs. Porter, and is in charge of John Douglass.
Mother: Fanny Davis
Marriage 1) Amanda Keeler, Aug. 31, 1853, Iowa Co., IA.
Marriage 2) Amy V. Ewers, Oct 16, 1895, Clinton Co., IA.
Children: George, Elva, Ida, Frederick, Charles, & Hattie.
Occupation: carpenter
An early settler, he arrived with his parents in Johnson County Wisconsin/Iowa Territory on April 1, 1839, and settled one mile east of the present site of Tiffin. By 1860 he was residing in Oxford, and probably died there.
He served in the Union Army, First Sergeant, Regiment 14 Iowa Infantry, Company F.
Enlisted 14 Oct 1861, age 29, residence Copi, discharged 28 Jan 1863, St Louis, MO. (Ancestry.com)
[Copi later became Oxford]
History of Johnson County, Iowa 1836-1882, (published 1883)
page 484: John E. Douglass, 1st Seargent
page 621: 14th Iowa.— John Douglass, wounded at Ft. Donelson, struck by a shell.
pages 710-711: There is a ferry across the Iowa river at River Junction, which has been in operation some twenty-five years. It was formerly known as the Odell ferry, but is now owned by Mrs. Porter, and is in charge of John Douglass.
Father: James Douglass
Mother: Fanny Davis
Marriage 1) Amanda Keeler, Aug. 31, 1853, Iowa Co., IA.
Marriage 2) Amy V. Ewers, Oct 16, 1895, Clinton Co., IA.
Children: George, Elva, Ida, Frederick, Charles, & Hattie.
Occupation: carpenter
An early settler, he arrived with his parents in Johnson County Wisconsin/Iowa Territory on April 1, 1839, and settled one mile east of the present site of Tiffin. By 1860 he was residing in Oxford, and probably died there.
He served in the Union Army, First Sergeant, Regiment 14 Iowa Infantry, Company F.
Enlisted 14 Oct 1861, age 29, residence Copi, discharged 28 Jan 1863, St Louis, MO. (Ancestry.com)
[Copi later became Oxford]
History of Johnson County, Iowa 1836-1882, (published 1883)
page 484: John E. Douglass, 1st Seargent
page 621: 14th Iowa.— John Douglass, wounded at Ft. Donelson, struck by a shell.
pages 710-711: There is a ferry across the Iowa river at River Junction, which has been in operation some twenty-five years. It was formerly known as the Odell ferry, but is now owned by Mrs. Porter, and is in charge of John Douglass.
Mother: Fanny Davis
Marriage 1) Amanda Keeler, Aug. 31, 1853, Iowa Co., IA.
Marriage 2) Amy V. Ewers, Oct 16, 1895, Clinton Co., IA.
Children: George, Elva, Ida, Frederick, Charles, & Hattie.
Occupation: carpenter
An early settler, he arrived with his parents in Johnson County Wisconsin/Iowa Territory on April 1, 1839, and settled one mile east of the present site of Tiffin. By 1860 he was residing in Oxford, and probably died there.
He served in the Union Army, First Sergeant, Regiment 14 Iowa Infantry, Company F.
Enlisted 14 Oct 1861, age 29, residence Copi, discharged 28 Jan 1863, St Louis, MO. (Ancestry.com)
[Copi later became Oxford]
History of Johnson County, Iowa 1836-1882, (published 1883)
page 484: John E. Douglass, 1st Seargent
page 621: 14th Iowa.— John Douglass, wounded at Ft. Donelson, struck by a shell.
pages 710-711: There is a ferry across the Iowa river at River Junction, which has been in operation some twenty-five years. It was formerly known as the Odell ferry, but is now owned by Mrs. Porter, and is in charge of John Douglass.
Inscription
John E. Douglass
born Feb. 12, 1832
died Apr. 22, 1903
Co. F 14th
Iowa Vol. Inf.
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