Benjamin Douglas and Mary Reed

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Husband Benjamin Douglas ¹

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           Born: 1818 - North Beaver Twp, Beaver (later Lawrence) Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1898 1
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         Father: George Douglas (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Wife Mary Reed ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1898 1
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         Father: John Reed (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M W. Lawrence Douglas ²

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           Born: 16 Apr 1848 - North Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Leslie (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Martha Walker (      -Aft 1908) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Douglas

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He was left an orphan when small. He was bound out to Wilson Mitchell, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, with whom he learned the cabinetmaking trade. He remained with this employer for five years and when he had completed his apprenticeship received the sum of $30, a suit of clothes and a set of tools for work at his trade. He was one of three sons who inherited 300 acres of land which his father left in trust for them. Until his marriage he worked as a cabinetmaker and also as a millwright, being a thoroughly skilled mechanic, and then settled on the farm which his son, W. Lawrence, later owned and which his grandson, Robert R. Douglas, occupied and cultivated.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 983.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 461, 983.