John Douds and Mary Hutchison
Husband John Douds 1 2 3 4
Born: 29 Oct 1778 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 5 Christened: Died: 4 Apr 1867 - Moon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 6 Buried:
Father: Robert Douds ( -1777) 1 2 Mother: Elizabeth Dawson ( - ) 1 2
Marriage: 18 Oct 1799 1 7
Wife Mary Hutchison 1 4
AKA: Mary Hutchinson 7 Born: Abt 1783 - Kilrea, County Derry, Ireland Christened: Died: 24 Mar 1868 - Moon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 6 Buried:
Father: James Hutchison ( - ) 1 Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] ( - ) 1
Children
1 F Agnes H. Douds 6 8 9
Born: 25 Jul 1800 6 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mahlon T. Stokes ( - ) 8 9 Marr: 28 Aug 1817 6 9
2 M Robert Douds 3 9
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M James H. Douds 3 6 9
Born: 15 Jan 1805 3 6 9 Christened: Died: 7 Sep 1856 6 9 Buried:Spouse: Margaret Caldwell ( - ) 3 9 Marr: 16 Aug 1827 6 9
4 M John Douds 3 9
Born: 17 Mar 1807 6 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary McDonald ( - ) 3 9 Marr: Dec 1832 6 9
5 M Benoni Dawson Douds 3 6 9
Born: 23 Aug 1809 - Moon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 6 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Irons (Abt 1808-1887) 3 6 9 10 Marr: 16 Mar 1833 6 9
6 F Eliza Douds 3 9
Born: 30 Jan 1813 6 9 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 Buried:Spouse: James Moore ( - ) 3 9 Marr: 7 Nov 1833 6 9
7 F Mary Ann Douds 3 6 9
Born: 6 Nov 1815 6 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Reason Gamel ( - ) 11
8 M William McC. Douds 6 9
AKA: William W. Douds 3 Born: 19 Feb 1818 6 9 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 Buried:Spouse: Rebecca Wyant ( - ) 9 11 Marr: 6 May 1841 6 9
9 M Edward Hill Douds 3 6 12
Born: 27 Jul 1820 - Beaver Co, PA 6 13 Christened: Died: Aft 1914 Buried:Spouse: Catharine Maria Fronk (1824-1892) 8 14 Marr: 29 Apr 1845 6 14
10 F Margaret H. Douds 3 4 6 15
Born: 11 Oct 1822 6 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Joseph Irons (1818-1890) 4 10 11 15 16 Marr: 8 Apr 1841 6 9
11 M Mahlon S. Douds 3 9
Born: 9 Dec 1824 6 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rebecca Brotherton ( - ) 9 11 Marr: 23 Apr 1850 6 9
General Notes: Husband - John Douds
He was born about six miles from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on what was called Yellow Breeches Creek, the only son of an Englishman, who had immigrated to America previous to the outbreak of the Revolution, and who was killed in the colonial service in 1777. For the first three and a half years of his life he remained in the locality of his birth. At the expiration of this period, in company with James Braden, with whom he lived until attaining his majority, he removed to Pittsburgh, remained there during the following winter and in the succeeding spring, John and his foster parent removed to the region of Raccoon Creek, Beaver County. The first abode they entered consisted of a small log hut, about twelve feet square, so low that one could not stand erect within it. In this house the family lived for over three years, Mr. Braden, meanwhile, clearing away the adjoining timber, and preparing for future improvements. At length a larger house became necessary, and a log one, 18 by 24 feet in dimensions, was "raised," with the assistance of neighbors, and occupied shortly afterwards. In this structure, surrounded on every hand by forest and wilderness, young John was reared. At the age of twenty-one he was united in wedlock and immediately afterward the new couple removed to the farm on which they passed the remainder of their lives. Their housekeeping equipment consisted of two chairs, a few stools made out of puncheons, a table constructed in the same manner, pewter dishes and other utensils of a like primitive nature. The implements with which the husband began cultivating his farm were also novel. His horse-collars were platted corn husks, sewed together by a wooden needle with a flax cord; his trace chains and bridle were made out of home-twined rope; backbends of double tow linen; and hames of wood, with two auger holes through it, and ropes put through them so as to lengthen or shorten, as might be required. The plows were wooden, the shares and coulter were of iron, while the harrow had wooden teeth. Notwithstanding these inconveniences, it is related that the Douds' farm was kept in a condition that would cause envy among many of the farmers of to-day. [HBC 1888, 842]
The care of her family weighing heavily upon his mother, he was adopted by James Braden, retaining, however, his own name, with whom he lived until he attained man's estate. Their home was for a time in Pittsburgh, but they later left that place to live the lives of pioneers in Beaver County, their first home being on Raccoon Creek in that county. When he was twenty-one years of age he received from his foster parent the gift of a horse, saddle, bridle, and a suit of clothes, and was freed from all obligations to Mr. Braden. The same year he was married and they were given one hundred acres of land by his father-in-law, to which he added until they were the possessors of several hundred acres. On his land, besides doing general farming, he conducted extensive stock-raising operations. He was skilled in the care and breeding of horses and raised many of the best animals produced in that section of the state. Toward the end of the War of 1812 he managed to arrange his domestic and business affairs so that he felt free to enlist in the American army, and went to Erie, Pennsylvania, with that intention, but before he was assigned to a company the conflict was over. With his wife he was a member of the White Oak Flats Presbyterian church, and he was a Republican in political belief.
Scenes of violence, perpetrated by hostile Indians, were of daily occurrence and so familiar did he become with those of the race of more friendly instincts that he learned their language remarkably well, and was able to speak it with ease and fluency.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Hutchison
She was born at Kilrea (Kibrea?), county Derry, Ireland, and came to the United States with her parents in June, 1789.
1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 842.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 43, 434.
3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 660.
4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 646.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 434.
6 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 843.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 44, 434.
8 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 660, 661.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 44.
10 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 355.
11 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 661.
12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 44, 435.
13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 435.
14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 45, 435.
15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 44, 1071.
16
Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 854.
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