Sally Douglass

Female1785–

Brief Life History of Sally

When Sally Douglass was born in 1785, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, her father, Alexander Douglass, was 47 and her mother, Susanna Jones, was 39. She married John Shaw on 30 May 1806, in Barren, Kentucky, United States.

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John Shaw
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Sally Douglass
1785–
Marriage: 30 May 1806

Sources (9)

  • Douglas, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Sally Douglas in entry for John Shaw, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
  • Sally Douglas, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 May 1806Barren, Kentucky, United States

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (3)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 1

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

    Age 2

    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

    1792 · Becomes the 15th State

    Age 7

    On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and English (Durham and Northumbria): variant of Douglas .

    History: William Douglass, a physician recognized for his identification and description of an epidemic of scarlet fever, was born c. 1691 in Gifford, Haddington County, Scotland, and settled in Boston in 1718. The abolitionist, orator, and journalist Frederick Douglass assumed the name after escaping from slavery in 1838 and traveling to Massachusetts. Son of a white father and a slave with some Indian blood, he was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey c. 1817 in Tuckahoe, MD.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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