When Dorothy Elizabeth Phillabaum was born on 2 June 1918, in Salt Creek, Holmes, Ohio, United States, her father, Harry Phillabaum, was 24 and her mother, Marcella Malone, was 20. She married Richard L Douglas on 3 July 1937. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Rural, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1935 and Holmesville, Prairie Township, Holmes, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 26 November 1945, in Fryburg, Holmes, Ohio, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Fryburg Cemetery, Fryburg, Holmes, Ohio, United States.