When Lula Cornelia Wilson was born on 10 March 1860, in Pfafftown, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, her father, Henry Clinton Wilson, was 30 and her mother, Julia Amelia Hauser, was 22. She married Henry Wilson Douglas on 23 January 1879, in Yadkin, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Liberty Township, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1953, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States.