Individual Details
(2 May 1860 - 1943)
also called "Douglas" Jonathan and Sarah Ann's choice of names for thei r s econd son is probably one of those revealing facts that can give us s o me insightto the kind of people they were. I found that Doug's full na m e was Stephen Aaron Douglass, which might tell us quite a bit about Jo n athan's politics. In 1860, the year of Doug's birth, the "Little G i ant," Stephen A. Douglass from Illinois was running for Presiden t a s a Democrat opposed to Abraham Lincoln, who won as the first Republ ic an President, which was the final trigger to the Civil War. I u n derstand that Jonathan would have been in a small minority in th a t area who were supporters of Stephen Douglass.
Events
| Birth | 2 May 1860 | Peoria, Richland Twp, Mahaska Co., IA | | | |
| Marriage | 29 Oct 1884 | Mahaska Co., IA. - Sarah Margaret McKissick | | | |
| Death | 1943 | Adair Co., Iowa, USA | | | |
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