Elected Chief of Police, Sheriff, then Texas State Senator from Grayson County and appointed Supt. of Gatesville State Reformatory
Son of Major William Cage Douglass and Lucy Ann Sewell, both buried at Saint Jo, Texas along with a younger brother Alford E. Douglass (Boggess Cemetery)
Civil War veteran/Confederate Forces; fought with Burnett's Battalion, 1st Texas Sharp Shooters
Married Martha Jane "Mattie" Anderson in Grayson County, TX on Feb 20, 1867.
OBITUARY, Galveston Daily News (Texas), Sunday, December 22, 1907
"Captain E. G. DOUGLASS, age 64, superintendent of the state reformatory at Gatesville, died Thursday night from a complication beginning in partial paralysis of the brain.
Burial occurred at Gatesville Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias of which the deceased was a member.
His wife and four children-WILL DOUGLASS of Sulphur, Oklahoma, ED DOUGLASS Jr. of Cleburne, Mrs. IDA REDMAN of Cleburne and Mrs. EDITH EMANUEL of South Texas-survive him.
Capt. Douglas was a native of Middle Tennessee but went with his family to Missouri when but a child, and thence to Texas in 1857. His father, Maj. (William) BILL DOUGLAS, located on Iron Ore Creek north of Sherman where the family lived for several years, but later moved to St. Jo, Montague County. At that place, both Capt. Douglas' parents were buried.
The deceased enlisted in Burnett's Battalion of Confederate sharpshooters, organized in North Texas, and was under Capt. JIM HURT, later a member of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals. He served through the war between the States. Later he served the public as a peace officer in lesser places for several years. Capt. Douglas was elected chief of police of Sherman which place he held four years and in the following election, became sheriff of Grayson County, which office he filled for four years during one of the most stirring portions of the country's history so far as law enforcement is concerned. He became state senator for the district consisting of Cooke and Grayson counties and at the conclusion of his term accepted the appointment to the superintendency of the state prison at Rusk. With change of administration, he became manager of the state penal farm at Harlem. On Jan. 1, 1907, he assumed the duties of the state reformatory at Gatesville."
Son of Major William Cage Douglass and Lucy Ann Sewell, both buried at Saint Jo, Texas along with a younger brother Alford E. Douglass (Boggess Cemetery)
Civil War veteran/Confederate Forces; fought with Burnett's Battalion, 1st Texas Sharp Shooters
Married Martha Jane "Mattie" Anderson in Grayson County, TX on Feb 20, 1867.
OBITUARY, Galveston Daily News (Texas), Sunday, December 22, 1907
"Captain E. G. DOUGLASS, age 64, superintendent of the state reformatory at Gatesville, died Thursday night from a complication beginning in partial paralysis of the brain.
Burial occurred at Gatesville Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias of which the deceased was a member.
His wife and four children-WILL DOUGLASS of Sulphur, Oklahoma, ED DOUGLASS Jr. of Cleburne, Mrs. IDA REDMAN of Cleburne and Mrs. EDITH EMANUEL of South Texas-survive him.
Capt. Douglas was a native of Middle Tennessee but went with his family to Missouri when but a child, and thence to Texas in 1857. His father, Maj. (William) BILL DOUGLAS, located on Iron Ore Creek north of Sherman where the family lived for several years, but later moved to St. Jo, Montague County. At that place, both Capt. Douglas' parents were buried.
The deceased enlisted in Burnett's Battalion of Confederate sharpshooters, organized in North Texas, and was under Capt. JIM HURT, later a member of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals. He served through the war between the States. Later he served the public as a peace officer in lesser places for several years. Capt. Douglas was elected chief of police of Sherman which place he held four years and in the following election, became sheriff of Grayson County, which office he filled for four years during one of the most stirring portions of the country's history so far as law enforcement is concerned. He became state senator for the district consisting of Cooke and Grayson counties and at the conclusion of his term accepted the appointment to the superintendency of the state prison at Rusk. With change of administration, he became manager of the state penal farm at Harlem. On Jan. 1, 1907, he assumed the duties of the state reformatory at Gatesville."
Elected Chief of Police, Sheriff, then Texas State Senator from Grayson County and appointed Supt. of Gatesville State Reformatory
Son of Major William Cage Douglass and Lucy Ann Sewell, both buried at Saint Jo, Texas along with a younger brother Alford E. Douglass (Boggess Cemetery)
Civil War veteran/Confederate Forces; fought with Burnett's Battalion, 1st Texas Sharp Shooters
Married Martha Jane "Mattie" Anderson in Grayson County, TX on Feb 20, 1867.
OBITUARY, Galveston Daily News (Texas), Sunday, December 22, 1907
"Captain E. G. DOUGLASS, age 64, superintendent of the state reformatory at Gatesville, died Thursday night from a complication beginning in partial paralysis of the brain.
Burial occurred at Gatesville Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias of which the deceased was a member.
His wife and four children-WILL DOUGLASS of Sulphur, Oklahoma, ED DOUGLASS Jr. of Cleburne, Mrs. IDA REDMAN of Cleburne and Mrs. EDITH EMANUEL of South Texas-survive him.
Capt. Douglas was a native of Middle Tennessee but went with his family to Missouri when but a child, and thence to Texas in 1857. His father, Maj. (William) BILL DOUGLAS, located on Iron Ore Creek north of Sherman where the family lived for several years, but later moved to St. Jo, Montague County. At that place, both Capt. Douglas' parents were buried.
The deceased enlisted in Burnett's Battalion of Confederate sharpshooters, organized in North Texas, and was under Capt. JIM HURT, later a member of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals. He served through the war between the States. Later he served the public as a peace officer in lesser places for several years. Capt. Douglas was elected chief of police of Sherman which place he held four years and in the following election, became sheriff of Grayson County, which office he filled for four years during one of the most stirring portions of the country's history so far as law enforcement is concerned. He became state senator for the district consisting of Cooke and Grayson counties and at the conclusion of his term accepted the appointment to the superintendency of the state prison at Rusk. With change of administration, he became manager of the state penal farm at Harlem. On Jan. 1, 1907, he assumed the duties of the state reformatory at Gatesville."
Son of Major William Cage Douglass and Lucy Ann Sewell, both buried at Saint Jo, Texas along with a younger brother Alford E. Douglass (Boggess Cemetery)
Civil War veteran/Confederate Forces; fought with Burnett's Battalion, 1st Texas Sharp Shooters
Married Martha Jane "Mattie" Anderson in Grayson County, TX on Feb 20, 1867.
OBITUARY, Galveston Daily News (Texas), Sunday, December 22, 1907
"Captain E. G. DOUGLASS, age 64, superintendent of the state reformatory at Gatesville, died Thursday night from a complication beginning in partial paralysis of the brain.
Burial occurred at Gatesville Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias of which the deceased was a member.
His wife and four children-WILL DOUGLASS of Sulphur, Oklahoma, ED DOUGLASS Jr. of Cleburne, Mrs. IDA REDMAN of Cleburne and Mrs. EDITH EMANUEL of South Texas-survive him.
Capt. Douglas was a native of Middle Tennessee but went with his family to Missouri when but a child, and thence to Texas in 1857. His father, Maj. (William) BILL DOUGLAS, located on Iron Ore Creek north of Sherman where the family lived for several years, but later moved to St. Jo, Montague County. At that place, both Capt. Douglas' parents were buried.
The deceased enlisted in Burnett's Battalion of Confederate sharpshooters, organized in North Texas, and was under Capt. JIM HURT, later a member of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals. He served through the war between the States. Later he served the public as a peace officer in lesser places for several years. Capt. Douglas was elected chief of police of Sherman which place he held four years and in the following election, became sheriff of Grayson County, which office he filled for four years during one of the most stirring portions of the country's history so far as law enforcement is concerned. He became state senator for the district consisting of Cooke and Grayson counties and at the conclusion of his term accepted the appointment to the superintendency of the state prison at Rusk. With change of administration, he became manager of the state penal farm at Harlem. On Jan. 1, 1907, he assumed the duties of the state reformatory at Gatesville."
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