Mourning and Henderson Children

The children of Mourning Meachum and Henderson Douglas are:

  1. MARY NELVINA DOUGLAS (daughter of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1848 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. She married GEORGE KENDALL (son of JACOB and MINNIE KENDALL). GEORGE was born in Cottonville, North Carolina around 1837. MARY died on September 30, 1935. GEORGE died on October 19, 1935 in Stanly, North Carolina.
  2. ALEXANDER DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1848 in South Carolina. He married MIRANDA. MIRANDA was born in 1852. In 1880 ALEXANDER and MIRANDA lived in Stewartsville, North Carolina.
  3. HENRY DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born on November 1, 1867. He married SARAH ANN CLEMONS (daughter of JAMES CLEMMONS and SOPHIA JANE MARSHAL) on March 10, 1892 in Morven Township in Anson County, North Carolina. SARA was born on March 14, 1861 in Anderson County, NC. She died on June 14, 1946.  HENDERSON married NARCIS BOGGAN on November 24, 1886.
  4. JOHNNY A DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1849. He married LYDIA SPENSER. LYDIA was born in 1853. JOHNNY died on July 18, 1928.
  5. MATILDA ANN DOUGLAS (daughter of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1862. She married ALLAN ROBINSON on January 1, 1878 in Lilesville, North Carolina. ALLAN was born in 1851. He died in 1932. MATILDA died on February 5, 1935.  She is laying in rest in the Galilee A.M.E. Zion Church cemetery in Morven, North Carolina.
  6. JOSEPH DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born on August 11, 1850. He died on August 13, 1928. JOSEPH married ELVIE WATSON (daughter of RUBEN and JANE WATSON) on May 3, 1888.
  7. WILLIAM DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1855. He married CORA RICHARDSON.
  8. AARON DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1856. He married CATHERINE “KATIE” COPPEDGE (daughter of PATIENT COPPEDGE) on February 16, 1878. CATHERINE was born on July 26, 1896 in Anson Country, North Carolina. AARON died on July 6, 1938 in Marks Creek in Richmond County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Smith Grove Cemetery in Hamlet, North Carolina. CATHERIND died on July 26, 1931 in Laurel Hill in Scotland County, North Carolina.
  9. ANN ELIZABETH (LIZA) DOUGLAS (daughter of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born on May 1, 1858. She married PETER KERSEY (son of JAMES KERSEY) on January 9, 1877 in Lilesville Township, Anson County, North Carolina. PETER was born in 1850. ANN died on July 1, 1924. PETER died on January 4, 1910.
  10. CHARLES FISHER DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born on December 25, 1880 in Morven, Anson County, North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH RICKETS. ELIZABETH was born in 1879. CHARLES died on June 11, 1952 in Hamlet, North Carolina. He is buried in the Dobbins Cemetery in Hamlet, North Carolina.
  11. HARRIET DOUGLAS (daughter of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1866. She married JOE P. SMITH on July 28, 1889 in Anson County, North Carolina. JOE is buried in the Sandy Ridge Cemetery.
  12. CAROLINE DOUGLAS (daughter of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) was born in 1868.
  13. HAY DOUGLAS (son of MOURNING MEACHUM and HENDERSON DOUGLAS) married KAY TILLMAN.