DOUGAL, Capt. William Pollock
1823 - 1890 (66 years)
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Name DOUGAL, William Pollock Prefix Capt. Born 28 Dec 1823 Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States 
Gender Male Biography - From Bell's History of Northumberland County 1891: WILLIAM P. DOUGAL was the second son of Dr. James S. and Sarah (Pollock) Dougal, and grandson of Dr. James Dougal, the second resident physician of Milton. He was born December 28, 1823, in the substantial stone house erected by his grandfather on the corner of Front and Mahoning streets, Milton, Pennsylvania, early in the present century, and was educated at the old Milton Academy. In early manhood he engaged in farming in Union county, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1860. Upon the breaking out of the civil war he at once gave his active support to the Union cause, and September 4, 1862, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Fiftieth (Bucktail) regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, which company he recruited in Union county, where he then resided. His regiment was at once sent to the front, and afterwards became celebrated as one of the fighting regiments of the Army of the Potomac, Lieutenant Dougal was promoted to the captaincy on the field of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, where he was so severely wounded as to necessitate his retirement from active service, and he was finally discharged, February 1, 1864. The firm of Murray, Dougal & Company was organized the same year, and the Milton Car Works established, with which Captain Dougal was actively identified until 1878, when he withdrew from the firm and lived a retired life up to his death July 8, 1890.
Captain Dougal was twice married, first to Sarah Clingan, of Union county, who bore him one daughter, Sarah, wife of William C. Lawson, Jr., of Milton. His second wife was Agnes, daughter of Robert and Eliza (Montgomery ) McCormick, of Milton, a descendant of two well known pioneer families of the West Branch valley. Seven children were the fruits of this union: James; Robert; William; Eliza; Charles; Agnes, and Margaret, all of whom are living except the eldest. Captain Dougal was a member of the Presbyterian church, to which faith his widow and family also adhere, and in politics he was an ardent Republican. He was a director of the Milton National Bank, and always manifested a deep interest in the social and material growth of his native town. He was affable, kind, and generous in all the relations of home and family, and in business life he was recognized as the soul of honor and integrity.
Census (desc) 1850 Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States working as a farmer Census (desc) 1860 Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States working as a farmer - Listed as W. P. Dugle
Widowed 17 Apr 1862 Census (desc) 1870 Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [2] working as a lumber merchant Census (desc) 1880 Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [3] as a retired lumberman _UID A064479444023B4EAD4D39A0850AD76C53D9 Died 8 Jul 1890 Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Person ID I380 Milton Families Last Modified 14 Jul 2013
Father DOUGAL, Dr. James Starrett, b. 7 Oct 1794, Cookstown, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. 23 May 1878, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 83 years) Mother POLLOCK, Sarah, b. 16 Jul 1799, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1 Apr 1874, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 74 years) Married 2 Jul 1818 Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Family ID F121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 CLINGAN, Sarah Ann (1), b. 31 Dec 1824, d. 17 Apr 1862, Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 37 years) Married 2 Jan 1849 Children 1. DOUGAL, Sarah Clingan, b. 10 Apr 1863, d. 9 Jan 1929, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 65 years)Last Modified 3 Jan 2021 Family ID F122 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 MCCORMICK, Agnes (2), b. 22 Apr 1839, Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 23 Apr 1928, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 89 years) Children 1. DOUGAL, James S., b. 1868, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown2. DOUGAL, Robert McCormick, b. 1870, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown3. DOUGAL, William P., b. 1873, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown4. DOUGAL, Elizabeth M., b. 1876, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 21 Mar 1960 (Age 84 years)5. DOUGAL, Charles N., b. 1878, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown6. DOUGAL, Agnes B., b. 1883, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown7. DOUGAL, Margaret P., b. Dec 1885, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 3 Jan 2021 Family ID F123 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From Bell's History of Northumberland County 1891: WILLIAM P. DOUGAL was the second son of Dr. James S. and Sarah (Pollock) Dougal, and grandson of Dr. James Dougal, the second resident physician of Milton. He was born December 28, 1823, in the substantial stone house erected by his grandfather on the corner of Front and Mahoning streets, Milton, Pennsylvania, early in the present century, and was educated at the old Milton Academy. In early manhood he engaged in farming in Union county, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1860. Upon the breaking out of the civil war he at once gave his active support to the Union cause, and September 4, 1862, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Fiftieth (Bucktail) regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, which company he recruited in Union county, where he then resided. His regiment was at once sent to the front, and afterwards became celebrated as one of the fighting regiments of the Army of the Potomac, Lieutenant Dougal was promoted to the captaincy on the field of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, where he was so severely wounded as to necessitate his retirement from active service, and he was finally discharged, February 1, 1864. The firm of Murray, Dougal & Company was organized the same year, and the Milton Car Works established, with which Captain Dougal was actively identified until 1878, when he withdrew from the firm and lived a retired life up to his death July 8, 1890.
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