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GEORGE W. DOUGLAS
Head of Pulaski Natural Gas Plant - Recently Retired from Hardware Business
Mr. George W. Douglas, one of our leading citizens, came to this town forty-nine years ago, when his father, the late Rev. James Douglas, D.D., became paster of the Congregational church of this village. Mr. Douglas attended the Pulaski Academy and graduated from that institution in 1874, then prepared to enter Oberlin College, but poor health prevented him going on with his plans.
Mr. Douglas entered the hardware business when he was ready to begin a business career which was in 1879 and continued in that business until March first, 1913, when he was succeeded by T. Alexander Campbell. Eleven years ago, when the Tollner estate was about to dispose of the Pulaski Natural Gas plant, Mr. Douglas purchased the plant and is now treasurer and manager of the same. Under his managment the plant has been improved and since his retirement from business he has fitted up a fine office for the gas company's use in the Froude block.
From his early life Mr. Douglas has taken an active part in the affairs of the Congregational church. He has served as trustee, superintendent of the Sunday school and is now one of the board of deacons, which office he has held for many years.
In village affairs Mr. Douglas has always maintained a lively interest, having served on the board of trustees, the
school board and has beau a member of the cemetery board for twenty-five years, during which time he has a MM that Pulaski cemetery grounds and property very much modernised and improved for which improvements he has always been an earnest advocate.
Mr. Douglas has never been a politicial enthusiast, in the sense of seeking office but he has stood firm with the Republican party in his vote and influence.
The Douglas home in Jefferson avenue is one of the interesting places of our village and has been an attractive feature of the avenue. A great change is being made in the buildings. The home is soon to be set in the center of one
of the most desirable lots in the village, by removing the same a short distance to the north. The landscape artist will have ample opportunity to make his work tell on the spacious grounds surrounding Mr. Douglas's home, in which,
when completed Mr. and Mrs. Douglas will possess a place of comfort and convenience baring few if any superiors in this part of the state.
Source: The Pulaski Democrat, May 21, 1913
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PROMINENT PULASKI CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Mr. George W. Douglas Ill for Many Months
Tuesday morning, August 19, at a few minutes after seven o'clock, word came from the Douglas home, Jefferson Avenue, that the head of the home, Mr. George W. Douglas, had fallen asleep and was at rest from the long months of suffering which had been his to eiidure. His death was not a surprise to those close to him for death has been the inevitable event looked for and it was known that it could not be averted for everything in the realm of medical science had been done for the relief of the sufferer but to no permanent avail. Mr. Douglas began to decline nearly two years ago and found it impossible to get back to his normal health.
George W. Douglas was the son of Rev. Dr. James Douglas and was born at Rutland, Jefferson County, in 1856. His father was pastor of a church there but came here, to Pulaski, when George was a boy, and here the Doctor served as pastor of Pulaski Congregational church for eighteen-years. George grew up in this community and when a voting man took as his wife Miss Mary Curry, who survives him. He was a student of Pulaski Academy and was graduated from that institution
in the early seventies and went away to get further education in a higher school of learning at Williams College and business college in Boston. He came back and in due time embarked in a hardware business which he conducted until, he acquired the Pulaski Gas & Oil Co. which occupied his business attention for some twenty years.
Mr. Douglas was a member of Pulaski Congregational church from his youth. He served for many years as superintendent of the Sunday School, was on the board of trustees and has been a member of the board of deacons during a long period.
Mr. Douglas was a director of the Peoples National Bank. He was president of Pulaski Merchant's Association and in other capacities he served public life in the village.
Funeral service will be held from the home tomorrow, at three o'clock, Rev. William Elliot Griffis, D.D., will officiate. The active bearer will be Messrs. Harry A. Moody, F.M. Moore, W.J. Peat, F.L. Burdick, F.G. Whitney and Irving G. Hubbs and the pall bearers will be Messrs. B.G. Seamans, Herbert W. Damon, Norman E. Woods and Merton L. Bennett.
Business places will be closed during the funeral
Source: The Pulaski Democrat, Aug 20, 1924
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