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S. C. DOUGLASS, farmer; P. O. Le Roy; born in Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill., Dec. 14, 1851; he is the son of D. B. Douglas, who located in Bloomington about the year 1849, where he lived until 1859, when he removed to Clinton Co., Ind., where he is now engaged in farming. The subject of this sketch removed to Indiana with his parents, where he was brought up to farm labor until 1871, when he returned to Illinois, and, after working as farm laborer one year, farmed upon rented land in Padua and Belleflower Townships until 1877, when he located upon his present place, where he now lives. His marriage with Sabra E. Smitherman was celebrated Nov. 14, 1877; she was born in Wood Co., Va., Aug. 5, 1851; she is the daughter of William Smitherman, who was born in Virginia July 3, 1820; he married Mary Rice in Virginia, she was born in Virginia in April, 1826; they were the parents of four children, of whom three are now living; the father of S. C. Douglass is Dennison B. Douglass; he was born April 28, 1880. Married Julian P. Goodheart Feb. 6, 1851; she was born in Bloomington Sept. 10, 1832 and died August, 1877; she was a daughter of William Goodheart, one of the early pioneers and a prominent man of Bloomington.