Background
Douglass, Truman Orville was born on May 3, 1842 in Bethel, Bond Company, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Jane (McCord) Douglass.
Douglass, Truman Orville was born on May 3, 1842 in Bethel, Bond Company, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Jane (McCord) Douglass.
Bachelor of Arts, Illinois College, Jacksonville, 1865. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1868. (Doctor of Divinity, Tabor College, Iowa, 1893).
Member Company C, 145th Illinois Infantry, 100 days’ service, summer of 1864. Ordained Congleton ministry, 1868. Pastor, Osage, Iowa, 1868-1882.
Superintendent Congressional Home Missions of Iowa, 1882-1907, then honorary superintendent.
Member Company C, 145th Illinois Infantry, 100 days’ service, summer of 1864.; member of the board of directors Chicago Theological Seminary, 1888-1917.
Married Maria Greene, June 25, 1868.