William L. Douglass
6th Pa HA, Co. E

William L. Douglass of Boston, Pa., a well-known citizen and justice of the peace, was born in Elizabeth township, Allegheny Co., Pa., May 19, 1849, son of Col. William and Margaret (Howell) Douglass. Squire Douglass received his elementary education in the common schools, later attended the Elder's Ridge academy, and completed his classical training at the University of Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1871. Subsequently he was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of Illinois, and practiced that profession in Chicago for some time. He was married, in 1876, to Kate I., daughter of Andrew and Jane (Cornell) Werling, of Allegheny County, and they have one daughter, Jane W. In 1882 Mr. Douglass was appointed a justice of the peace by Gov. Henry M. Hoyt, a year later was elected to succeed himself, and since then has continued in that important position, the duties of which he has discharged to the entire satisfaction of his constituency. In 1864 Mr. Douglass enlisted in Battery E, 6th Pennsylvania heavy artillery, then being but fifteen years of age, and served until the close of that struggle. Squire Douglass has lived in Boston the greater part of his mature life, and there assisted in the organization of the Boston bridge company, of which he is vice-president. He is also a handler of real estate and insurance, and has devoted considerable time to civil engineering, in which profession he is proficient. In 1895 he joint the Methodist Episcopal church and for a number of years has been class leader, and is a director in the Bentleyville holiness association, which is the oldest camp in the State, and located in Washington county, near National pike. Squire Douglass is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Masons, the Knights of Malta, the Knights of the Mystic Chain, and other orders, and is one of the leading men in that part of the county.

- Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Personal and Genealogical with Portraits
Northwest Historical Association, Madison, WI. 1904; Volume II, Pg 289 - 290