Henry Burton Douthit was the fourth child of Abraham Douthit and Valinda jarvis of North Carolina and Missouri.

Henry was born on 25 January 1823, Davidson County, North Carolina and by 1840, his family had settled in vineyard Township, Washington, Arkansas.

Henry Burton Douthit married Matilda Angeline Clark about 1847, but no marriage record has been found.

Matilda predeceased Henry, dying on 22 October 1872, Newton County, Missouri. Henry passed away a decade later on 12 November 1882, also in Newton County, Missouri.

They were the parents of ten children. Frances died in childhood while Martha and Fletcher aren’t found after 1880. The other seven children all married and had families.

All events in Newton County, Missouri unless otherwise stated.

Children: (Douthit)

1. Mary Elizabeth, born 15 February 1849; died 26 May 1925, Walla Walla, Washington; married Josephus Woodcock, 5 November 1871.
2. Nancy Jane, born 22 September 1851; died 30 October 1875; married William A. Pryor, 4 April 1866.
3. Robert Henry, born 7 August 1852; died 3 May 1926; married Cordelia Craigo, 26 November 1874.
4. William Andrew, born 12 March 1854; died 25 April 1917, El Paso County, Colorado; married Ellen Juniper, 7 September 1873.
5. James Perry, born 6 August 1856; died 9 September 1916, Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma; married Bridget Elizabeth McGoldrick, 14 May 1896, Logan county, Oklahoma
6. John Ephraim, born November 1859; died 21 May 1923, Custer County, Montana; married Anna Lois Butts, 25 March 1877.
7. Martha Angeline, born c1863; died after 1880. No further record.
8. Lucy Myra E., born about 12 January 1865 (year varies in records; died 11 September 1907, Broadwater County, Montana; married William Henry Townsend, 21 April 1883.
9. Frances I., born 6 August 1866; died 27 August 1868
10. Fletcher L., born c1868; died after 1880. No further record.

Henry and Matilda have many descendants today through their seven children who married and had families.