Moving along with the Douthit descendants, Andrew Douthit was the seventh child and fourth son of Abraham Douthit and Valinda Jarvis.

Andrew was born 29 March 1829 in Davidson County, North Carolina and likely had few memories of his early life there. By 1840, the family was in Vineyard Township, Washington, Arkansas and, soon after that, permanently put down roots in Van Buren, Newton, Missouri, where Andrew spent the rest of his life.

Andrew Douthit married Mary Reynolds on 22 January 1852 in Newton County.

Mary died on 6 March 1904 and Andrew died 12 years later on 13 August 1916, both in Newton County, Missouri.

They had a large family of ten children, all of whom lived to adulthood and married.

All events in Newton County, Missouri unless otherwise noted.

Children (Douthit)

1. Sarah Ann, born 4 September 1853; died 25 March 1879; married Joshua Sult, 20 August 1869.
2. Susan Angeline, born 26 February 1855; died 2 February 1936, Lawrence County, Missouri; married James Alexander Beaven, 16 July 1876.
3. James Franklin, born 12 January 1857; died 4 February 1931; married Mary Jane Elliott, c1877
4. Thomas Burton, born 31 December 1858; died 3 July 1942, Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; married Grace Alma Sanders, 28 September 1890.
5. Judah Caroline, born 25 October 1860; died 13 January 1942, Pratt County, Kansas; married Louis Albert Griffith, 12 March 1879.
6. Nancy Isabelle, born 25 December 1862; died 26 September 1962, Los Angeles County, California; married Theodore O. Simerman, 23 December 1883.
7. Margaret Elizabeth, born 23 August 1866; died 22 December 1939, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; married Charles Ellis Cook, 2 November 1890.
8. Sanford Joseph, born 25 January 1868; died 11 October 1941, Lawrence County, Missouri; married Edna McReynolds, 24 June 1914, Lawrence County, Missouri. They had no children.
9. William Calvin, born 28 March 1870; died 10 February 1957; married Tabitha Rachel Henry, 28 April 1892.
10. Abraham Lee, born 4 March 1873; died 11 March 1951, Oakland, Alameda, California; married Annie Marie Taylor, 9 February 1898, Pulaski county, Arkansas.

As most of Andrew’s and Mary’s children had families of their own, there are many descendants today. If you know where to find James Franklin Douthit’s marriage record, please leave a comment!

Elizabeth Douthit was the sixth child of Abraham Douthit and Valinda Jarvis.

Elizabeth was born in February 1827, likely in Davidson County, North Carolina. When she was a young girl, sometime between 1830 and 1840, her family removed to Vineyard Township, Washington, Arkansas.

They didn’t stay there long, apparently preferring to settle just over the northern state line in Newton County, Missouri.

Elizabeth was about 19 years old when she married Jesse Adams, a young man from Tennessee, on 27 May 1846 in Newton County, Missouri.

They settled down in Newton County, raising a large family of nine children.

Jesse died there on 3 September 1875. Elizabeth survived him by many years, passing away after 1900, possibly in Barry County, Missouri, where she was living with her youngest child, Louana, and her family.

All events in Newton County, Missouri unless otherwise stated.

Children: (Adams)

1. William Andrew, born c1847; died 1889; married Mary Moore, 23 March 1876, Chariton County, Missouri.
2. Charles, born c1849; died after 1860. No further record.
3. Campbell, born c1852; died after 1860. No further record.
4. Sidney Robert, born September 1853; died 16 July 1930; married Louise Barbee, 28 October 1874.
5. Mary Frances, born about 8 January 1856 (years vary in records); died 30 December 1937, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri; married William Jeptha Barbee, 4 January 1875.
6. Rosina Isabella, born February 1859; died 27 October 1946, Cheney, Spokane, Washington; married John Henry McGee, 19 August 1882, Silver Bow County, Montana.
7. Delilah Belle Zora, born 11 March 1861; died 13 June 1935, Pinellas County, Florida; married Joseph Richmond Laurance, 30 September 1877.
8. Nancy Zeruah, born about 23 July 1863 (years vary in records); died 5 March 1926, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; married James Harvey Irwin, 21 June 1899, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.
9. Louana, born 28 February 1870; died 30 June 1956, Benton County, Arkansas; married Samuel Harmon Hartley, 15 October 1888.

Although young men and families started to move from from home in the later 1800s, one has to wonder if Jesse’s death in 1875 might have been one of the reasons the siblings lived so far apart from one another in adulthood.

However, Jesse and Elizabeth (Douthit) Adams have many descendants today.

Amos Douthit was the fifth child of Abraham and Valinda (Jarvis) Douthit and the least is known about him.

Amos was born c1825, likely in Davidson County, North Carolina and, as a teenager, he made the westward move with his parents and siblings to Arkansas by 1840.

Amos married sometime after the 1850 census, when he was enumerated in the home of his brother Henry in Van Buren, Newton, Missouri.

Sometime between the 1850 census and perhaps 1853, Amos married an unknown wife or, at the least, had an affair with a young lady which resulted in the birth of Amos’s son, Thomas Burton Douthit, around 1853 in Missouri.

I found one undocumented reference to the possible name of his wife – L—– J—– D—–, which I don’t want to repeat here for fear that someone will not read carefully and claim to know the name of Amos’s wife.

Amos was enumerated once more, in 1860, as “Doufitt” and was living with his aunt, Susannah Alberty, and her family. also in the home was his son, Thomas B. “Doufitt,” who was seven years old.

Amos was dead by 19 September 1865 as his estate administration in Newton County was handled by his brother, Henry Burton Douthit.

Sadly, only nine years later, on 31 March 1874, Henry was also the estate administrator for Thomas Burton Douthit, minor:

Thomas, born c1853, apparently died when he was about 20 years old, unmarried.

Therefore, Amos Douthit has no known descendants today. If you happen to come across his marriage record proving the name of his wife, please leave a comment!