Mrs. J.R. Rand, died of dropsy, on Wednesday morning, Jan 4, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Rand were among the oldest residents of Crook County having settled on Inyan Kara Creek some ten years ago. The remains will be taken to her old home in Virginia for interment.

Sundance Gazette, Jan 6, 1893, Page 5

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Mrs. J.R. Rand, of Inyan Kara Creek died at her home Jan 4, 1893, of dropsy. Deceased is a mother of a large family of boys and girls, most if not all of whom live in the immediate vicinity, and all of whom are grown. Calvin L. Rand is her oldest son. She leaves besides these to mourn her death an aged husband who has shared her sorrows and joys for nearly 50 years. The remains were taken to Virginia this week for interment.

Sundance Reform, Jan 12, 1893, Page 2

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Daughter of John S. Douglass (1786- June 26, 1847) of Jackson County, West Virginia. Daughter of Elizabeth Richards.

John & Nancy were married Oct 28, 1848 in Jackson County, West Virginia.

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Her siblings were:

Levi Douglass (Oct 29, 1815)

Rueben H. Douglass (1819)

Calvin Douglass (1819)

John Douglass (1824)

Marinda Douglass (1826)

Alfred Douglass (1828)

Nancy Douglass(1830)

Elizabeth Douglass (1831)

Hiram Douglass (July 24, 1836)

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Nancy Douglass was born in 1830, in Jackson, Virginia, United States, her father, John S Douglass, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Stout, was 36. She married John R. Rand on 28 October 1848, in Jackson, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Holland, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in 1870. She died on 4 January 1893, in Sundance, Crook, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Virginia, United States.