G. W. Douglas, a well known druggist of Doyle Station, was born in Coffee County, Tenn., in 1855. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, and his mother of English-Dutch. Our subject received a good education at Beach Grove. He taught and attended school alternately for a period of seven years, also devoting some time to the study of medicine. He entered the old medical college at Nashville in 1881 and 1882, after which he practiced about two years near Belibuckle, Bedford County. August, 1885, he located at Doyle Station and engaged in the drug business, in which he has met with great success. The firm is Dainess & Douglas, the latter being the prescriptionist. They have a first-class stock, and are receiving a fair share of patronage. Mr. Donglas is an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Masonic order, Manchester. He is a Democrat, an energetic, worthy and respected citizen.

Source:   Goodspeed Pub. Co. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb, and Cannon, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1887.