Dr. James Douglas

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• Occupation: Metallurgist, Mine Manager, Chairman of the Board - Phelps Dodge Corporation
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Metallurgist, Mine Manager, Chairman of the Board - Phelps Dodge Corporation James Douglas was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1837. He studied medicine, but because of his interest in chemistry, he became involved in metallurgy with Thomas Henry Hunt. Douglas and Hunt are credited with developing the first commercial electrolytic copper refining process.

As a consultant to the Phelps, Dodge and Company, Douglas was sent to Territorial Arizona to investigate the property of the Detroit Copper Company at Morenci. Upon his return, he reported in favor of the Detroit Copper Company and Phelps Dodge agreed to finance the development of the Morenci Mine. At the same time, he presented the company an option to purchase the Atlanta claim in Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. Two years later, the Copper Queen Mine was purchased, and on August 10, 1885, the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company was formed.

From this beginning, Phelps Dodge moved from an import-export company to a major mining company. Douglas served as Manager and Director of the Copper Queen until the company changed its name to Phelps Dodge Corporation in 1917. He then became President and later, Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Douglas was inducted into the American Mining Hall of Fame in 1983 as an Inductee from Mining's Past. Bio courtesy of Cori Hoag and the Mining Foundation of the Southwest
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Headstone marker posted on CanadianHeadstones.com.

Family/Spouse: Naomi. Naomi was born on 13 Nov 1838 in Quebec, Canada; died on 1 Jul 1922 in New York, United States; was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, 4 January 1944
Elizabeth Douglas, 82, Dies at New York Home
Miss Elizabeth Douglas, 82, died Sunday evening at her home, at Spuyten Duyvil, New York City.

She was the eldest daughter of Dr. James Douglas, president for many years of the Phelps-Dodge corporation. She was born Dec. 16, 1881 (sic), in Beauport, Quebec.

She was intensely interested in the spiritual and civic development of the territory of Arizona and was her father's constant companion on his many inspection tours of Phelps-Dodge properties in this section. She was more recently an authority on the history of Arizona mining camps.

Surviving in Arizona are a brother, Walter Douglas of Phoenix, a niece, Mrs. Denison Kitchel of Phoenix, and a nephew, Walter Douglas of Tucson.

A brother, James S. Douglas, now living in Canada, was a resident of Douglas for many years, and a nephew is Lewis W. Douglas, former congressman from Arizona and now deputy war shipping administrator. Another sister, Mrs. Archibald Douglas, also survives her adn is living at Spuyten Duyvil.
Article courtesy of Contributor Cori Hoag

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• Occupation: Canada-United States; Mining Executive
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• Residence: 1944, Canada

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James Stuart Douglas, Jr. (1867? 1949), popularly known as Rawhide Jimmy, was a Canadian-American businessman and mining executive.

Douglas was the son of James Douglas, a Canadian mining engineer and executive. Born in Quebec, Jimmy Douglas grew up in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, where his father managed the Chemical Copper Company. Douglas left home at 17 and moved west to Manitoba, where he homesteaded. Suffering from asthma, he moved to the Arizona Territory, in the United States, in the hope that the drier climate might provide relief.

After a year in Sulpher Springs Valley, where he cultivated strawberries, he moved to Bisbee at his father's request to work as an assayer for the Copper Queen Mine.

In 1892 Douglas moved to Prescott to work for the Commercial Mining Company, an affiliate of the Phelps Dodge mining company. Eight years later he was transferred to Sonora, Mexico, to manage the copper mine and smelter at Pilares and Nacozari; and directed construction of a railroad from Douglas, Arizona to Nacozari. While at Pilares, he acquired his nickname, "Rawhide Jimmy", because of his technique of using rawhide to protect the rollers on mining equipment. Afterward, he moved to Cananea, Sonora, to manage the copper operations there. His tenure was marked by riots and labor problems, which were endemic to the Cananea mines.

In 1912, Douglas returned to central Arizona, where he took an option on the United Verde Extension (UVX) property, a speculative venture to find the down-faulted extension of the great "United Verde" ore body near Jerome, Arizona. In 1914, with funds near exhaustion, an exploration drift cut bonanza copper ore. The UVX became a profitable mine. During 1916 alone, the mine produced $10 million worth of copper, silver and gold, of which $7.4 million was profit.[3] The UVX paid $55 million in dividends during its life (1915? 1938), making Douglas a wealthy man.

In 1939, Douglas retired to Canada, where he died of heart failure in 1949.

Douglas' Jerome mansion is open to the public as the Jerome State Historic Park.

Douglas' son, Lewis W. Douglas, who also entered the mining business, went on to a successful political career as a Congressman from 1927? 33; and the Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1947? 51). The copper-roofed cottage on the hillside adjacent to the Douglas Mansion was built as a wedding present for Lewis.

Family/Spouse: Josephine Leah Williams. Josephine (daughter of Lewis Williams and Harriet M.) was born on 20 Jul 1872 in Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, United States; died on 6 Jul 1941 in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1944, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

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Family/Spouse: Edith Margaret Bell. Edith (daughter of Dr. Robert A. Bell and Agnes Smith) was born on 7 Feb 1880 in Montr?al (city/cit?), Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; died on 10 Oct 1963 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States; was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Canada-United States; Congressman, military, House of Representatives, etc.
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U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Amherst College Massachusetts, in 1916 and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During World War I, he served overseas as a First Lieutenant on the G-3 staff, 91st Division, US Army. After the war, he was an instructor of history at Amherst College in 1920, engaged in the mining business and was a member of the Arizona State House of Representatives, (1923-25). In 1927, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation in 1933. He was appointed Director of the Budget by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served until he resigned in 1934. He was vice president of a chemical company, (1934-38) and principal of McGill University Canada, (1938-39). During World War II, he was deputy administrator of the War Shipping Administration, (1942-44) and US Ambassador to Great Britain, (1947-50). He also was director, General Motors Corporation, (1944-65), chairman of Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company, (1949-66), the President to head Government Study of Foreign Economic Problems in 1953 and a member of President Johnson's Task Force on American Indians, (1966-67).

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

Family/Spouse: Margaret S. Zinsser. Margaret was born on 5 Aug 1898 in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, United States; died on 15 Aug 1992 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Walter Douglas, Jr., Age 76, of Tucson, Arizona passed away January 21, 1987. Survived by Walter Douglas III, son; Donald S. Douglas, son; Annabelle F. Tansey, daughter; Elizabeth Giorgis, daughter. Memorial Service Monday, January 26, 1987, at 4:00PM at Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Roller Coaster Rd., with Pastor Gregory Adolph of Dove of Peace officiating.

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Lieut James Stuart Douglas, II
BIRTH?tab?20 Jun 1922
New York, USA
DEATH?tab?31 Mar 1997 (aged 74)
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
BURIAL?tab?Unknown
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Published Apr 3, 1997 in the "Tucson Citizen" Tucson, Arizona.

"DOUGLAS, James Stuart, 75, son of Lewis W. Douglas, horseman, cattleman, rancher, banker, civic leader, sculptor, artist, and husband, passed away Monday, March 31, 1997. Four generations of the Douglas family have been in Arizona in the banking and mining industries. James Stuart continued this tradition and added ranching, as well. He had a love for the desert, the outdoors, horses and cattle throughout his whole life, and enjoyed them immensely. It is difficult to mention a board or activity in which he was not involved during his life in Tucson as a banker, and Tucson resident. In 1947, he started his career in Southern Arizona Bank within which he rose to president and chief executive officer. As a prominent member of the Tucson business community, he served as president of the Development Authority for Tucson Expansion ("DATE"), founding organization for the current Greater Tucson Economic Council. He was also a past president of Junior Achievement of Tucson, the Tucson Chamber of Commerce, United Way, Arizona Bankers Association, past metro-chairman of the National Alliance of Businessmen, and past chairman and president of the Tucson United Way Fund Drive. In 1970, he was named Tucson's Man of the Year by the downtown Sertoma Club, and elected State Man of the Year of the Sertoma Clubs of Arizona. In 1972, he received Man of the Year from City of Hope. His other civic contributions include the Tucson Airport Authority and the Advisory Council of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. One of the most rewarding activities was his membership in the American Society of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem. He was also a charter member of the George C. Marshall Association. James Stuart Douglas was an indomitable promoter for the City of Tucson during his time here. Prior to that, he served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant. While serving in World War II he received the Air Medal, Three Oak Leaf Clusters and three Battle Stars during his 21 months of service in the European Theater. Prior to that, he attended Groton School from which he graduated. He then attended Amherst College for one year, until joining the Army. He was preceded in death by his oldest son, James Stuart Douglas III and his survived by his son, Peter Hazard Douglas; two daughters, Bronwyn McGregor Douglas Rubenstein and Morgan Peace Douglas; Mary Peace Hazard Douglas, mother of their children; his loving grandchildren, Summer and Megan Douglas, Neil and David Rubenstein and Philip Rosenberg. James was attached to his life in the Arizona desert ? especially the grasslands of Sonoita ? and to the horseman's way of life. He will be missed by all who loved him. A memorial service will be held at his residence on Friday, April 4th at 9:00 a.m. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be sent to United States Dressage Federation, 130 North Tenth, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508."

Family/Spouse: Mary Peace Hazard. Mary was born on 22 May 1925 in New York, United States; died on 1 Feb 2014 in Arizona, United States; was buried in Blackstock Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blackstock, Chester County, South Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]