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Douglas, Robert Martin

lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 28, 1849, in Rockingham county, N. C., and is the son of the late Senator Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. He received his education at the Gonzaza college and the Georgetown university of Washington, D. C.; and the degrees of A. B., A. M. and LL. D., were conferred upon him. He has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of the south at Greensboro, N. C. He was private secretary to the governor of North Carolina; and was private secretary to President Grant. He has served as United States marshal for the western district of North Carolina; was colonel in the North Carolina militia; standing master in chancery of the United States circuit court; and is now associate justice of the supreme court of North Carolina.