Douglas Walworth, a planter and attorney of Natchez, Mississippi, was born in Adams County, Mississippi. Douglas' father, John P. Walworth (1803-1883), was educated in New York and moved to Natchez, Mississippi in 1819. He was a postal clerk, a planter in Louisiana and Arkansas, and president of Planters' Bank of Natchez. Douglas Walworth attended school in Natchez and studied law at Harvard and Princeton Universities. He was admitted to the bar in Jackson, Mississippi in 1855 and served in the state legislature, 1859-1860. Douglas helped raise the Light Guard Battalion and was captain of Company I of the 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. After the war, Douglas resumed his legal practice and his activities as a planter. He and his first wife, Rebecca Conner (d. 1868), had one son and four daughters. His second wife, Jeannette Haddermann of Natchez, was the author of novels FORGIVEN AT LAST and DEAD MEN'S SHOES and numerous magazine articles. Alexander Gordon (b. 1784) was a Scottish immigrant to New Orleans. His parents were Margaret Leslie and James Gordon (d. 1804).
From the description of Walworth and Gordon family papers, 1806-1941 (bulk 1850-1881). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122505676
