This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dougan, Smith Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kUB.2ACE/1733 Message Board Post: Dougan Family of Randolph Co. N.C. Featured in New Book The story of the Dougan Clan, from Co. Donegal, Ireland has just been released. Vanished Glory: A Family in America chronicles the real life story of the Dougan family, from County Donegal. It is based on their true saga and tells the epic tale of Thomas Dougan's journey from English oppression in Ireland, to freedom in America. The Dougans fight in the American Revolution in Randolph Co., N.C. Patriot Thomas Dougan, his wife and infants are buried in Randolph Co. The Dougans pioneer through Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Indiana and settle in Northern Missouri. Their descendant, author Connie Lynne Smith, currently resides in Kansas City, Mo. This inspiring saga follows the Dougans from early Colonial America through the World Wars. Any Dougan descendants and anyone interested in Ireland, genealogy and the Irish in North Carolina and America, can contact the author and find complete book info at http://www.connielynne.com or check out Vanished Glory: A Family in America on ! Amazon.com.