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Frederick Augustus Washington Douglass Jr. (1842 - 1892)

Frederick Augustus Washington Douglass Jr.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 4 Aug 1869 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 50 in District of Columbia, United Statesmap
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Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Frederick Douglass Jr. is a part of US Black heritage.

Frederick was born about 1842. He is the son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his first wife, Anna Murray Douglass.

1850 Rochester, ward 7, Monroe, New York
Household
Frederick Douglass M 33 Maryland
Anna Douglass F 35 Maryland
Rosetta Douglass F 11 Massachusetts
Lewis H Douglass M 10 Massachusetts
Frederick Douglass M 8 Massachusetts
Charles Douglass M 5 Massachusetts
Anna Douglass F 1 New York
Charlotte Murray F 30 Maryland
Julia Griffils F 32 Scotland
Race: Black
Line Number: 28

Frederick died on July 26, 1892.[1]

Research Notes

Burial: Graceland Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
Reinterment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Benning, District of Columbia

Civil War Service: His FindAGrave memorial lists Civil War service in Company K, 25th United States Colored Troops. However, that is a different Frederick Douglas. The man who served in Company K, 25th USCT died 1 February 1930[2] and left a widow named Margaret.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #142171560 (accessed 16 February 2023)
    Memorial page for Frederick Douglass Jr. (3 Mar 1842-26 Jul 1892), citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Benning, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by civilwarbuff (contributor 47049540).
  2. ↑ Civil War Pension Index (Organizational Index): Douglas, Frederick, Company K, 25th United States Colored Troops. Image available on Fold3.
  3. ↑ Military: "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
    The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 127
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4654 #558533 (accessed 7 March 2023)
    Name: Frederick Douglas; Gender: Male; Unit: K 25 U.s.c. Inf; Navy; N.cav. Vt. N.h. Prinaton.; Filing Date: 17 Nov 1892; Filing Place: New York, USA; Relation to Head: Soldier; Spouse: Margaret J Douglas.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBQ-FMT : 12 April 2016), Frederick Douglass in household of Frederick Douglass, Rochester, ward 7, Monroe, New York, United States; citing family 70, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCW5-WNN : 13 December 2017), Fredrick Douglass in entry for Fredrick Douglass, 1860
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD7-PKDJ : 27 September 2017), Frederick Douglass and Virginia L M Hewlett, 04 Aug 1869; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, 17, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 2,108,897
  • "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN43-VZ7 : 12 April 2016), Frederick Douglass in household of Chas R Douglass, District of Columbia, United States; citing p. 96, family 601, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,626
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C3-R71 : 11 August 2017), Frederick Douglas, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet 165C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0121; FHL microfilm 1,254,121




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