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Douglas, Amanda Minnie
author, was born July 14, 1838, in New York city.
She is a popular novelist of Newark, N. J., whose more than thirty works of fiction have obtained a wide circulation. Among them them are In Trust; Stephen Dane; Claudia; With Fate Against Him; Sherburne House; In Wild Rose Time; Seven Daughters; Larry; and Hope Mills. are
Douglas, Benjamin
manufacturer, inventor, governor, was born April 3, 1816, in Northford, Conn. William Douglas died in 1858, and in 1859 a company was formed of which Benjamin became president. He was mayor of Middletown for several years, a republican presidential elector in 1860, and lieutenant-governor of the state in 1861-62.
Douglas, Beverly B
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 21, 1822, in Providence Forge, Va. In 1850 he was a member of the state constitutional convention; was elected a member of the state senate under the amended constitution, and was a member of that body until 1865. In 1861 he entered the confederate service as first lieutenant in Lee's mounted rangers, of which he was made captain; then major of the fifth Virginia cavalry, army of northern Virginia; and resigned in 1863 to resume his legislative duties. He was elected to the fortyfourth congress as representative from Virginia; and was re-elected to the fortyfifth congress. He died Dec. 22, 1878.
Douglas, George
physician, was born May 7, 1823, in Franklin, N. Y. He commenced the practice of his profession at Oxford, N. Y., where he entered at once upon a large and lucrative practice.
During the civil war he was appointed surgeon of the examining board of the nineteenth district of New York at Oxford.
DOUGLAS, JOHN. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel early in the war, rose to the rank of colonel, and finally to that of general, and served with distinction throughout the war.
Douglas, Marion
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 29, 1854, in Dixfield, Maine. In 1876 he graduated from the Bates college; and was admitted to the bar in 1874. During 1876-79 he was principal of the normal school; moved to Dakota territory in 1880; and the same year was elected judge of probate court of Brown county. In 1886 he moved to Duluth, Minn., where he has since practiced law continuously with eminent success.
Douglas, Orlando Benajah
physician, was born Sept 12, 1836, in Cornwall, Vt. In 1885 he was elected surgeon and director of the Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital; and in 1888 was elected professor of diseases of the nose and throat in the Post-Graduate Medical school and hospital. He is the author of a work entitled Is the Cure of Chronic Nasal Catarrh as Difficult as has been Supposed?
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.
Douglas, Silas Hamilton
educator, author, was born Oct. 16, 1816, in Fredonia, N. Y. He was a professor of chemistry at the university of Michigan in 1844-79, and is the author of Tables for Qualitative Chemical Analysis; and Qualitative Chemical Analysis.
Douglas, Stephen A
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born April 23, 1813, in Brandon, Vt.
He was elected attorney-general of Illinois; in 1837 was appointed by President Van Buren register of the land office at Springfield, Ill.; in 1840 was elected secretary of state, and the following year judge of the supreme court.
This office he resigned, in consequence of ill-health, after sitting upon the bench for two years. In 1843 was elected to congress, and continued a member of the lower house for four years. In 1847 he was elected to the United States senate for the term ending in 1853; and was re-elected for the term ending in 1859. He died June 3, 1861, in Chicago, Ill.
Douglass, Benjamin F
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born July 22, 1820, in Shenandoah county, Va. In 1857 he was elected as representative to the state legislature from Harrison county, Ind.
Douglass, David Bates
civil engineer, was born March 21, 1790, in Pompton, N. J. In 1814 he commanded a company on the northern frontier, and was brevetted captain. His introduction of inclined planes in place of locks for canal navigation proved a success in the Morris canal, of which he was chief engineer. In 1833 he began his surveys for supplying New York with water; and in his report showed how to obtain it from the Croton river.
Douglass, Frederick
orator, author, was born in February, 1817, in Tuckahoe, Md. He was a famous orator and the most distinguished member of the African race in America. He was born in slavery, but escaped to the north in 1838, educated himself, and soon became prominent as an anti-slavery speaker. As time went on, his style, always picturesque and eloquent, became polished and elegant. He is the author of My Bondage and My Freedom; Narrative of My Experience in Slavery; Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.
He died in 1895.
Douglass, George Lyon
lawyer, legislator, was born April 3, 1853, in Erie, Pa. He served with distinction as a member of the Kansas legislature, and in 1893 was speaker of what was known as the Douglass house, which the supreme court decided was the lawful house of representatives of the state. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west at Wichita, Kan., and in 1891 was counsel for the state in the impeachment trial of Judge Botkin before the Kansas state senate.
Douglass, John W
lawyer. He has attained success as a lawyer, and has a large practice in Washington, D. C.
Douglass, Margaret Critten- Den
educator, was born in Washington, D. C. She opened a school for the instruction of colored children, but it was broken up by the authorities in 1853, and she herself was imprisoned for a month in the common jail. She published a Personal Narrative, relating her experiences.
Douglass, Myra
poet, was born in 1844, in Adrian, Mich. Since her childhood she has written stories and verse for the Waverly and Ballou Magazines of Boston, and other prominent periodicals.
Her poems are included in nearly all standard collections of American verse.
Douglass, Samuel J
jurist. He was an emigrant to Florida while yet a territory; and in 1842 was appointed one of the judges of the United States for that district.
Douglass, William
physician, author, was born about 1691, in Scotland. He was a Scottish physician who came to America and settled in Boston in 1718.
His principal work is a Summary, Historical and Political, of the British Settlements in America. Others of less note are Mercurius Novanglicanus. He died Oct. 21, 1752, in Boston, Mass.
Douthat, Robert William
educator, author, was born April 13, 1840, in Christiansburg, Va. He graduated from Emory and Henry college, and has attained success as an educator. For eleven years he was professor of language in the Missouri University School of Mines; was a college president for ten years; and is now professor of Latin in the West Virginia university of Morgantown, W. Va. He is the author of several educational works, and contributes extensively to current literature.
Dovener, Blackburn Barrett
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 20, 1842, in Cabell county, W. Va.
He raised a company of loyal Virginians and served in the United States volunteer infantry during the war. He was elected as a representative of Ohio county in the legislature of 1883; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. was a
Dow, Daniel
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 19, 1772, in Ashford, Conn. He congregational clergyman of Thompson, Conn., and the author of Familiar Letters to Rev. John Sherman; The Pedobaptist Catechism; The Sinaitic and Abrahamic Covenants; and Free Inquiry Recommended on the Subject of Free Masonry. He died July 19, 1849, in Thompson, Conn.
Dow, Lorenzo
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 16, 1777, in Coventry, Conn.
He was an eccentric methodist traveling preacher, especially vehement against the Jesuits. He was the author of Polemical Works; The Stranger in Charleston, or the Trial and Confession of Lorenzo Dow; A Short Account of a Long Travel; Journal and Miscellaneous Writings; and History of a Cosmopolite, an autobiographic work. He d.ed Feb. 2, 1834, in Georgetown, D. C.
Dow, Mary E. H. G
business woman, was born Dec. 15, 1848, in Dover, N. H.
She attended the Dover academy and graduated from the high school in Charlestown, Mass. She is the first woman president of a street railroad, having been president of the Dover Street Railway company. She is now engaged in real estate, and manages her own real estate.