Brief Life History of Thomas Wilson
When Thomas Wilson Douglass was born on 19 April 1798, in Albion, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, William Douglas, was 40 and his mother, Eunice Bry, was 39. He married Delila Payne on 18 February 1818, in Rising Sun, Randolph Township, Ohio, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1798. He died on 23 October 1864, in Catlin Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Songer Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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- Thomas Douglas, "United States Census, 1860"
- Thos. Douglas, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Thomas Douglass, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
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1799
Historical Boundaries: 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Durham and Northumbria): variant of Douglas .
History: William Douglass, a physician recognized for his identification and description of an epidemic of scarlet fever, was born c. 1691 in Gifford, Haddington County, Scotland, and settled in Boston in 1718. The abolitionist, orator, and journalist Frederick Douglass assumed the name after escaping from slavery in 1838 and traveling to Massachusetts. Son of a white father and a slave with some Indian blood, he was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey c. 1817 in Tuckahoe, MD.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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