When Richard Douglass was born on 27 February 1828, in Downham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Douglass, was 25 and his mother, Ellen Briggs, was 21. He married Elizabeth Beth Wadsworth on 21 July 1849, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Beat 3, Quitman, Mississippi, United States in 1880. He died on 16 February 1914, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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.
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Possible Related NamesChurch History Library Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 Source: Douglas, Richard, Notes, 1909-1910 Richard Douglas assisted in ferrying the Saints across the river at the time of the …
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