Ancestry of
Stephen A. Douglas

Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Stephen Arnold Douglas

View famous kin of Stephen Arnold Douglas

• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Arnold Douglass 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah "Sally" Fiske   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Apr 1813 
  • Birth Location:
  • Brandon, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Jun 1861 
  • Death Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Douglas Monument Park, Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Notes: 

  • U.S. Senator from Illinois noted for the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858.

    Stephen dropped the second "s" from his last name.

• Marriages for Stephen Arnold Douglas

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha A. Martin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 07 or 17 APR 1847

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  • Spouse:
  • Adele Cutts
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Nov 1856

• Sources for Stephen Arnold Douglas

  • ¹ Find A Grave, (accessed 03/30/2013).
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1877, Vol. 31, p. 166.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #60943, Membership application for Martin Francis Douglas.
  • ⁴ Vermont, Births and Christenings, Birth record for Stephen Arnold Douglass.
  • ⁵ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2008, Birth record for Stephen Arnold Douglass.
  • ⁶ Johnson, Allen, Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics, New York: The Macmillan Company (1908).
  • ⁷ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Fiske and Fisk Family: Being the Record of the Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Mano r of Stadhaugh, . . ., Chicago, Illinois: Press of W. B. Conkey Company (1896), 171-179.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 208.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Stephen A. Douglas", (accessed 03/30/2013).