Ancestry of
Stephen A. Douglas

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Stephen Arnold Douglass

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• • 2nd Generation — Father of Stephen A. Douglas
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Benajah Douglass   
  • Mother:
  • Martha "Patty" Arnold   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Jan 1782 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Jul 1813 
  • Death Location:
  • Brandon, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Congregational Church Cemetery, Brandon, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah "Sally" Fiske
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Jan 1811 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Brandon, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Child:
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas 
  • Notes: 

  • Dr. Stephen Arnold Douglass's surname is spelled “ss” on his tombstone.

• Sources for Stephen Arnold Douglass

  • ¹ Find A Grave, (accessed 03/30/2013).
  • ² Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, Birth record for Stephen Douglas, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1877, Vol. 31, p. 166.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #60943, Membership application for Martin Francis Douglas, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁵ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2008, Death record for Stephen A. Douglass, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ⁶ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2008, Birth record for son Stephen Arnold Douglass, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ⁷ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2008, Marriage record for Stephen A Douglas and Sally Fisk, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ⁸ Illinois State Historical Society, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year, 1901 (Publication No. 6), Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers (1901), 115, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁹ Johnson, Allen, Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics, New York: The Macmillan Company (1908), 5, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ¹⁰ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Fiske and Fisk Family: Being the Record of the Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, . . ., Chicago, Illinois: Press of W. B. Conkey Company (1896), 171-172, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 208.
  • ¹² Robinson, Caroline E. and Daniel Goodwin, ed., The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner The Colonist, 1638, Providence: Printed by the Editor (1919), 103, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ¹³ Wikipedia, "Stephen A. Douglas", (accessed 03/30/2013).