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Benjamin Douglas (April 3, 1816 – June 26, 1894) was an American politician, inventor, and abolitionist who was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1861 to 1862.〔(Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor )〕 ==Family== Douglas was born in Northford, Connecticut, on April 3, 1816. His paternal grandfather was an American Revolutionary War soldier, William Douglas. His first sixteen years were spent working on his parents' farm. In 1838 he married Mary Adaline Parker (b. 1821), daughter of Elias and Grace Mansfield Parker. The following year his brother William married Mary's sister Grace.〔(Hartford Courant April 4, 1998 )〕 In 1850 he bought the former home of Thomas Mather, a Middletown businessman, on Maine Street in Middletown. This home, built between 1811 and 1813, is listed on the Connecticut Freedom Trail as an Underground Railroad stop.〔(Connecticut Freedom Trail )〕 He had five children.〔(New England Families Genealogical and Memorial Vol 3 by William Richard Cutter 1913 )〕 John Mansfield (1839) Sarah Kirtland (1841) Benjamin (1843) William (1845) Benjamin (1849) Edward (1854-1889) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Douglas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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