Charles Frederick DOUGLASS

(b. abt. 1867 , Rochester, New York, USA d. 2 November 1887 , Washington, DC, USA )

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Charles Frederick DOUGLASS was born abt. 1867 in Rochester, New York, USA

Charles Frederick DOUGLASS was the child of Charles Remond DOUGLASS and Mary Elizabeth MURPHY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Frederick Augustus Washington (BAILEY) DOUGLASS and Anna MURRAY

Charles Frederick DOUGLASS died 2 November 1887 in Washington, DC, USA.
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1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

Obituary
Charles Frederick Douglass, eldest son of Mr Charles R Douglass died last Wednesday evening at 10:20 p.m., at the residence of his parents 711 12th st s.e. This young man was the pride of his father's life, and one who had a great future before him. He will be buried from his parents residence at 1 o'clock today.

Washington Bee, Washington, DC
Saturday, November 5, 1887