Bio of Douglas, Hugh (b.1817) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Douglas, Hugh, steamboat owner and captain, was born - July 17, 1817 - and
reared in Dumfries, Scotland, where he had the advantages of good schools.
At eighteen years of age he left home and kindred to make himself a home
in America. He first located at Aurora, Illinois, where he was employed at
farm labor. Thence he went to Melrose, Wisconsin, and engaged in farming
on Black river. In 1866 he settled at Durand, and has ever since been
steamboating. For six years he ran the Little Monitor on the Chippewa
river. He then built, and was one-third owner with Ingraham & Kennedy, of
Eau Claire, in the Clyde, which he commanded eleven years. Is now
half-owner of the Ruby, which makes daily round trips between Lansing and
La Crosse - a distance of ninety miles - during the season, under Capt.
Douglas' command, carrying freight and passengers. Capt. Douglas became a
resident of Wabasha in 1872, and has a fine home on the corner of Third
and Walnut streets, which is kept most tidy by his estimable wife. Mr. D.
has been thrice married, the last time, January 22, 1872, to Mrs. Harriet
E. Crosby, born in Lyons, Wayne county, New York. Mrs. D. has two
daughters, Mary Alice and Rosella. The former is the wife of Henry A.
Johnson, in Dakota, and the latter of Martin Stevens, in Wabasha. Mr.
Douglas was reared by Presbyterian parents, and since becoming an American
citizen has always voted the straight Republican ticket.