Mark Douglas (politician)

Mark Douglas

Mark Douglas (September 19, 1829 – September 12, 1900) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Douglas was born in Dumfries, Scotland,[1] the son of Thomas Douglas and Jane Dalrymple Douglas.[2] He emigrated to the United States in 1845 and settled in the town of Melrose, Wisconsin Territory.[1] He was a farmer, and in the logging and lumber business.[3] He was postmaster of Melrose, Wisconsin and served as chairman of the town board. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1874 and the Wisconsin State Senate in 1876 and 1877 as a Republican.[1][3][4] He also served on the Wisconsin Fish Commission. He died in Melrose, Wisconsin.[1][3][5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mark Douglas Dead". The Daily Tribune. September 15, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved September 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLFT-62V : 10 March 2018), Mark Douglas, 1900; citing Death, Melrose, Jackson, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,310,188.
  3. ^ a b c "Mark Douglas". The Weekly Telegram. September 6, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved September 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1877, Biographical Sketch of Mark Douglas, p. 455.
  5. ^ Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at the Forty-Eighth Meeting, December 13, 1900, Biographical Sketch of Mark Douglas, p. 95.