Richard Douglass
Birth Date
On 1828 February 27 (Born)
Death Date
On 1914 February 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Downham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1828 February 27
Mother
Esther Openshaw
Father
James Douglas
Date Details
Occurred On 1828 February 27
Baptized by Stephen Langstroff
1839 (Age 10)
Married
Elizabeth Beth Wadsworth
1849 July 21 (Age 21)
Traveled in
John Parker Company (1852)
1852 April 14 – August 28 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Ellen Douglass (Age 2)
Elizabeth Beth Wadsworth (Age 18)
Elizabeth Ann Douglass (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1852 April 14
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 August 28
Company Arrived
Married
Eliza Joyce
1856 May 4 (Age 28)
Served in
British Mission
1883 October 8 – 1885 July 7 (Age 55)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
25th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Albert Carrington
Location Served
Sheffield and Newcastle Conferences, England.
Date Details
Started On 1883 October 8
Set Apart
Ended On 1885 July 7
Arrived at Home
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1914 February 16 (Age 85)
Media
Richard Douglass (1827 - 1914) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"Richard Douglass, Pioneer, is Dead", Deseret Evening News, (17 February 1914), Page 12.
Salt Lake Tribune
"Richard Douglass, Utah pioneer of 1852, who dies at age of 87 years", Salt Lake Tribune, (17 February 1914), Page 13.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 5 November 1883.
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 12 May 1884.
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 October 1883, Vol. B, Page 73, Line 2892.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 October 1883, Vol. A, Page 67, Line 2892.
Ogden 2nd Ward missionary record, 1899-1917
Ogden 2nd Ward missionary record, 1899-1917.
Pioneer
Douglas, Richard, Notes, 1909-1910
Douglas, Richard, Notes, 1909-1910.
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