| 词条 | Simon Douglas |
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Douglas was born on January 25, 1843 as a slave on a plantation in Fairfield County, South Carolina. In 1862, during the US Civil War, he went to the front lines as a body servant for his masters' son, in the Confederate Army. Douglas became free by 1864 and moved north as a blacksmith and bummer (a nickname for foragers) of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army.[3] In 1866, Douglas settled in what was to become Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey. He married a local resident, with whom he had a son and daughter. He ran his own blacksmithing business into his 90s. He lived there until he died on March 8, 1950.[4] He is interred in Hackensack Cemetery (#4738, Sec 16, Row 12). References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2018/02/nj_black_history_month_looking_back_at_states_last.html#incart_river_home|title=NJ Black History Month: Remembering state's last Civil War soldier|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/christopher-maag/2018/02/08/black-history-month-fairview-remembers-its-last-civil-war-veteran/1078869001/|title=This Black History Month, Fairview remembers its last Civil War veteran|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=Ou-jR21SfS0C&pg=PA79&dq=Simon+Douglas+Fairview&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGhdrOmJ7ZAhXLCuwKHWOGD1IQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=Simon+Douglas+Fairview&f=false|title=Black Confederates|first=Segars|last=J.H|publisher=Pelican Publishing|accessdate=12 February 2018|via=Google Books}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103375948/simon-douglass|title=Simon Douglass (1843-1950) - Find A Grave...|website=www.findagrave.com|accessdate=12 February 2018}} External links
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