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MacDougall, Clinton D. (1839-1914)

Name:
MacDougall, Clinton D. (1839-1914)
Born:
06/14/1839
Birthplace:
Near Glasgow, Scotland
Died:
05/24/1914
Death Location:
Paris, France
Residence:
Scotland
Canada
Auburn, NY
Rome, Italy (?)
Paris, France
Nationality:
Scottish/Canadian/American
Occupation:
Banker, soldier, politician
Father:
MacDougall, Dugald
Mother:
MacKendrick, Margaret
Spouse:
Eva Sabine (m. 1867; d. 1877)
Marianna Cook (m. 1878 in Rome, Italy)
Notes:
Emmigrated to Canada with parents, 1842.
Parents settled in Auburn, NY, between 1842 and 1856.
Engaged in banking, 1856-1869.
Commissioned Captain, 75th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, 09/16/1861.
Commissioned Lt Colonel, 111th Regt. NYVI, 08/20/1862.
Commissioned Colonel, or same, 01/03/1863.
Commissioned Brevetted. Brigadier General of Volunteers, 02/25/1865.
Commander, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, grand review, Washington, DC, 06/1865.
Honorably mustered out, 06/04/1865.
Appointed Postmaster of Auburn, NY, 1869-1873.
Elected to Congress (R-NY) 03/04/1873-03/03/1877.
US Marshall for northern judicial district of NY, 1877-1885 and 1901-1911.
Presidential elector, 1888.
Interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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