McLean, Douglas Jr.

1840 - 1904  (64 years)

• Name	McLean, Douglas
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	26 Jun 1840
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA   [1]
  Military	Between 06 Jul 1861 and 18 Jul 1865  [2]
  Census	12 Jul 1870	Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA   [3]
  Locomotive fireman
  Family	Never married
  Tombstone Photo	Yes
  Death	29 Jul 1904	Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
  Burial	Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA
  Person ID	I14109	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	McLean, Douglas,   b. Abt 1818, Ireland d. 04 May 1904, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Brewster, Sarah Jane,   b. Abt 1820, Northern Ireland d. 16 Jun 1895, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1839
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Census - 1860 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Census - Locomotive fireman - 12 Jul 1870 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Death - 29 Jul 1904 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Burial - - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		McLean, Douglas 1890 Veterans Schedule
  		1860 U.S. census. Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, p. 163
  		1870 U.S. census. Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, p. 304A

  
  

• Notes

  Douglas enlisted July 6, 1861 in the Union Army at the age of 27. He was discharged July 18, 1865. Four years, 12 days. He was a Seargent, Company E 28th Regiment of the Penna volunteers, Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1864. During the fighting at the battle he ran into his older brother Issac on the second day of fighting. It was during a retreat from the confederacy that they met. Issac was angry that his dad let his younger brother enlist. After the war Douglas was a police officer in Mauch Chunk. At age 59 he was single with no children and living with his sister. From Find A Grave memorial Douglas served as a Sergeant of the 28th Regiment (Goldstream Regiment), Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company E (Civil War). He was promoted to Sergeant on September 18, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863; commissioned 1st Lieutenant on June 1, 1865.

  
  

• Sources

  [S582] 1860 U.S. census. Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, p. 163 (stamped), dwelling 1330, family 451, Sarah and John Bryson; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 January 2020); citing National Archives microfilm publication M653_1089. [S798] 1890 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 111, p. 1, line 7, Douglas McLane [McLean], digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M123, roll 84. [S588] 1870 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, p. 304A (stamped), dwelling 176, family 251, Douglas McLean; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 September 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M593_1320, image 611.