Rep. Ulysses Freeman Doubleday

U.S. Congressman. He established and edited the Saratoga Courier, (1816-18), the Cayuga Patriot, (1818-19) and the Gospel Advocate, (1828-31). In 1831, he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress, serving until 1833. After his term he was appointed inspector of Auburn Prison in 1834 and was again elected to the Twenty-fourth Congress, serving (1835-37). Leaving politics, he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Scipio, New York, (1837-1846), then moved to New York City, where he was the in mercantile business, until he retired in 1860.

Among the earliest members, of a church in Auburn, Cayuga Co, New York, are listed, Seth Burgess and wife, Mrs. Hannah Wadsworth, Mrs. Cyria White, Mrs. Thankful Lewis, Mrs. Urania Catlin, Myron Strong, U. F. Doubleday, Peter Doty, Mrs. Susannah Culver, Jonathan and Martha Hawes,

The Cayuga Patriot was started at Auburn by Samuel R. Brown in 1814. Isaac S. Allen, Ulysses F. Doubleday, and others, were afterward interested in its publication. In June, 1847, it was united with the Tocsin, the joint papers taking the name of The Cayuga New Era. It was successively published by Merrill, Stone & Co., Stone, Hawes & Co., Finn & Hallett, and William L. Finn, and was discontinued in 1857.

CAYUGA PATRIOT GLEANINGS, CAYUGA, NEW YORK

Copyright (c) 2001 by Mary Gilmore (seylochist@aubcom.com).

This index is entitled "Cayuga Patriot Gleanings," from a book of abstracts from the "Cayuga Patriot," Auburn, N.Y., a weekly newspaper from dates January 8, 1840 to March 3, 1847, scattered issues. The holdings are in bound vols in the Seymour Library, History Room, Auburn, N.Y. and it was abstracted mainly according to items of Genealogical interest in the Cayuga Co. & Auburn, N.Y. area. However it does contain items of world note at times. As you will see there are cross-references according to names & other items of historical interest. This newspaper was published at different times by Ulysses F. DOUBLEDAY (the father of Abner Doubleday) in Auburn, he owned it from 1819 to 1827, then bought back in, after coming back following his serving as a Congressman, (among other pursuits) in 1843, selling in 1846 to move westward, he died in Bloomington, Illinois, 11 March 1866 and is buried there.

DOUBLEDAY, Amanda, age 50 D: July 29, 1846

DOUBLEDAY, Amos, age 23 D: 18 Aug. 1845 September 3, 1845

DOUBLEDAY, E. & U.F.DOUBLEDAY, Ad. Importers in N.Y.C. January 20, 1847

DOUBLEDAY, Jane Ann, dau of U.F. DOUBLEDAY D: 12 June 1843 June 14, 1843

DOUBLEDAY, Miss Amanda & Rev. H.J. EDDY M: 14 Aug. 1842 August 17. 1842

DOUBLEDAY, Mr. J.W. & Miss Amelia PRATT M: 11 Sept. 1845 September 17, 1845

DOUBLEDAY, Thomas D. & Mary A. WARD M: 16 Dec. 1841 December 29, 1841

DOUBLEDAY, U.F. & E. DOUBLEDAY, Ad. Importers in N.Y.C January 20, 1847

DOUBLEDAY, U.F. , announces sale of Cayuga Patriot November 4, 1846

DOUBLEDAY, U.F. bought back into Cayuga Patriot May 24, 1843

DOUBLEDAY, U.F., chr. Agricultural Soc. Of Cay. Co. July 28, 1841

DOUBLEDAY, U.F., father of Miss Amanda DOUBLEDAY August 17. 1842

DOUBLEDAY, U.F., formerly owned Terry bookstore July 29, 1840

DOUBLEDAY, U.F., has purchased Cayuga Patriot newspaper July 16, 1845

DOUBLEDAY, U.F., intends to move from Auburn November 4, 1846

DOUBLEDAY, U.F., Prison Keeper July 5, 1843