Highland in Rochester in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Anna Murray Douglass

1813 — 1882

— Wife & Mother —

Anna Murray Douglass Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 5, 2024

1. Anna Murray Douglass Grave Marker

Inscription.
Wife of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass and mother of his five children. Anna was born free and encouraged Frederick to seek his own freedom. She was a co-conductor on the Underground Railroad here in Rochester, NY. She was a prominent abolitionist and a lead in their children's education. She and Frederick were married for 44 years until her death. Anna was Frederick's personal North Star and the Rock of the Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Women.

Location. 43° 7.859′ N, 77° 36.87′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Highland. It can be reached from Mount Hope Avenue. Marker is in the Douglass Family Plot in Section T of Mount Hope Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 791 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester NY 14620, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the

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American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Helen Pitts Douglass (here, next to this marker); Frederick Douglass (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Scottish Burial Plot (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Temple B'rith Kodesh/Rochester German Benevolent Society Burial Plots (about 700 feet away); Rochester Orphan Asylum Burial Plot (approx. 0.2 miles away); Susan B. Anthony (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mount Hope Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Highland Park (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rochester.

Also see . . .
1. The Hidden History of Anna Murray Douglass (Boissoneault, 2018). (Submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Anna Murray Douglass (National Park Service).

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 5, 2024

2. Anna Murray Douglass Grave Marker

At lower left, in the Douglass Family Plot

(Submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 5, 2024

3. Anna Murray Douglass Grave Marker

Annie was the youngest of Frederick and Anna Murray's children and the light of the family. She was an abolitionist in the making and a stellar student. She is remembered as the twinkle of her father's eye and sweet spirit.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 358 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.