Primary Name: Fox, Jimmie

Filed as: Fox, Jimmie

Also known as: Chief Aanalahaash II

Occupation / Association: Taku Tlingit leader; community member of Douglas Island

Associated places: Douglas Island, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Jimmie Fox, Chief Aanalahaash II, Taku Tlingit leadership, Douglas Island, Alaska, Tlingit leaders Southeast Alaska, Aanalahaash, Douglas Alaska Native history, Tlingit chiefs Alaska

Biography

Jimmie Fox was a resident of Douglas Island and a respected member of the Taku Tlingit community. He was married to Jennie Fox, and the couple had one daughter, Helen Fox.

Fox was reportedly known as one of the best-known and most respected Native leaders on Douglas Island during his lifetime.

Following the death of his uncle, Chief Aanalahaash, Fox succeeded him as Chief and became known as Chief Aanalahaash II of the Taku Tlingit.

His leadership reflected the continuation of traditional clan authority and the presence of Tlingit leadership within the growing mining community on Douglas Island during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Sources

Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska.

Primary Name: Johnson, Jimmie

Filed as: jimmie_johnson

Also known as: Jimmy Johnson

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Born: 1885

Died: May 19, 1915

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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Johnson Jimmie, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska burials

Biography

Jimmie Johnson was born in 1885.

He died on May 19, 1915 at the age of 30 and was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave memorial for Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson Jimmy Johnson Johnson Jimmie J Johnson Jim Johnson

Tags: Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Johnson Jimmie, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska burials

Primary Name: Johnson, Chief

Filed as: chief_johnson

Also known as: Chief Johnson

Occupation / Association: Chief of the Raven Clan; trapper; fisherman

Born: 1862, Taku River area, Alaska

Died: 1917

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Associated places: Taku River area, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Chief Johnson, Raven Clan chief, Taku River Tlingit leader, Douglas Alaska Native leaders, trapper fisherman Alaska

Biography

Chief Johnson was born in 1862 in the Taku River area of Alaska.

He was known as a trapper and fisherman and served as Chief of the Raven Clan.

Chief Johnson died in 1917 at the age of 49. He was buried in the Douglas Native Cemetery.

Sources

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Tags: Chief Johnson, Raven Clan chief, Taku River Alaska, Douglas Native Cemetery, Tlingit leaders Alaska

Chief Johnson Johnson Chief Taku River Chief Johnson Raven Clan Chief Johnson

Primary Name: Jackson, Maggie

Filed as: maggie_jackson

Also known as: Margaret Jackson

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Born: 1886

Died: December 15, 1908

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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Maggie Jackson, Margaret Jackson, Jackson Maggie, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska burials

Biography

Maggie Jackson was born in 1886.

She died on December 15, 1908, at the age of 22 and was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave memorial for Maggie Jackson

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Tags: Maggie Jackson, Margaret Jackson, Jackson Maggie, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska burials

Primary Name: Brady, David

Filed as: brady_david

Also known as: David Brady

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Died: February 9, 1912, Juneau, Alaska

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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: David Brady, Brady David, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials

Biography

David Brady was described in contemporary accounts as a bright young Native fellow who played sports with both Native and white residents of the community and was well-liked by all who knew him.

Brady died of consumption on February 9, 1912, in Juneau, Alaska. He was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery.

Sources

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Tags: David Brady, Brady David, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Alaska Native residents

David Brady Brady David

Primary Name: Marshall, Bessie

Filed as: Marshall, Bessie

Also known as: Bessie Marshall

Born: 1891

Died: November 1911, age 20

Burial: Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Bessie Marshall, Douglas Alaska pioneers, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials

Biography

Bessie Marshall was born in 1891.

She died in November 1911 at the age of 20 and was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

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Primary Name: Mitchell, Kittey

Filed as: Mitchell, Kittey

Also known as: Kittey Mitchell

Occupation / Association: Resident, Douglas Indian Village

Associated places: Killisnoo, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Douglas Indian Cemetery, Alaska

Keywords: Kittey Mitchell Douglas Alaska, Killisnoo Alaska residents, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials, Douglas Indian Village residents, early Alaska Native community Douglas

Biography

Kittey Mitchell was born in Killisnoo, Alaska. She later lived in Douglas, Alaska, where she died on January 29, 1912, at the age of twenty-five.

She was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery, a historic burial ground associated with the Douglas Native village and early residents of the mining community.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Stevens, Unknown

Burial: Douglas Native Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Biography

An individual identified only as Stevens is recorded as being buried in the Douglas Native Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

The Douglas Native Cemetery is one of the historic burial grounds associated with the early residents of Douglas Island and the surrounding Juneau–Douglas mining community during Alaska’s territorial period.

At present, no additional biographical information about this individual has been located in available records.

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• Find A Grave memorial records

Evans, Margaret (Shotter)

Parents: George Ray Shotter, Sr., and Lucy Shotter of Wrangell, Alaska

Siblings: George Ray Shotter Jr. (born April 5, 1882, Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada); Frank Shotter; Mrs. L. Kane; Mrs. Thomas Murry of Hoonah; Mrs. J. O. Ross of Seattle

Associated Places: Wrangell, Alaska; Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada; Hoonah, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; California

Biography

Margaret Shotter Evans was the daughter of George Ray Shotter, Sr., and Lucy Shotter, a Tlingit woman of Wrangell, Alaska. Through her parents, she was part of a family connected with both Southeast Alaska Native communities and the broader network of settlers and traders moving between Alaska and British Columbia during the late nineteenth century.

Her siblings included George Ray Shotter Jr., born April 5, 1882, in Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada; Frank Shotter; Mrs. L. Kane; Mrs. Thomas Murray of Hoonah, Alaska; and Mrs. J. O. Ross of Seattle, Washington.

Margaret later lived in California, reflecting the movement of many Alaska territorial families along the Pacific Coast during the early twentieth century.

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Murry, Thomas

Biography

Thomas Murry lived in Hoonah, Alaska.

He was married to a daughter of Lucy Shotter and George Ray Shotter, Senior, a family connected to communities in Southeast Alaska and Canada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Through this marriage, Murray became part of the extended Shotter family, whose members lived and worked in several Southeast Alaska communities, including Wrangell and Hoonah.

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