George Washington Dupee (1827 - 1897)

Born 27 Jul 1827 in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States

Died 5 Sep 1897 at age 70 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

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George Dupee was a former slave who became a Baptist leader in Kentucky.

Censuses

1870 Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky: ^[1]

• George W Dupee Male 42 Kentucky
• Lucinda Stuart Female 24 Kentucky

1880 Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky: ^[2]

• George W Dupee Self Male 52 Kentucky, United States
• Ellen G Dupee Wife Female 24 Kentucky, United States
• Rosa Ann Dupee Daughter Female 0 Kentucky, United States

Research Notes

Dupee, George W. (born: 1827 - died: 1897) George Washington Dupee was born in Gallatin County, KY, the son of Cuthbert and Rachael Dupee. When he and his two brothers were being sold as part of an estate in 1856, Dupee's freedom was purchased by his congregation at the Lexington Pleasant Green Baptist Church. He organized the first association of African American churches in 1864, the same year he became pastor at Washington Street Colored Baptist Church in Paducah. He began publishing the Baptist Herald in 1873; the newspaper's name was later changed to the American Baptist. Rev. Dupee also held the office of Grand Senior Warden and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Kentucky. For more see A History of Blacks in Kentucky from Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891, by M. B. Lucas; "Rev. George Washington Dupee, D.D." on p.186 in Golden Jubilee of the General Association of Colored Baptists in Kentucky; and Afro-American Encyclopaedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings... by James T. Haley, pp. 611-612 [available online from the University of North Carolina University Library, Documenting the American South].

• Wikipedia's account of his early years:

Dupee was born in Gallatin County, Kentucky on 24 July 1826, son of Cuthbert and Rachael Dupee.[1] His first owner was Elder Joseph Taylor, a Baptist preacher. After Taylor moved to Illinois, Dupee became a hired slave, working in a rope and bagging factory, and in a brickyard. In 1841 while he was working on the courthouse in Versailles he came under the influence of Father David Woods, a Baptist preacher, and he was converted in August 1842.[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWP-PNX : 29 May 2021), George W Dupee, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZ8-6RP : 19 February 2021), George W Dupee, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 124, sheet 116A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,430.

• “Dupee, George W.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed June 13, 2021, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1195.
• "United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QP-Z8NC : accessed 13 June 2021), Geo Dupee, Oct 1868; citing Residence, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publications M1904. Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1978); roll 131; FHL microfilm 2,426,053.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/83942189/george-washington-dupee : accessed 13 June 2021), memorial page for Rev George Washington “Pappy” Dupee (24 Jul 1827–5 Sep 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #83942189, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Trey Thompson (contributor 47438398) .
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Dupee

See Also:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Early_African-American_Newspapers_of_Kentucky
• https://archive.org/details/menmarkeminentp00turngoog