Frederick Aiken's official birth records, as well as the 1840 and 1850 census records, indicate that he was born Frederick Augustus Aiken on September 20,1832, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Susan and Solomon S Aiken.
11 Facts About Frederick Aiken
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Frederick Aiken's obituary in The Washington Post uses the middle name "Argyle", an 1837 birth year, and claims he was born in Boston.
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The family moved to Hardwick, Vermont when Frederick Aiken was ten years old.
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Frederick Aiken attended Middlebury College where he studied journalism, and later became editor of the Burlington Sentinel.
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Frederick Aiken married Sarah Weston, daughter of a Vermont judge, on June 1,1857.
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In 1859 he was admitted to the Vermont bar, and in 1860 the Aikens moved to Washington, DC, where Aiken served as secretary to the Democratic National Committee and supported the candidacy of Vice President John C Breckinridge Democrat of Kentucky in the 1860 presidential election.
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The New York Times reported that Frederick Aiken was arrested in June 1866 when he cashed a check with a merchant but did not have the funds to cover the amount.
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Frederick Aiken's obituary stated that he had been tapped to serve as defense counsel for Jefferson Davis, but the former Confederate President was eventually released without trial.
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In 1868, Frederick Aiken returned to journalism, and served as the first city editor of the Washington Post.
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Frederick Aiken died in Washington on December 23,1878, as a result of heart-related illness, possibly resulting from wounds he incurred during the war.
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Frederick Aiken is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, where his grave was originally unmarked.