Obituary MARY F. DOUGLAS
Mary F. Douglas was born in Romeo, June 19, 1854, and expired last Thursday morning in Pontiac state hospital, where she had been confined for the past 28 years.
Deceased was a daughter of the late Dr. Isaac and Elizabeth Clark Douglas. She attended private schools untill Romeo school was established, graduating in 1874, the only member of the class. She also attended the University at Ann Arbor.
When a young girl, Miss Douglas united with the Romeo Baptist church, teaching in the Sunday School, as well as in missionary Sunday Schools organized in various country school houses, being considered extraordinarily well versed in the Bible. About 1874 she became a member of the Romeo Congregational church. She was also one of the early members of the Romeo Monday Club.
Miss Douglas was considered to have a brilliant mind and she was accomplished in many ways. Always of a delicate constitution, her mind finally gave way. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. James H. Downey[sic], of San Antonio, Texas.
The funeral was attended by old friends of the family Saturday afternoon from the Wilbur funeral home, conducted by Rev. Geo. B. Ratcliffe, pastor of the Congregational church, with burial in the family plot in Romeo cemetery.
Courtesy of jeanne13040 on ancestry.com.
Mary F. Douglas was born in Romeo, June 19, 1854, and expired last Thursday morning in Pontiac state hospital, where she had been confined for the past 28 years.
Deceased was a daughter of the late Dr. Isaac and Elizabeth Clark Douglas. She attended private schools untill Romeo school was established, graduating in 1874, the only member of the class. She also attended the University at Ann Arbor.
When a young girl, Miss Douglas united with the Romeo Baptist church, teaching in the Sunday School, as well as in missionary Sunday Schools organized in various country school houses, being considered extraordinarily well versed in the Bible. About 1874 she became a member of the Romeo Congregational church. She was also one of the early members of the Romeo Monday Club.
Miss Douglas was considered to have a brilliant mind and she was accomplished in many ways. Always of a delicate constitution, her mind finally gave way. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. James H. Downey[sic], of San Antonio, Texas.
The funeral was attended by old friends of the family Saturday afternoon from the Wilbur funeral home, conducted by Rev. Geo. B. Ratcliffe, pastor of the Congregational church, with burial in the family plot in Romeo cemetery.
Courtesy of jeanne13040 on ancestry.com.
Obituary MARY F. DOUGLAS
Mary F. Douglas was born in Romeo, June 19, 1854, and expired last Thursday morning in Pontiac state hospital, where she had been confined for the past 28 years.
Deceased was a daughter of the late Dr. Isaac and Elizabeth Clark Douglas. She attended private schools untill Romeo school was established, graduating in 1874, the only member of the class. She also attended the University at Ann Arbor.
When a young girl, Miss Douglas united with the Romeo Baptist church, teaching in the Sunday School, as well as in missionary Sunday Schools organized in various country school houses, being considered extraordinarily well versed in the Bible. About 1874 she became a member of the Romeo Congregational church. She was also one of the early members of the Romeo Monday Club.
Miss Douglas was considered to have a brilliant mind and she was accomplished in many ways. Always of a delicate constitution, her mind finally gave way. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. James H. Downey[sic], of San Antonio, Texas.
The funeral was attended by old friends of the family Saturday afternoon from the Wilbur funeral home, conducted by Rev. Geo. B. Ratcliffe, pastor of the Congregational church, with burial in the family plot in Romeo cemetery.
Courtesy of jeanne13040 on ancestry.com.
Mary F. Douglas was born in Romeo, June 19, 1854, and expired last Thursday morning in Pontiac state hospital, where she had been confined for the past 28 years.
Deceased was a daughter of the late Dr. Isaac and Elizabeth Clark Douglas. She attended private schools untill Romeo school was established, graduating in 1874, the only member of the class. She also attended the University at Ann Arbor.
When a young girl, Miss Douglas united with the Romeo Baptist church, teaching in the Sunday School, as well as in missionary Sunday Schools organized in various country school houses, being considered extraordinarily well versed in the Bible. About 1874 she became a member of the Romeo Congregational church. She was also one of the early members of the Romeo Monday Club.
Miss Douglas was considered to have a brilliant mind and she was accomplished in many ways. Always of a delicate constitution, her mind finally gave way. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. James H. Downey[sic], of San Antonio, Texas.
The funeral was attended by old friends of the family Saturday afternoon from the Wilbur funeral home, conducted by Rev. Geo. B. Ratcliffe, pastor of the Congregational church, with burial in the family plot in Romeo cemetery.
Courtesy of jeanne13040 on ancestry.com.
Inscription
The monument has the names of Isaac Douglas and Elizabeth Clark [Douglas] on the front. The right side has the names of the two older daughters, Mary Frances (a.k.a. Aunty May) [Douglas] and Emma Rebecca [Douglas]. The left side has the name of what is said by the family tree and History of Macomb County Michigan pp. 653-654 to be their only son, William Wilkinson (a.k.a. Willie) [Clark Douglas]. His twin sister Elizabeth Douglas Downie is buried elsewhere in the cemetery next to her husband, James H Downie.
