On the 5th of October 1876, Mary Emma [DeMott] Fairbrothers along with her husband William and children, Lois A. [two years old] and Edwin [infant], was returning to their home in Milbrook, Mecosta County, Michigan from visiting family in Kent and/or Allegan County by train. There was someone that was supposed to meet them at the "train depot" in Morley, Michigan and then take them home by horse and buggy/wagon. When they got into the station, there was no one waiting for them.
As it was late, they took a hotel room in the National Hotel on Main Street. Around midnight, a fire broke out and the hotel was totally destroyed. Everyone within the hotel escaped with the exception of my Great Grandmother, Mary Emma and her infant son, Edwin. William escaped and stood out front while Mary Emma tossed her daughter out the window into the arms of her husband or another bystander. William, thinking that his wife would get out with their son, went looking for them only to not find them. Both perished in the holocaust. Edwin was buried with his Mother.
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As it was late, they took a hotel room in the National Hotel on Main Street. Around midnight, a fire broke out and the hotel was totally destroyed. Everyone within the hotel escaped with the exception of my Great Grandmother, Mary Emma and her infant son, Edwin. William escaped and stood out front while Mary Emma tossed her daughter out the window into the arms of her husband or another bystander. William, thinking that his wife would get out with their son, went looking for them only to not find them. Both perished in the holocaust. Edwin was buried with his Mother.
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On the 5th of October 1876, Mary Emma [DeMott] Fairbrothers along with her husband William and children, Lois A. [two years old] and Edwin [infant], was returning to their home in Milbrook, Mecosta County, Michigan from visiting family in Kent and/or Allegan County by train. There was someone that was supposed to meet them at the "train depot" in Morley, Michigan and then take them home by horse and buggy/wagon. When they got into the station, there was no one waiting for them.
As it was late, they took a hotel room in the National Hotel on Main Street. Around midnight, a fire broke out and the hotel was totally destroyed. Everyone within the hotel escaped with the exception of my Great Grandmother, Mary Emma and her infant son, Edwin. William escaped and stood out front while Mary Emma tossed her daughter out the window into the arms of her husband or another bystander. William, thinking that his wife would get out with their son, went looking for them only to not find them. Both perished in the holocaust. Edwin was buried with his Mother.
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As it was late, they took a hotel room in the National Hotel on Main Street. Around midnight, a fire broke out and the hotel was totally destroyed. Everyone within the hotel escaped with the exception of my Great Grandmother, Mary Emma and her infant son, Edwin. William escaped and stood out front while Mary Emma tossed her daughter out the window into the arms of her husband or another bystander. William, thinking that his wife would get out with their son, went looking for them only to not find them. Both perished in the holocaust. Edwin was buried with his Mother.
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- Decker Cemetery Fairbrothers or DeMott
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- Mecosta County Fairbrothers or DeMott
- Michigan Fairbrothers or DeMott
- USA Fairbrothers or DeMott
- Find a Grave Fairbrothers or DeMott
