All of what we know has been described for us by her son, Lloyd Cassel Douglas in his book Time to Remember.
"As a tot, she was called Sam, she told us, not only because she was her father's favorite, but she was always at his heels, though she did not resemble him in any way, as he was reportedly a quite well-balanced man of few words and no gaudy enthusiasms. She was the spit and image of her mother, who, in her middle years--according to legend--was known to have a very low boiling point.
At age 15 she finished teaching school for her sister, Mary, who had taken ill. By next fall Aunt Molly married and Mama acquired a license and continued to teach.
After a couple of years teaching at her home school, Mama was elected to teach a larger county school in Whitley County (Indiana), many miles to the south and she boarded around in her pupils' homes.
Then she made the adventure of accepting a teaching position in the far west, in the then small village of Watseka, Illinois. Returning after two or three years, she again taught in Whitley County.
One day in July 1876. when Mama was twenty-nine, she volunteered to help the hard-pressed County Superintendent in grading the examination papers."
The results were that they were married that very summer.
In 1881 they moved to the northern rim of Kentucky where her husband was minister in a church. In 1883 they were in Monroeville, Indiana where A. J. was minister to a number of churches, riding the circuit, so to speak from about a half dozen churches.
Approximately 1895 they were living in his mother's old house where A. J. was minister of the Salem Church in Wilmot, Noble County, Indiana. He was vaguely described, also, as being a Mr. Hunt's personal minister, a position he did not like.
Obituary
Posted 28 Jun 2021 by snoqrr2
Sarah's obituary appeared in The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 10, 1939, Part Two, a portion of which is excerpted.
Dies At Age of 91
Douglas Rites
To Be Tuesday
Funeral For Noted Author's
Mother To Be Held
At Monroeville Church
Funeral services for Mrs. A. J. Douglas . . .
Mrs. Douglas, whose maiden name was Jennie Cassel, was born in Mt. Eaton, O. Her father, a millright and carpenter, came with his family to Columbia City in 1850 (we believe this to be 1860), removing after the Civil War to Noble County. There Jennie Cassel became a country school teacher. In 1875 (we believe this to be 1876), she married the Rev. A. J. Douglas. During the succeeding 29 years, the Rev. Mr. Douglas served various Lutheran churches as pastor, mostly in Northeastern Indiana towns. Upon his death in 1905, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville where they had lived for many years.
Mrs. Douglas died at her Monroeville home Sunday noon. Her son, whose home is in Los Angeles, and a niece, Mrs. Grace Lawrence, who for two years had been her companion, were at her bedside when death came.
Douglas, Jennie Cassel
The Columbia City Post, Whitley County, Indiana
Monday April 10, 1939
Death Claims Mrs. Douglas on Easter. Mother of Lloyd Douglas, the Author, dies in Monroeville - A Former Local Resident.
Mrs. A. J. Douglas, 91, died at noon on Easter Sunday at her home in Monroeville after a long illness. Her son, Lloyd C. Douglas, of Los Angeles, Calif., who flew here last week from the west coast, and Mrs. Grace Lawrence, of this city, a niece of Mrs. Douglas, who has been her companion for the last few years, were at the bedside when Mrs. Douglas died.
Funeral rites will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the St. Mark's Lutheran church at Monroeville. Interment will be made in the Salem cemetery in Noble County. A number of nieces and nephews reside in Noble County.
The father of Mrs. Douglas, who was a millwright and carpenter, moved to Columbia City with his family in 1850 and after the Civil war moved to Noble County. Her maiden's name was Cassel, and she was born in Mount Eaton, Ohio.
Mrs. Douglas taught school in Noble County and in 1876 was married to Rev. A. J. Douglas, who died in 1905. For twenty-nine years, Rev. Douglas served various Lutheran churches in northern Indiana towns. For several years he was pastor of Grace Lutheran church in this city and at one time was superintendent of schools in Whitley County.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville, where Rev. and Mrs. Douglas had lived for a number of years. She was the last surviving member of her family. A son, Clyde E. Douglas, died in 1908, and an infant daughter, Mabel, died in 1879. Surviving besides her son, the well-known author, is a stepson, Stephen A. Douglas, of Freeport, Ill.
The body will lie in state at the Painter Brothers Funeral Home in Monroeville, until the hour for services at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was always an ardent reader and until recently had kept well informed on current events. At frequent intervals she contributed columns to the Monroeville Breeze, a weekly publication, and in recent months had made contributions to the newspaper. Her articles, which dealt with the customs and events which she recalled in her lifetime, were read with interest here.
Contributor: familytreeman (47803912) • [email protected]
Sarah "Jennie C" Jane Cassel married Rev. Alexander Jackson Douglas on 20 Jul 1875 in Noble county, Indiana. They had 3 children: Lloyd Cassel Douglas, Mabel and Clyde Edgington.
"As a tot, she was called Sam, she told us, not only because she was her father's favorite, but she was always at his heels, though she did not resemble him in any way, as he was reportedly a quite well-balanced man of few words and no gaudy enthusiasms. She was the spit and image of her mother, who, in her middle years--according to legend--was known to have a very low boiling point.
At age 15 she finished teaching school for her sister, Mary, who had taken ill. By next fall Aunt Molly married and Mama acquired a license and continued to teach.
After a couple of years teaching at her home school, Mama was elected to teach a larger county school in Whitley County (Indiana), many miles to the south and she boarded around in her pupils' homes.
Then she made the adventure of accepting a teaching position in the far west, in the then small village of Watseka, Illinois. Returning after two or three years, she again taught in Whitley County.
One day in July 1876. when Mama was twenty-nine, she volunteered to help the hard-pressed County Superintendent in grading the examination papers."
The results were that they were married that very summer.
In 1881 they moved to the northern rim of Kentucky where her husband was minister in a church. In 1883 they were in Monroeville, Indiana where A. J. was minister to a number of churches, riding the circuit, so to speak from about a half dozen churches.
Approximately 1895 they were living in his mother's old house where A. J. was minister of the Salem Church in Wilmot, Noble County, Indiana. He was vaguely described, also, as being a Mr. Hunt's personal minister, a position he did not like.
Obituary
Posted 28 Jun 2021 by snoqrr2
Sarah's obituary appeared in The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 10, 1939, Part Two, a portion of which is excerpted.
Dies At Age of 91
Douglas Rites
To Be Tuesday
Funeral For Noted Author's
Mother To Be Held
At Monroeville Church
Funeral services for Mrs. A. J. Douglas . . .
Mrs. Douglas, whose maiden name was Jennie Cassel, was born in Mt. Eaton, O. Her father, a millright and carpenter, came with his family to Columbia City in 1850 (we believe this to be 1860), removing after the Civil War to Noble County. There Jennie Cassel became a country school teacher. In 1875 (we believe this to be 1876), she married the Rev. A. J. Douglas. During the succeeding 29 years, the Rev. Mr. Douglas served various Lutheran churches as pastor, mostly in Northeastern Indiana towns. Upon his death in 1905, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville where they had lived for many years.
Mrs. Douglas died at her Monroeville home Sunday noon. Her son, whose home is in Los Angeles, and a niece, Mrs. Grace Lawrence, who for two years had been her companion, were at her bedside when death came.
Douglas, Jennie Cassel
The Columbia City Post, Whitley County, Indiana
Monday April 10, 1939
Death Claims Mrs. Douglas on Easter. Mother of Lloyd Douglas, the Author, dies in Monroeville - A Former Local Resident.
Mrs. A. J. Douglas, 91, died at noon on Easter Sunday at her home in Monroeville after a long illness. Her son, Lloyd C. Douglas, of Los Angeles, Calif., who flew here last week from the west coast, and Mrs. Grace Lawrence, of this city, a niece of Mrs. Douglas, who has been her companion for the last few years, were at the bedside when Mrs. Douglas died.
Funeral rites will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the St. Mark's Lutheran church at Monroeville. Interment will be made in the Salem cemetery in Noble County. A number of nieces and nephews reside in Noble County.
The father of Mrs. Douglas, who was a millwright and carpenter, moved to Columbia City with his family in 1850 and after the Civil war moved to Noble County. Her maiden's name was Cassel, and she was born in Mount Eaton, Ohio.
Mrs. Douglas taught school in Noble County and in 1876 was married to Rev. A. J. Douglas, who died in 1905. For twenty-nine years, Rev. Douglas served various Lutheran churches in northern Indiana towns. For several years he was pastor of Grace Lutheran church in this city and at one time was superintendent of schools in Whitley County.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville, where Rev. and Mrs. Douglas had lived for a number of years. She was the last surviving member of her family. A son, Clyde E. Douglas, died in 1908, and an infant daughter, Mabel, died in 1879. Surviving besides her son, the well-known author, is a stepson, Stephen A. Douglas, of Freeport, Ill.
The body will lie in state at the Painter Brothers Funeral Home in Monroeville, until the hour for services at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was always an ardent reader and until recently had kept well informed on current events. At frequent intervals she contributed columns to the Monroeville Breeze, a weekly publication, and in recent months had made contributions to the newspaper. Her articles, which dealt with the customs and events which she recalled in her lifetime, were read with interest here.
Contributor: familytreeman (47803912) • [email protected]
Sarah "Jennie C" Jane Cassel married Rev. Alexander Jackson Douglas on 20 Jul 1875 in Noble county, Indiana. They had 3 children: Lloyd Cassel Douglas, Mabel and Clyde Edgington.
All of what we know has been described for us by her son, Lloyd Cassel Douglas in his book Time to Remember.
"As a tot, she was called Sam, she told us, not only because she was her father's favorite, but she was always at his heels, though she did not resemble him in any way, as he was reportedly a quite well-balanced man of few words and no gaudy enthusiasms. She was the spit and image of her mother, who, in her middle years--according to legend--was known to have a very low boiling point.
At age 15 she finished teaching school for her sister, Mary, who had taken ill. By next fall Aunt Molly married and Mama acquired a license and continued to teach.
After a couple of years teaching at her home school, Mama was elected to teach a larger county school in Whitley County (Indiana), many miles to the south and she boarded around in her pupils' homes.
Then she made the adventure of accepting a teaching position in the far west, in the then small village of Watseka, Illinois. Returning after two or three years, she again taught in Whitley County.
One day in July 1876. when Mama was twenty-nine, she volunteered to help the hard-pressed County Superintendent in grading the examination papers."
The results were that they were married that very summer.
In 1881 they moved to the northern rim of Kentucky where her husband was minister in a church. In 1883 they were in Monroeville, Indiana where A. J. was minister to a number of churches, riding the circuit, so to speak from about a half dozen churches.
Approximately 1895 they were living in his mother's old house where A. J. was minister of the Salem Church in Wilmot, Noble County, Indiana. He was vaguely described, also, as being a Mr. Hunt's personal minister, a position he did not like.
Obituary
Posted 28 Jun 2021 by snoqrr2
Sarah's obituary appeared in The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 10, 1939, Part Two, a portion of which is excerpted.
Dies At Age of 91
Douglas Rites
To Be Tuesday
Funeral For Noted Author's
Mother To Be Held
At Monroeville Church
Funeral services for Mrs. A. J. Douglas . . .
Mrs. Douglas, whose maiden name was Jennie Cassel, was born in Mt. Eaton, O. Her father, a millright and carpenter, came with his family to Columbia City in 1850 (we believe this to be 1860), removing after the Civil War to Noble County. There Jennie Cassel became a country school teacher. In 1875 (we believe this to be 1876), she married the Rev. A. J. Douglas. During the succeeding 29 years, the Rev. Mr. Douglas served various Lutheran churches as pastor, mostly in Northeastern Indiana towns. Upon his death in 1905, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville where they had lived for many years.
Mrs. Douglas died at her Monroeville home Sunday noon. Her son, whose home is in Los Angeles, and a niece, Mrs. Grace Lawrence, who for two years had been her companion, were at her bedside when death came.
Douglas, Jennie Cassel
The Columbia City Post, Whitley County, Indiana
Monday April 10, 1939
Death Claims Mrs. Douglas on Easter. Mother of Lloyd Douglas, the Author, dies in Monroeville - A Former Local Resident.
Mrs. A. J. Douglas, 91, died at noon on Easter Sunday at her home in Monroeville after a long illness. Her son, Lloyd C. Douglas, of Los Angeles, Calif., who flew here last week from the west coast, and Mrs. Grace Lawrence, of this city, a niece of Mrs. Douglas, who has been her companion for the last few years, were at the bedside when Mrs. Douglas died.
Funeral rites will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the St. Mark's Lutheran church at Monroeville. Interment will be made in the Salem cemetery in Noble County. A number of nieces and nephews reside in Noble County.
The father of Mrs. Douglas, who was a millwright and carpenter, moved to Columbia City with his family in 1850 and after the Civil war moved to Noble County. Her maiden's name was Cassel, and she was born in Mount Eaton, Ohio.
Mrs. Douglas taught school in Noble County and in 1876 was married to Rev. A. J. Douglas, who died in 1905. For twenty-nine years, Rev. Douglas served various Lutheran churches in northern Indiana towns. For several years he was pastor of Grace Lutheran church in this city and at one time was superintendent of schools in Whitley County.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville, where Rev. and Mrs. Douglas had lived for a number of years. She was the last surviving member of her family. A son, Clyde E. Douglas, died in 1908, and an infant daughter, Mabel, died in 1879. Surviving besides her son, the well-known author, is a stepson, Stephen A. Douglas, of Freeport, Ill.
The body will lie in state at the Painter Brothers Funeral Home in Monroeville, until the hour for services at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was always an ardent reader and until recently had kept well informed on current events. At frequent intervals she contributed columns to the Monroeville Breeze, a weekly publication, and in recent months had made contributions to the newspaper. Her articles, which dealt with the customs and events which she recalled in her lifetime, were read with interest here.
Contributor: familytreeman (47803912) • [email protected]
Sarah "Jennie C" Jane Cassel married Rev. Alexander Jackson Douglas on 20 Jul 1875 in Noble county, Indiana. They had 3 children: Lloyd Cassel Douglas, Mabel and Clyde Edgington.
"As a tot, she was called Sam, she told us, not only because she was her father's favorite, but she was always at his heels, though she did not resemble him in any way, as he was reportedly a quite well-balanced man of few words and no gaudy enthusiasms. She was the spit and image of her mother, who, in her middle years--according to legend--was known to have a very low boiling point.
At age 15 she finished teaching school for her sister, Mary, who had taken ill. By next fall Aunt Molly married and Mama acquired a license and continued to teach.
After a couple of years teaching at her home school, Mama was elected to teach a larger county school in Whitley County (Indiana), many miles to the south and she boarded around in her pupils' homes.
Then she made the adventure of accepting a teaching position in the far west, in the then small village of Watseka, Illinois. Returning after two or three years, she again taught in Whitley County.
One day in July 1876. when Mama was twenty-nine, she volunteered to help the hard-pressed County Superintendent in grading the examination papers."
The results were that they were married that very summer.
In 1881 they moved to the northern rim of Kentucky where her husband was minister in a church. In 1883 they were in Monroeville, Indiana where A. J. was minister to a number of churches, riding the circuit, so to speak from about a half dozen churches.
Approximately 1895 they were living in his mother's old house where A. J. was minister of the Salem Church in Wilmot, Noble County, Indiana. He was vaguely described, also, as being a Mr. Hunt's personal minister, a position he did not like.
Obituary
Posted 28 Jun 2021 by snoqrr2
Sarah's obituary appeared in The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 10, 1939, Part Two, a portion of which is excerpted.
Dies At Age of 91
Douglas Rites
To Be Tuesday
Funeral For Noted Author's
Mother To Be Held
At Monroeville Church
Funeral services for Mrs. A. J. Douglas . . .
Mrs. Douglas, whose maiden name was Jennie Cassel, was born in Mt. Eaton, O. Her father, a millright and carpenter, came with his family to Columbia City in 1850 (we believe this to be 1860), removing after the Civil War to Noble County. There Jennie Cassel became a country school teacher. In 1875 (we believe this to be 1876), she married the Rev. A. J. Douglas. During the succeeding 29 years, the Rev. Mr. Douglas served various Lutheran churches as pastor, mostly in Northeastern Indiana towns. Upon his death in 1905, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville where they had lived for many years.
Mrs. Douglas died at her Monroeville home Sunday noon. Her son, whose home is in Los Angeles, and a niece, Mrs. Grace Lawrence, who for two years had been her companion, were at her bedside when death came.
Douglas, Jennie Cassel
The Columbia City Post, Whitley County, Indiana
Monday April 10, 1939
Death Claims Mrs. Douglas on Easter. Mother of Lloyd Douglas, the Author, dies in Monroeville - A Former Local Resident.
Mrs. A. J. Douglas, 91, died at noon on Easter Sunday at her home in Monroeville after a long illness. Her son, Lloyd C. Douglas, of Los Angeles, Calif., who flew here last week from the west coast, and Mrs. Grace Lawrence, of this city, a niece of Mrs. Douglas, who has been her companion for the last few years, were at the bedside when Mrs. Douglas died.
Funeral rites will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the St. Mark's Lutheran church at Monroeville. Interment will be made in the Salem cemetery in Noble County. A number of nieces and nephews reside in Noble County.
The father of Mrs. Douglas, who was a millwright and carpenter, moved to Columbia City with his family in 1850 and after the Civil war moved to Noble County. Her maiden's name was Cassel, and she was born in Mount Eaton, Ohio.
Mrs. Douglas taught school in Noble County and in 1876 was married to Rev. A. J. Douglas, who died in 1905. For twenty-nine years, Rev. Douglas served various Lutheran churches in northern Indiana towns. For several years he was pastor of Grace Lutheran church in this city and at one time was superintendent of schools in Whitley County.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Douglas returned to Monroeville, where Rev. and Mrs. Douglas had lived for a number of years. She was the last surviving member of her family. A son, Clyde E. Douglas, died in 1908, and an infant daughter, Mabel, died in 1879. Surviving besides her son, the well-known author, is a stepson, Stephen A. Douglas, of Freeport, Ill.
The body will lie in state at the Painter Brothers Funeral Home in Monroeville, until the hour for services at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was always an ardent reader and until recently had kept well informed on current events. At frequent intervals she contributed columns to the Monroeville Breeze, a weekly publication, and in recent months had made contributions to the newspaper. Her articles, which dealt with the customs and events which she recalled in her lifetime, were read with interest here.
Contributor: familytreeman (47803912) • [email protected]
Sarah "Jennie C" Jane Cassel married Rev. Alexander Jackson Douglas on 20 Jul 1875 in Noble county, Indiana. They had 3 children: Lloyd Cassel Douglas, Mabel and Clyde Edgington.
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