Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Wilson, Rosetta 
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Cemetery:           Chain Lake Cemetery, Calvin Township, Cass County
Name:               Rosetta Wilson

Date Of Photograph: May 28, 2011
Photo can be seen at:
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Rosetta Wilson
1873 – 1959

Rosetta Wilson was born 26 Dec 1873 in Cass County Michigan, to the parents of 
Henry Clay Wilson, Jr., b 1847 and Susan M. Stewart, b 1851. Rosetta had 9 
siblings of which 5 are known.  The siblings were James K. (Polk) Wilson, b 
1869, Della Wilson, b 1871, Sarah Wilson b 1872, and Minnie Wilson b 1876.  
The names of the other 5 children are unknown.   It is believed they died in 
infancy.
 
Rosetta Wilson married Douglas Jefferson Harris 8 Feb 1892 in Calvin Township, 
Cass County.  Rosetta and Douglas were the parents of five offspring.  The 
first child Prince Albert Harris born 14 May 1901 in Penn Township, Cass 
County, died 11 Dec 1902. The other children were Oliver Cromwell Harris b 27 
Apr 1893, Floyd E. Harris b 12 Jan 1894, Robert Lee Harris b 12 Apr 1895 and 
James H. Harris b Aug 1898. Their sons Oliver, Floyd, Robert and James all 
served in the U.S. Army at the same time during World War 1.

It has not been determined when Rosetta and Douglas divorced.  For the 
remainder of her life Rosetta returned to her maiden name of Wilson. Rosetta 
was lovingly known locally and by family as Aunt Rett.  She would live with 
people when they were ill or needed someone to stay with them. For many years 
she spent her spare time braiding rugs from rags sewn together.   She sold the 
rugs for income.  In the early 1950s Aunt Rett spent several years living at 
the Vandalia home of Rosanna Allen Wilson.  Rosanna’s husband, James H. 
Wilson, who had passed in 1948, was Aunt Rett’s first cousin.  During the 
summer, Aunt Rett sat in the backyard under the maple tree braiding colorful 
rugs.  Occasionally neighbors namely Elsie Matthews and Maude Lane would stop 
by to visit.  During the winter Aunt Rett sat by the window in her bedroom 
stitching together strips of cloth and braiding.  

Rosetta Wilson spent her last year living with her granddaughter Rosalene Mae 
Harris Pompey.  Rosetta died on Monday, 23 Nov 1959, in Dowagiac, Michigan. 
Her funeral service was held on Friday, 27 Nov 1959, at Chain Lake Baptist 
Church, burial was at Chain Lake Cemetery with Rev. Ray Jackson presiding.


Additional Comments:
Contributors:   Maurice W. Sanders, author of Allen-Sanders Descendants 1985, 
Debra McIntosh TribalPages webmaster for the Ancestry of Charles Sidney Smith 
and Marshall H. Sanders, Jr., citing remembrances of Aunt Rett, his first 
cousin twice removed.  
Photographed and Transcribed by:  Sharon A. Simeon and Marshall H. Sanders, 
Jr. 

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