Obituary: Marquette County, Wisconsin: John DOUGLAS ************************************************************************ Submitted by Joan Benner, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ From the Oxford Times, Thursday Feb. 25, 1915, Page 1 John DOUGLAS was born in Tycondaroga, New York, March 28, 1838 and died at his home in Briggsville Feb. 17, 1915 of cancer of the stomach. He spent most of his life on the Ed Craig farm but recently, he not being married, lived in Briggsville with his two sisters Esther and Sophia. He is survived by three brothers: Ace of Pardeeville and James and Ed in the far west. The funeral was held Friday, Rev. Moon officiating. Interment was in the village cemetery. The pallbearers were Charles Gibson, George Hilliard, Henry Murphy, Mike Maher, Ira Gray and Wm. Brancel.