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- eighth child in a compact family of ten.
Sarah Jane ?Jennie" Cassel was the mother of Lloyd Douglas. She was born in Mt. Eaton Ohio 1847, daughter of Samuel & Sarah Kimmerly Cassel. Other children born to this union were, Catherine b. 1840, Amanda b. I842 (she married Dr. William Henry Coyle,) Isabe1 b. 1844, John b. 1844, Mary ?Molly" b. 1845 (married Paul Beezley), Daniel b. 1852 married Martha Jane Long. Maggie was the sister of Martha Jane Long who was married to Franklin Hunt. The Hunts were a prominent family in Etna Township. Worth b. 1854 and Samantha b. 1858.
In 1850. the Cassel family moved to "the west", after a fire ravaged their home and gristmill in Ohio. They settled on a farm half a mile east of the Salem Church in Noble County. Samuel built a Sawmill in Noble County. When the Civil War started Samuel and John Cassel were drafted. Jennie's brother, John Cassel, died and is buried at Chattanooga. Jennie's father returned after the war, and had a drinking problem the rest of his life.
At the age of 15, Jennie entered into the teaching profession filling in for her sister, Molly, who had become sick with malaria.
She married Rev. Alexander Jackson Douglas in 1875. She was his second wife. His first wife was Mary Jenner. Jennie and A.J. Douglas were married for 29 years and they had three children, Lloyd, Mabel and Clyde E.
Jennie spent her last years living in Monroeville, Indiana, where she wrote articles for the Monroeville newspaper. She died Easter Day April 9, 1939 at the age of 91. She is buried in Salem Cemetery, Noble County Indiana.
Below from The Columbia City Post, 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 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. [3]
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