The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . MRS. CYRUS CYRUS DOUGLASS. u,v;v£R, ^- £ ?ITY OF ^umis THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 917 ii\-e children : Samuel, who is now livingat home; Eliza, the wife of G. W. Cook:Allen, who married ^laggie Bycrly; BelleB., the wife of Charles Lucas; and George\\.. who married Miss Cord, and lives onthe old homestead. Mr. Douglass also hastwelve grandchildren. In 1902 he was calledupon to mourn the loss of his wife, whodied on the i6th of June of that year. Theyhad traveled lifes journey together for morethan forty-six years, sharing \vith


The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . MRS. CYRUS CYRUS DOUGLASS. u,v;v£R, ^- £ ?ITY OF ^umis THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 917 ii\-e children : Samuel, who is now livingat home; Eliza, the wife of G. W. Cook:Allen, who married ^laggie Bycrly; BelleB., the wife of Charles Lucas; and George\\.. who married Miss Cord, and lives onthe old homestead. Mr. Douglass also hastwelve grandchildren. In 1902 he was calledupon to mourn the loss of his wife, whodied on the i6th of June of that year. Theyhad traveled lifes journey together for morethan forty-six years, sharing \vith eachother its joys and sorrows, its adversity andprosperity. They had been most happy intheir home life and the loss of the wifecomes as a \ery great blow to the had been an invalid for about fifteenor sixteen years, but bt)re her illness uncom-plainingly, without a murmur. Mr. Douglass has indeed seen manychanges in Vermilion county. He himselfhas made trips down the Mississippi riverto New Orleans, going upon a flatboat madeat Olmsted Mill. Twice he has


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