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JULY 24 ISSUE ANSWERS: The photos above are Elizabeth Clark Douglas’s homes. She came to Romeo from England at the age of 14 months. Arriving in Romeo in 1834, she lived with her family probably in a log cabin. When she grew up, she married the village dentist, Isaac Douglas, and lived in the combined house and dentist office on North Main Street, across from the Opera House/Masonic Temple. Later when her dentist husband became more prosperous, she lived on North Bailey Street. Both homes still remain. This is the second half of her letter she wrote in 1924 when she was 92 years old. PART TWO: Father got mother and me on a boat and it was sent adrift. They had large sea chests to carry their goods in, but they all had to be left behind on the ship. Father had a large grain sack holding five bushels, so he filled that crowded full and tied it up, then he put his Bible and two hymn books in one pocket of his overcoat and filled the

JULY 24 ISSUE ANSWERS: The photos above are Elizabeth Clark Douglas’s homes. She came to Romeo from England at the age of 14 months. Arriving in Romeo in 1834, she lived with her family probably in a log cabin. When she grew up, she married the village dentist, Isaac Douglas, and lived in the combined house and dentist office on North Main Street, across from the Opera House/Masonic Temple. Later when her dentist husband became more prosperous, she lived on North Bailey Street. Both homes still remain. This is the second half of her letter she wrote in 1924 when she was 92 years old. PART TWO: Father got mother and me on a boat and it was sent adrift. They had large sea chests to carry their goods in, but they all had to be left behind on the ship. Father had a large grain sack holding five bushels, so he filled that crowded full and tied it up, then he put his Bible and two hymn books in one pocket of his overcoat and filled the

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