Primary Name: Ma, John

Filed as: Ma, John

Also known as: John Ma

Occupation / Association: Resident, Douglas Indian Village

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Douglas Indian Cemetery, Alaska

Keywords: John Ma Douglas Alaska, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials, Douglas Indian Village residents, early Douglas Alaska residents

Biography

John Ma is buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska. The cemetery served the Native village and early residents of Douglas during the mining era and remains an important historic burial ground in the community.

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Primary Name: Marshall, Bessie

Filed as: Marshall, Bessie

Also known as: Bessie Marshall

Born: 1891

Died: November 1911, age 20

Burial: Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Bessie Marshall, Douglas Alaska pioneers, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials

Biography

Bessie Marshall was born in 1891.

She died in November 1911 at the age of 20 and was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

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Primary Name: Mitchell, Kittey

Filed as: Mitchell, Kittey

Also known as: Kittey Mitchell

Occupation / Association: Resident, Douglas Indian Village

Associated places: Killisnoo, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Douglas Indian Cemetery, Alaska

Keywords: Kittey Mitchell Douglas Alaska, Killisnoo Alaska residents, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials, Douglas Indian Village residents, early Alaska Native community Douglas

Biography

Kittey Mitchell was born in Killisnoo, Alaska. She later lived in Douglas, Alaska, where she died on January 29, 1912, at the age of twenty-five.

She was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery, a historic burial ground associated with the Douglas Native village and early residents of the mining community.

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Primary Name: Smith, John

Filed as: Smith, John

Also known as: John Smith

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Indian Cemetery

Keywords: John Smith Douglas Alaska, Smith family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Indian Cemetery burials, early Douglas residents, Juneau Douglas families, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

John Smith was born in 1884 and lived in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska during the early twentieth century.

He died in July 1914 at the age of thirty. He was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the Native community of Douglas.

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Shotter, George Ray, Jr.

Born: April 5, 1882

Birthplace: Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada

Died: January 4, 1931 (age 48)

Place of death: St. Ann's Hospital, Juneau, Alaska

Burial: Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Parents: George Ray Shotter, Sr.; Lucy Shotter of Wrangell

Spouse: Frances W. Shotter of Hoonah

Occupation: Fox rancher

Biography

George Ray Shotter, Jr. was born on April 5, 1882, in Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada, the son of George Ray Shotter, Sr. and Lucy Shotter of Wrangell, Alaska.

Members of the Shotter family were connected with communities throughout Southeast Alaska. His siblings included Frank Shotter, Mrs. L. Kane, Mrs. Thomas Murray of Hoonah, Mrs. J.O. Ross of Seattle, and Margaret Shotter Evans of California.

Shotter married Frances W. Shotter of Hoonah. At the time of his death, the couple had no living children.

He worked as a fox rancher, an occupation that was part of the fur farming industry that developed along the coast of Alaska in the early twentieth century.

Contemporary records described him as being of mixed race, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing about 145 pounds, with a dark complexion and dark hair.

George Ray Shotter, Jr. died of pneumonia on January 4, 1931, at the age of 48 after a twenty-day stay at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau. His attending physician was Dr. W.W. Council.

Shotter was buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery, with Chas W. Carter serving as undertaker.

Sources

• Find A Grave memorial records