Helen Logan Scott and John Bartley Dougan
JOHN BARTLEY DOUGAN, son of ANN GRAY and WILLIAM DOUGAN, was born December 14, 1847 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan,38 and died July 14, 1914 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.202 He is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.89, 1125, 1296
He married HELEN LOGAN SCOTT on October 26, 1876 in Wayne County, Indiana,1675 daughter of BETSY MATILDA ROGERS and WILLIAM GEORGE SCOTT. She was born November 16, 1857 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana,4931 and died August 4, 1921 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.868, 4931 She is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.89, 1125, 4931
Obituaries
Evening Item, July 22, 19141296
DOUGAN FUNERAL NEXT SATURDAY
Service Will be Held in First Presbyterian Church at 3 P. M.
The funeral of John B. Dougan will be held in First Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. The Rev. T. J. Graham of Fargo, N. D., will officiate.
The family received a telegram from him today saying he will be here Friday evening.
The Rev. Mr. Graham was Mr. Dougan's pastor for the ten years preceding April 1, 1914, when he accepted a call to Fargo.
Burial will be in the Earlham cemetery. Special music for the funeral will be under the direction of Frank Braffett. Miss Helen Nicholson will play the pipe organ. All the banks of the city voted today to close for the funeral. Friends may call Friday afternoon or evening. The casket will not be opened at the church.
Evening Item, July 22, 19141297
BURDENS OF OTHERS CHEERFULLY CARRIED
John L. Rupe Says That Mr. Dougan Worked When Neighbors Slept and That Nothing Was Too Large or Too Complicated for Him.
Tribute to the life and character of John B. Dougan is paid by Attorney John L. Rupe, who was intimately acquainted with Mr. Dougan for many years, and who is familiar with those traits of character which made him known as Richmond's most generous philanthropist and one of the city's leading business men. Mr. Rupe in a communication to The Evening Item says:
"Editor Evening Item: You ask me to give an my estimate of the life and character of my friend, John B. Dougan, as a man, and as a citizen. It would seen an easy task, there is so much which may be truthfully said of him, yet it is not easy to eliminate and make selection and it must involve disappointment because within the imitations of a statement for publication, one must say much less than is satisfactory and leave the subject but meagerly touched upon.
Knew Him Well.
"I have known Mr. Dougan well from the early beginning of his business career as an employe of the First National bank when a very young man, and from that time during the whole of his honorable and conspicuously successful business life.
"I have been associated with him in his social life, in public enterprises in which he was interested and in many and varied business relations, so that I have had opportunity to know his true character, his motives, purposes and aims, his interest in public concerns and his business judgment, sagacity and ability.
"My long association with him in many of the relations of life have led me to see and appreciate those elements of his nature and character which have made his personal life a real blessing to so many of his fellow men, his life as a citizen a model of kindly generosity and public spirit and his business life the conspicuous success it is recognized to have been by the entire business community, not only of Richmond where his business life has been spent but in the wider and larger field of the state and country where he is known and appreciated by reason of his honorable relations with the large financial institutions of the country.
Wonderful energy.
"He was a man of wonderful energy and industry always. When in health there was nothing too large or too complicated for his undertaking. While others slept he was supervising the building of houses, unraveling tangled business complications for his friends.
"He not only carried his own burdens, which his large business interests and responsibilities cast upon him, but during his entire life, he has taken upon himself the burdens of very many others, helping kindly and generously, not only with wise counsel and advice but with his means, and substantially as well. He was the very kindest and most generous of men.
"If any man has lived in Richmond for the forty or more years past who has done more real practical good in helping worthy and deserving people than John B. Dougan, I could not name him and I feel assured that it will be the common judgment that his equal in this regard will not be found.
Among the First.
"In all public enterprises he was one of the first to be seen and on the list of generous supporters. Nothing which gave promise of benefit to the community or to his fellow men, ever failed to attract his kindly and generous interest.
"He was a supporter of the church of which he was a member, and its various interests. He believed in the church and recognized its place and its necessity in the community.
"His larger business life was as a banker and manager of large financial and business interests.
"He had rare qualifications for a successful life in this his chosen line of business. He had rare tact, very unusual business judgment, sagacity and resource and withall he was of the kindly generous and genial nature and disposition which attracted all who knew him as his friend.
One Incident.
"I remember an incident which impressed me with his business sagacity and confident judgment. In the beginning of the panic of 1907, before it was generally known that anything unusual was about to happen in the financial world, a meeting was held of all the bankers of the city on a Sunday afternoon. Information had come quietly by telephone from Indianapolis and Cincinnati bankers, advising that we of Richmond take steps as they were doing to husband their currency and limit checking privileges.
"The matter was generally discussed, an executive committee was appointed composed of a member from each bank and trust company and when the question came to be determined, as to the action the Richmond banks would take in curtailing checking privileges of customers and paying out currency Mr. Dougan said 'boys let us not be scared until we find it necessary. I believe we can inspire confidence by carrying on our business just as usual; let us open our banks tomorrow and pay every check that is presented, together keeping watch of the situation, standing together, and I believe we will get through this trouble without putting any limitations on our business.'
Inspired Confidence.
"His suggestion was agreed to, his very attitude inspired confidence, his judgment acted upon proved the wise course and gave Richmond banks a reputation for stability and courage throughout the entire country.
"He was in every way a lovable man as a friend, kind, sympathetic, generous, full of sentiment, helpful.
"What more fitting epitaph for such a man than this.
Lived Unselfishly.
"He has attained the summum bonum of human life, by his having lived unselfishly. All along the pathway of his busy life there has radiated bright, glad sunshine bringing joy and happiness to all within its influence. He has scattered beautiful fragrant flowers of kindness, tenderness and helpfulness broadcast.
"He has met the full measure of duty as a citizen and in all life's battle full knightly with his armor on all hearts are touched, as with a personal sorrow.
"His well earned earthly reward is secure in the unfalling love and affection in the hearts of the people among whom the years of his life has been spent and as we look beyond we are assured that the end of such a man is peace."
Richmond Palladium, August 4, 1921868
MRS. HELEN DOUGAN, LIFETIME RESIDENT, DIES AT HOME HERE
Mrs. Helen L. Dougan, widow of John B. Dougan, and daughter of William G. Scott, one of the founders of the Gaar-Scott company, died at her home, 204 North Tenth street, at 7 o'clock Thursday morning, following an illness of several days.
Mrs. Dougan, who was born in Richmond, spent virtually her entire life here. Her husband died seven years ago. She was well known in Richmond, and was a member of a number of leading organizations and clubs, including the local chapter of the D. A. R., and the Tourist and Ticknor clubs.
Leader in Charitable Work
She was also a prominent member of the First Presbyterian church and actively identified with leading philanthropic institutions of the city, including the Margaret Smith home and Reid Memorial hospital. Although Mrs. Dougan was one of the prominent charity workers of the city, comparatively little was known of her labors in this respect, as she disliked ostentation of any kind.
Surviving are her cousin; Miss Blanche Scott, who had made her home with Mrs. Dougan for the past five years, and a number of other cousins, as follows: Mrs. James Miller, Mrs. Alice Wellborn, and Miss Delle Scott, all of Pasadena, Calif., Mrs. Julius Risser, of Fayetteville, Ark., Williams Scott, of Redfield, Ia., and Mrs. D. C. Ralph and Mrs. Matthew Baines, both of Buffalo, N. Y.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Friends are requested to please omit flowers.
Cemetery Pictures
Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana
John B. Dougan
Helen L. Scott
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 11, 1860306 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| July 12, 1870305 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| June 4, 1880659 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| June 5, 1900112 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| April 25, 1910815 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| January 8, 1920895 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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