This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Welch, Musselman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/4103 Message Board Post: Emma's obituary published in the Plainwell Enterprise, March 10, 1892 reads: The remains of Mrs. E. J.** Welch of Grand Rapids, an adopted sister of Merritt Mussulman, were brought here from Quincy Saturday. Short funeral services were held at the house Monday forenoon, preceeding the burial at Cooper. -------- An article published in the Grand Rapids Eagle, March 28, 1892, reads: Died - In Quincy, March 26. MRS. E. S.** WELCH aged 35 years. The funeral occurred at Plainwell, Mich. this morning (3/28/1892) Emma's headstone at the West Cooper Cemetery reads: Wife of E. S.** Welch - MOTHER (NOTES: To date Emma's biological parents are unknown. Have not found any information on E. S. Welch nor Emma's children)