The headstone photo is not that of Mary Stuart McCracken Coffin. It is the headstone that belongs to her great-grandparents, Robert McCracken and Mary Hutchinson. Mary Stuart McCracken Coffin was cremated.
KILLS HERSELF IN DETROIT
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, Prominent Attorney and Formerly of Marshall. Dies of Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, formerly of Marshall, and a prominent attorney of Detroit, who was found unconscious in her home, 186 Cameron avenue, Detroit, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning.
For several days previous to last Friday, Mrs. Coffin was not seen around her home and in the afternoon of that day, Mrs. Albert Tower notified the police to break into the Coffin home and see what had become of Mrs. Coffin.
Patrolman John W. Looney forced an entrance into the house and found Mrs. Coffin lying unconscious on a bed. Dr. Henry Harrison was summoned and he sent the woman to St. Mary's hospital. A note addressed to Mrs. Coffin's divorced husband Phil Coffin, also an attorney, was found in the dead woman's room, but he refuses to make it's contents known to the public. She was of melancholy temperament and brooded much over her troubles.
Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were divorced, but they frequently communicated with each other on business matters, and Mr. Coffin was often at her bedside while she was in the hospital. Mrs. Coffin never recovered sufficiently from her stupor to talk. It is known that it was her wish that her body be cremated, and this will probably be done.
Mrs. Coffin was bore forty-nine years ago at Alma, Mich., was the daughter of the late Judge S. B. McCracken, and a graduate of the U. of M. She completed a course in law at the Detroit college when she was eighteen years old, and began the practice of law.
In 1871 she married Philip Coffin in this city, and they went to Detroit in 1873, and began to practice law. About a year ago, Mrs. Coffin and her husband were divorced and since then she told friends she was lonely, as her son was on a farm in Oakland county recovering his health. Dr. Harrison says that last March, Mrs. Coffin had a narrow escape from being asphyxiated with gas. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed.
When Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were residents of Marshall, they lived in the house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jager in Warren St. Mr. Coffin had the office now occupied by Dr. D. S. Joy over the C. T. Cook grocery store. The Marshall Expounder, June 19, 1908, Marshall, Michigan.
MARY STUART COFFIN EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
Prominent Attorney Finally Succumbs From Effects of Laudanum Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, the attorney who was found unconscious in her home, 196 Cameron avenue, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning. Detroit Free Press, June 17, 1908, Detroit, Michigan.
KILLS HERSELF IN DETROIT
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, Prominent Attorney and Formerly of Marshall. Dies of Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, formerly of Marshall, and a prominent attorney of Detroit, who was found unconscious in her home, 186 Cameron avenue, Detroit, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning.
For several days previous to last Friday, Mrs. Coffin was not seen around her home and in the afternoon of that day, Mrs. Albert Tower notified the police to break into the Coffin home and see what had become of Mrs. Coffin.
Patrolman John W. Looney forced an entrance into the house and found Mrs. Coffin lying unconscious on a bed. Dr. Henry Harrison was summoned and he sent the woman to St. Mary's hospital. A note addressed to Mrs. Coffin's divorced husband Phil Coffin, also an attorney, was found in the dead woman's room, but he refuses to make it's contents known to the public. She was of melancholy temperament and brooded much over her troubles.
Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were divorced, but they frequently communicated with each other on business matters, and Mr. Coffin was often at her bedside while she was in the hospital. Mrs. Coffin never recovered sufficiently from her stupor to talk. It is known that it was her wish that her body be cremated, and this will probably be done.
Mrs. Coffin was bore forty-nine years ago at Alma, Mich., was the daughter of the late Judge S. B. McCracken, and a graduate of the U. of M. She completed a course in law at the Detroit college when she was eighteen years old, and began the practice of law.
In 1871 she married Philip Coffin in this city, and they went to Detroit in 1873, and began to practice law. About a year ago, Mrs. Coffin and her husband were divorced and since then she told friends she was lonely, as her son was on a farm in Oakland county recovering his health. Dr. Harrison says that last March, Mrs. Coffin had a narrow escape from being asphyxiated with gas. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed.
When Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were residents of Marshall, they lived in the house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jager in Warren St. Mr. Coffin had the office now occupied by Dr. D. S. Joy over the C. T. Cook grocery store. The Marshall Expounder, June 19, 1908, Marshall, Michigan.
MARY STUART COFFIN EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
Prominent Attorney Finally Succumbs From Effects of Laudanum Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, the attorney who was found unconscious in her home, 196 Cameron avenue, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning. Detroit Free Press, June 17, 1908, Detroit, Michigan.
The headstone photo is not that of Mary Stuart McCracken Coffin. It is the headstone that belongs to her great-grandparents, Robert McCracken and Mary Hutchinson. Mary Stuart McCracken Coffin was cremated.
KILLS HERSELF IN DETROIT
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, Prominent Attorney and Formerly of Marshall. Dies of Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, formerly of Marshall, and a prominent attorney of Detroit, who was found unconscious in her home, 186 Cameron avenue, Detroit, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning.
For several days previous to last Friday, Mrs. Coffin was not seen around her home and in the afternoon of that day, Mrs. Albert Tower notified the police to break into the Coffin home and see what had become of Mrs. Coffin.
Patrolman John W. Looney forced an entrance into the house and found Mrs. Coffin lying unconscious on a bed. Dr. Henry Harrison was summoned and he sent the woman to St. Mary's hospital. A note addressed to Mrs. Coffin's divorced husband Phil Coffin, also an attorney, was found in the dead woman's room, but he refuses to make it's contents known to the public. She was of melancholy temperament and brooded much over her troubles.
Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were divorced, but they frequently communicated with each other on business matters, and Mr. Coffin was often at her bedside while she was in the hospital. Mrs. Coffin never recovered sufficiently from her stupor to talk. It is known that it was her wish that her body be cremated, and this will probably be done.
Mrs. Coffin was bore forty-nine years ago at Alma, Mich., was the daughter of the late Judge S. B. McCracken, and a graduate of the U. of M. She completed a course in law at the Detroit college when she was eighteen years old, and began the practice of law.
In 1871 she married Philip Coffin in this city, and they went to Detroit in 1873, and began to practice law. About a year ago, Mrs. Coffin and her husband were divorced and since then she told friends she was lonely, as her son was on a farm in Oakland county recovering his health. Dr. Harrison says that last March, Mrs. Coffin had a narrow escape from being asphyxiated with gas. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed.
When Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were residents of Marshall, they lived in the house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jager in Warren St. Mr. Coffin had the office now occupied by Dr. D. S. Joy over the C. T. Cook grocery store. The Marshall Expounder, June 19, 1908, Marshall, Michigan.
MARY STUART COFFIN EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
Prominent Attorney Finally Succumbs From Effects of Laudanum Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, the attorney who was found unconscious in her home, 196 Cameron avenue, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning. Detroit Free Press, June 17, 1908, Detroit, Michigan.
KILLS HERSELF IN DETROIT
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, Prominent Attorney and Formerly of Marshall. Dies of Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, formerly of Marshall, and a prominent attorney of Detroit, who was found unconscious in her home, 186 Cameron avenue, Detroit, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning.
For several days previous to last Friday, Mrs. Coffin was not seen around her home and in the afternoon of that day, Mrs. Albert Tower notified the police to break into the Coffin home and see what had become of Mrs. Coffin.
Patrolman John W. Looney forced an entrance into the house and found Mrs. Coffin lying unconscious on a bed. Dr. Henry Harrison was summoned and he sent the woman to St. Mary's hospital. A note addressed to Mrs. Coffin's divorced husband Phil Coffin, also an attorney, was found in the dead woman's room, but he refuses to make it's contents known to the public. She was of melancholy temperament and brooded much over her troubles.
Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were divorced, but they frequently communicated with each other on business matters, and Mr. Coffin was often at her bedside while she was in the hospital. Mrs. Coffin never recovered sufficiently from her stupor to talk. It is known that it was her wish that her body be cremated, and this will probably be done.
Mrs. Coffin was bore forty-nine years ago at Alma, Mich., was the daughter of the late Judge S. B. McCracken, and a graduate of the U. of M. She completed a course in law at the Detroit college when she was eighteen years old, and began the practice of law.
In 1871 she married Philip Coffin in this city, and they went to Detroit in 1873, and began to practice law. About a year ago, Mrs. Coffin and her husband were divorced and since then she told friends she was lonely, as her son was on a farm in Oakland county recovering his health. Dr. Harrison says that last March, Mrs. Coffin had a narrow escape from being asphyxiated with gas. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed.
When Mr. and Mrs. Coffin were residents of Marshall, they lived in the house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jager in Warren St. Mr. Coffin had the office now occupied by Dr. D. S. Joy over the C. T. Cook grocery store. The Marshall Expounder, June 19, 1908, Marshall, Michigan.
MARY STUART COFFIN EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
Prominent Attorney Finally Succumbs From Effects of Laudanum Poisoning.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, the attorney who was found unconscious in her home, 196 Cameron avenue, last Friday afternoon, died at St. Mary's hospital at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the effects of laudanum poisoning. Detroit Free Press, June 17, 1908, Detroit, Michigan.
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