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Note: OBITUARY OF MARY CAMPBELL GRAY MCNAUGHTON - D: July 3, 1921
Mosa lost one of her oldest pioneers when Mary campbell, wife of Duncan McNaughton, passed away at her home on Lot 12, Concession 5, Mosa after a lingering illness.
Deseased was the daughter of the late John & Catherine Campbell and was born in Euphemia Township on July 1, 1838. The old Campbell homestead was on the Sydenham river, near Cameron Church, the present owner being John McCallum, a nephew of the deceased. The country in those early days was in a far different condition from now. Those were the days of the log cabin and the open fireplace, the howling wolf and the bounding deer.
In 1867 the deceased was married to John Gray and they settled on the farm opposite Cameron Church, and here their son Robert was born. For a few short years they lived happily together, then the hand of death removed the husband. As he was going through the bush from his own farm to his father's, a few miles distant, he met some neighbours who were on a deer hunt. By some strange cast of fate he was mistaken for a deer and shot.
On May 17, 1877 Mrs. Gray became the wife of Duncan McNaughton of Metcalfe, in which township they resided for about eight years. Then they moved to Mosa and for a number of years kept the Knapdale post-office. About eleven years ago they moved to their present residence, leaving the old home to their son Dan.
About two months ago Mrs. McNaughton was taken ill with pneumonia, which later developed into gangrene, causing her death. Her long and painful illness was endured with patience and cheerfulness, retaining all her faculties till the very last. She will be missed by all those who knew her. She was a loving wife and mother, and a helping friend to those around her.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her aged husband; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret McIntyre of Mosa and Mrs. Elizabeth Gray of Detroit; four sons, Robert Gray of Shetland, Colin and Dan McNaughton of Mosa and Hugh McNaughton of Newbury, and two stepsons, John and Malcolm McNaughton of Metcalfe.
The funeral took place on Tuesday, July 5, 1921, to Kilmartin Cemetery. Six of her closest neighbours, Neil Mitchell, James Brown, John McDonald, Thomas Wilson, Alex McBrayne and Dan Hillman, acted as pallbearers.
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