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Seldovia remembers
Mary McDonough

Mary McDonough

1903, King Cove, Alaska — July 17, 1947, Seldovia, Alaska

Buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #85

MARY HUNTER McDONOUGH, daughter of William and Eva BACKOFF Hunter, was born December 1903 in King Cove Alaska.

She married James Wilson, son of Phillip and Sophia MISHAKOFF Wilson. They had two children: Anna WILSON Ollestad, wife of Gilbert Ollestad, and Albert Wilson.

They divorced and she married Robert Mitchell on December 23, 1933. After his death in 1934, she married Michael George McDonough

Michael was born in Saganaw, Michigan March 28, 1903. He and Mary were married in Seldovia on October 29, 1939. He was a fisherman and died from a “gunshot wound fired with murderous intent”.

Mary died July 17, 1947 and she and Michael McDonough are buried in Seldovia City Cemetery, Plots #85 and #156.