Story of a Buried Mother and her Infant Twins (1876); Ad for the Central Drug Store at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Court Streets

Title

Story of a Buried Mother and her Infant Twins (1876); Ad for the Central Drug Store at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Court Streets

Description

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: typed page detailing an event in 1876 in which a casket was removed from Greenlawn Cemetery. Inside the casket was the body of a woman and her infant twins. Allegedly, neither the bodies nor the flowers they were buried with had decayed at all. John McNeal, sexton of Greenlawn Cemetery; embalming; burial. Also pictured is an ad for the Central Drug Store at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Court Streets

Creator

Henry A. Lorberg

Date

1876

Format

Scanned scrapbook page 206

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library