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
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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
Collection
Citation
Henry A. Lorberg , “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,” Local History Digital Collection, accessed November 24, 2024, https://yourppl.org/history/items/show/21497.