This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...to the ravages of time, and no vestige remains to tell where they once stood. A few gnarled and decaying apple trees, so old that no one now living there can tell when they were planted, testify that once near by there stood a habitation. But that solitary grave beside the maple trees, with its cairn-like ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...to the ravages of time, and no vestige remains to tell where they once stood. A few gnarled and decaying apple trees, so old that no one now living there can tell when they were planted, testify that once near by there stood a habitation. But that solitary grave beside the maple trees, with its cairn-like monument and its tragic history, is not forgotten. "With some hesitation we venture to relate what was told us, viz., that those who plow among the old apple trees are wont to uncover a spot where the soil has the color of blood, indicating the place where the kindly earth received the crimson drops trickling from the wounds of the murdered Buck.' It is a matter of regret that no pencil sketch or other picture from life was ever taken of Mary Jemison. The fact that nothing of the kind exists gives greater interest to every description of her personal appearance or characteristics by those who have seen her or visited her in her home. William B. Munson, M.D., of Independence, Ohio, in reply to an inquiry made by Mr. Letchworth for such information as would be useful in preparing a statue of Mary Jemison, wrote, October 12, 1876, as follows: "According to the picture which I have in my mind of her, she had the shape, form, and figure of an active, lively little old woman, seventy-five or eighty years of age, about four and a half feet in height, exhibiting the remains of a fair complexion and regular features that had been in youth extremely beautiful. The cheek bones were not prominent, nor was the chin, and the nose was not large; but, considering her age, all these features were quite symmetrical. The head was of medium size, covered with gray hair smoothed backward; the neck was not long, but in due proportion to the size of her head and body;...
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1925, The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Publisher:
The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Published:
1925
Language:
English
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11072391576
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