Undertaker exhumes body buried in 1852
Last Monday Charles Mayhall undertaker exhumed the body of Margaret Bennett buried May 20,1852 on the
old Bennett farm south of where Jacob MIntire lives three miles west of this city and buried it in a lot where her daughter Charlotte Pullen is buried at Shiloh.
She was buried in a metal casket and men repairing the public road struck the casket with a scraper and broke a hole in it. Township trustee Atkinson ordered the body removed to Shiloh and reburied.
Her husband William Bennett was buried by her side in a wooden casket that same year but nothing of his remains could be found. They were the parents of JP Bennett a justice of the peace for many years
in this city.
His mother whose remains were removed was born Mar 18,1790.
Mr Mayhall said the casket was not opened but thru the hole made by the scraper the white cloth worn by this corspe could be seen in good state of preservation but the odor from the body was so offensive a team of horses would not pass until the body was removed.
July 13 1917 Rockport Journal.
All about the casket
The casket containing the body of Mrs Margaret Bennett buried 65 years ago and was reburied two weeks ago illustrated the idea of long ago.
It was metal and just large enough to contain the body.It was rounded containing no angles the lid was
raised as to fit the face then tapered small for the neck,it was raised again to make room for the arms folded across the breast and again tapered small until it reached the feet.
It was airtight preserving the body and clothing from decay through the decades since they were laid away. The form of the above described must have been common then but today is curio of long past days.
It is said that Mrs Bennett died at an insane asylum in Indianapolis and the casket was no doubt furnished by the state.
Rockport Journal July 27 1917
Last Monday Charles Mayhall undertaker exhumed the body of Margaret Bennett buried May 20,1852 on the
old Bennett farm south of where Jacob MIntire lives three miles west of this city and buried it in a lot where her daughter Charlotte Pullen is buried at Shiloh.
She was buried in a metal casket and men repairing the public road struck the casket with a scraper and broke a hole in it. Township trustee Atkinson ordered the body removed to Shiloh and reburied.
Her husband William Bennett was buried by her side in a wooden casket that same year but nothing of his remains could be found. They were the parents of JP Bennett a justice of the peace for many years
in this city.
His mother whose remains were removed was born Mar 18,1790.
Mr Mayhall said the casket was not opened but thru the hole made by the scraper the white cloth worn by this corspe could be seen in good state of preservation but the odor from the body was so offensive a team of horses would not pass until the body was removed.
July 13 1917 Rockport Journal.
All about the casket
The casket containing the body of Mrs Margaret Bennett buried 65 years ago and was reburied two weeks ago illustrated the idea of long ago.
It was metal and just large enough to contain the body.It was rounded containing no angles the lid was
raised as to fit the face then tapered small for the neck,it was raised again to make room for the arms folded across the breast and again tapered small until it reached the feet.
It was airtight preserving the body and clothing from decay through the decades since they were laid away. The form of the above described must have been common then but today is curio of long past days.
It is said that Mrs Bennett died at an insane asylum in Indianapolis and the casket was no doubt furnished by the state.
Rockport Journal July 27 1917
Undertaker exhumes body buried in 1852
Last Monday Charles Mayhall undertaker exhumed the body of Margaret Bennett buried May 20,1852 on the
old Bennett farm south of where Jacob MIntire lives three miles west of this city and buried it in a lot where her daughter Charlotte Pullen is buried at Shiloh.
She was buried in a metal casket and men repairing the public road struck the casket with a scraper and broke a hole in it. Township trustee Atkinson ordered the body removed to Shiloh and reburied.
Her husband William Bennett was buried by her side in a wooden casket that same year but nothing of his remains could be found. They were the parents of JP Bennett a justice of the peace for many years
in this city.
His mother whose remains were removed was born Mar 18,1790.
Mr Mayhall said the casket was not opened but thru the hole made by the scraper the white cloth worn by this corspe could be seen in good state of preservation but the odor from the body was so offensive a team of horses would not pass until the body was removed.
July 13 1917 Rockport Journal.
All about the casket
The casket containing the body of Mrs Margaret Bennett buried 65 years ago and was reburied two weeks ago illustrated the idea of long ago.
It was metal and just large enough to contain the body.It was rounded containing no angles the lid was
raised as to fit the face then tapered small for the neck,it was raised again to make room for the arms folded across the breast and again tapered small until it reached the feet.
It was airtight preserving the body and clothing from decay through the decades since they were laid away. The form of the above described must have been common then but today is curio of long past days.
It is said that Mrs Bennett died at an insane asylum in Indianapolis and the casket was no doubt furnished by the state.
Rockport Journal July 27 1917
Last Monday Charles Mayhall undertaker exhumed the body of Margaret Bennett buried May 20,1852 on the
old Bennett farm south of where Jacob MIntire lives three miles west of this city and buried it in a lot where her daughter Charlotte Pullen is buried at Shiloh.
She was buried in a metal casket and men repairing the public road struck the casket with a scraper and broke a hole in it. Township trustee Atkinson ordered the body removed to Shiloh and reburied.
Her husband William Bennett was buried by her side in a wooden casket that same year but nothing of his remains could be found. They were the parents of JP Bennett a justice of the peace for many years
in this city.
His mother whose remains were removed was born Mar 18,1790.
Mr Mayhall said the casket was not opened but thru the hole made by the scraper the white cloth worn by this corspe could be seen in good state of preservation but the odor from the body was so offensive a team of horses would not pass until the body was removed.
July 13 1917 Rockport Journal.
All about the casket
The casket containing the body of Mrs Margaret Bennett buried 65 years ago and was reburied two weeks ago illustrated the idea of long ago.
It was metal and just large enough to contain the body.It was rounded containing no angles the lid was
raised as to fit the face then tapered small for the neck,it was raised again to make room for the arms folded across the breast and again tapered small until it reached the feet.
It was airtight preserving the body and clothing from decay through the decades since they were laid away. The form of the above described must have been common then but today is curio of long past days.
It is said that Mrs Bennett died at an insane asylum in Indianapolis and the casket was no doubt furnished by the state.
Rockport Journal July 27 1917
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