This marker is for Charles Lawrence and his whole family. All of them died on October 8, 1871 in the Peshtigo Fire.
On a marker next to the family's monument:
"There were several strange phenomena that accompanied this fire. One was the large black objects resembling a balloon which revolved with great rapidity, advancing along the periphery of the fire. When these objects struck a tree or a house, they would burst with a loud report and fire would stream out in all directions.
Mr. Lawrence had one of the finest farms in the Lower Sugar Bush and as the fire approached he took his wife and three children into the center of a large field. An eyewitness tells of seeing them huddled together when one of those balloon-like objects landed in their midst, bursting into flames and wiping out the entire family."
On a marker next to the family's monument:
"There were several strange phenomena that accompanied this fire. One was the large black objects resembling a balloon which revolved with great rapidity, advancing along the periphery of the fire. When these objects struck a tree or a house, they would burst with a loud report and fire would stream out in all directions.
Mr. Lawrence had one of the finest farms in the Lower Sugar Bush and as the fire approached he took his wife and three children into the center of a large field. An eyewitness tells of seeing them huddled together when one of those balloon-like objects landed in their midst, bursting into flames and wiping out the entire family."
This marker is for Charles Lawrence and his whole family. All of them died on October 8, 1871 in the Peshtigo Fire.
On a marker next to the family's monument:
"There were several strange phenomena that accompanied this fire. One was the large black objects resembling a balloon which revolved with great rapidity, advancing along the periphery of the fire. When these objects struck a tree or a house, they would burst with a loud report and fire would stream out in all directions.
Mr. Lawrence had one of the finest farms in the Lower Sugar Bush and as the fire approached he took his wife and three children into the center of a large field. An eyewitness tells of seeing them huddled together when one of those balloon-like objects landed in their midst, bursting into flames and wiping out the entire family."
On a marker next to the family's monument:
"There were several strange phenomena that accompanied this fire. One was the large black objects resembling a balloon which revolved with great rapidity, advancing along the periphery of the fire. When these objects struck a tree or a house, they would burst with a loud report and fire would stream out in all directions.
Mr. Lawrence had one of the finest farms in the Lower Sugar Bush and as the fire approached he took his wife and three children into the center of a large field. An eyewitness tells of seeing them huddled together when one of those balloon-like objects landed in their midst, bursting into flames and wiping out the entire family."
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