Not far from her father's grave, seventeen-year-old Edith Smith was buried on May 18, 1872 -- some three years after the untimely deaths of her brother and father.
Her inscription, penned by a grieving mother, is perhaps the most intriguing of the three tombstones: "Erected in memory of my darling child, Edith...died a victim to an experiment of surgery by Dr. Warren Stone Sr., of New Orleans..."
There are few clues to the tragic death of Edith Smith.
Edith's mother carried any explanation to her grave.
Her inscription, penned by a grieving mother, is perhaps the most intriguing of the three tombstones: "Erected in memory of my darling child, Edith...died a victim to an experiment of surgery by Dr. Warren Stone Sr., of New Orleans..."
There are few clues to the tragic death of Edith Smith.
Edith's mother carried any explanation to her grave.
Not far from her father's grave, seventeen-year-old Edith Smith was buried on May 18, 1872 -- some three years after the untimely deaths of her brother and father.
Her inscription, penned by a grieving mother, is perhaps the most intriguing of the three tombstones: "Erected in memory of my darling child, Edith...died a victim to an experiment of surgery by Dr. Warren Stone Sr., of New Orleans..."
There are few clues to the tragic death of Edith Smith.
Edith's mother carried any explanation to her grave.
Her inscription, penned by a grieving mother, is perhaps the most intriguing of the three tombstones: "Erected in memory of my darling child, Edith...died a victim to an experiment of surgery by Dr. Warren Stone Sr., of New Orleans..."
There are few clues to the tragic death of Edith Smith.
Edith's mother carried any explanation to her grave.
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