Daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Strait) Bentz. Aged 18 years; of cholera. Her death was reported under the heading "Cholera in Columbus," in the Western Christian Journal, July 20, 1849: "A daughter of Mr. Bentz, confectioner, died last night."
She was also mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch on April 25, 1872, when her body was exhumed prior to being removed from the old North Graveyard to Green Lawn Cemetery: "In the grave of Louisa Bentz, a young lady of eighteen, and buried fourteen years since, was found two beautiful braids of long hair which she herself had assisted in plaiting the day before she died..." [She had actually died 24 years earlier.]
Frederick Bentz, dba F. Bentz & Co., was a Swiss confectioner whose business operated under the name Neil House Confectionary, which was known for its "light, fanciful teacakes."
She was also mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch on April 25, 1872, when her body was exhumed prior to being removed from the old North Graveyard to Green Lawn Cemetery: "In the grave of Louisa Bentz, a young lady of eighteen, and buried fourteen years since, was found two beautiful braids of long hair which she herself had assisted in plaiting the day before she died..." [She had actually died 24 years earlier.]
Frederick Bentz, dba F. Bentz & Co., was a Swiss confectioner whose business operated under the name Neil House Confectionary, which was known for its "light, fanciful teacakes."
Daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Strait) Bentz. Aged 18 years; of cholera. Her death was reported under the heading "Cholera in Columbus," in the Western Christian Journal, July 20, 1849: "A daughter of Mr. Bentz, confectioner, died last night."
She was also mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch on April 25, 1872, when her body was exhumed prior to being removed from the old North Graveyard to Green Lawn Cemetery: "In the grave of Louisa Bentz, a young lady of eighteen, and buried fourteen years since, was found two beautiful braids of long hair which she herself had assisted in plaiting the day before she died..." [She had actually died 24 years earlier.]
Frederick Bentz, dba F. Bentz & Co., was a Swiss confectioner whose business operated under the name Neil House Confectionary, which was known for its "light, fanciful teacakes."
She was also mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch on April 25, 1872, when her body was exhumed prior to being removed from the old North Graveyard to Green Lawn Cemetery: "In the grave of Louisa Bentz, a young lady of eighteen, and buried fourteen years since, was found two beautiful braids of long hair which she herself had assisted in plaiting the day before she died..." [She had actually died 24 years earlier.]
Frederick Bentz, dba F. Bentz & Co., was a Swiss confectioner whose business operated under the name Neil House Confectionary, which was known for its "light, fanciful teacakes."
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