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- From Teresa Herrman, correspondent, note of March 13th, 2005 I was looking for someone else andran across the following information on a Ruth Sprague,daughter of Gibson Sprague and Elizabeth. It says that herbody was stolen out of her grave:
Information submitted by Percy Miller About two years ago I visited thestone of Ruth Sprague born Jan. 11, 1846 which is found inthe Old Maple Grove Cemetery in the village of HoosickFalls, town of Hoosick, Rensselaer Co, NY. The inscriptionon the stone is found in several books on interestingstones in New England. The stone says
Ruth Sprague
dau. of Gibson & Elizabeth Sprague
died Jan. 11, 1846; aged
9 years 4 mo's & 3 days.
was stolen from the grave
by Roderick H. Clow & dissect-
ed at Dr. P. M. Armstrong's office
in Hoosick N.Y. from which place
her mutilated remains were
obtained & deposited here.
body dissected by fiendish Men
Her bones anatomised,
Her soul we trust has risen to God
Where few Physicians rise."Dr. P. M. Armstrong was my great-great-great-grandfatherwho apprenticed physicians. In those days, they had tosteal bodies in order to do autopsies and learn about thehuman body. This time they got caught.
The following comments from Clarence Sprague were receivedon December 28th, 2003 The grave of RuthSprague is perhaps of more historical, rather thangenealogical interest. The details seem rather gruesome atfirst glance, however my scant knowledge of history seemsto recall that the scientific and medical community wasstriving to learn more about the human body and it'sdiseases and vulnerabilities? The religious communityobjected to those studies and opposed laboratoryinvestigations in human anatomy, even when done in the mostprestigous universities. I suspect Ruth Sprague may havedied in the midst of this era? [2, 3]
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Abt 1806 - 1816 (~ 9 years)
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