The Anderson Family Tragedy
Four Daughters Dead the same week!
This tintype shows Clara Evaline Anderson at an early age
She and her sisters died the same week of diptheria in
1882. Maud, Minnie, and Amanda perished with Clara.
Jenny Grace Anderson (only a few months old)was spared by sending her to Pennsylvania
to stay with the Rhind Family.
From a newspaper clipping, no dateNewspaper not identified.
DIVERSE NEWSY TOPICS
FATAL WORK OF DIPHTHERIA IN
THE VILLAGE OF TWO MILE
Death of Three Children in One Family in Two Days and
the Fourth Child Dying --
The family of John Anderson, at Two Mile, on
the O.B. & W. R.R., has been decimated this week in
the most shocking and distressing manner and
outsiders can form no idea of the crushing weight of
affliction by reading the bare details. Last week
Mr. Anderson's family consisted of himself, his
wife and four bright little girls, the idols of their
parents and the favorites of the neighborhood. The
dread disease, diphtheria, obtained a foothold and
speedily all the children were more or less
prostrated. On Wednesday, to and anguish of the
parents, Clara, aged three years, and Amanda, aged
five years, died one only a short time after the other.
Thursday a single grave received the two tiny forms
and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson sat beside the death bed of
Minnie, aged ten years, to see her young life go out
while their hearts were torn with unspeakable anguish.
The third funeral occurred yesterday. Maude,
the oldest, twelve years old, is lying at the point
of death and no hopes are entertained of her
recovery. Possibly at this writing the last of the
little ones has passed away. Mr. Anderson is a
well to do farmer. A few days ago his wife broke her
arm in two places by a fall and is just able to be
about the house. She is almost crazed with grief!