Dec 23, 1882 Altoona Pennsylvania
Philip Gabriel tries to pawn the coffin plate from his wife's coffin.
Her coffin plate inscription:
Mrs. Philip Gabriel
died Nov. 29, 1882
Age 50 years 9 months 3 days
Mr. Gabriel was said to ask 25 cents for the silver coffin plate so that he could purchase whiskey.
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1 comment:
I had never heard of coffin plates. Very interesting!
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