Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: Apr. 23, 1905Born and Died Same Day Elderly
Ohio Farmer and Wife Die within Three Hours.
COSHOCTON, Ohio, April 11 - Born on the same day it was
the fate of George Ashcroft and his wife to die within
three hours of each other.
Ashcroft today fell dead across the foot of his
bed when he arose to put extra covering over his wife.
The wife had been ill and the shock of her husband's death
caused her own.
Ashcroft was a wealthy farmer and had lived near
here for a number of years. |