Novel Tomb in Ohio

Adin Argus, Volume LIV, Number 36, 23 April 1936

A novel tomb at Hanging Rock, Ohio in Lawrence County, Ohio, in the middle of last century, attracted so many of the curious that it had to be removed along with the corpse. At his request, a wealthy Ironmaster was Interred In an iron coffin placed two feet above the ground on Iron pillars, and a wooden building was built around the coffin. Crowds poured in from all directions to see this strange tomb until the building was finally removed and the coffin buried in a grave near the place.