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Fred(d) Family Madstone
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a supposed antidote to
hydrophobia...
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Fred
Family Madstone
1740
– 1899 |
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Date |
Owner |
Location |
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1740 |
Joshua Fred |
Warwickshire, England & Fauquier County |
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1741 - 1900’s |
The
Fred(d) Family |
Fauquier County |
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1858 |
Col.
William Miller |
Orange County |
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1871 – 1890 |
Mrs.
Luke Woodward
& Mrs.
Seaton |
Fauquier County |
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November 18, 1898 |
Owned by Mrs. Luke Woodard (nee Fred). The
heirs of Mrs. Fred, Mr. Triplet, Mr. Seaton and the
Misses German, nieces and nephews of Mrs. Fred are
in litigation for ownership. Said to have come from
Scotland in 1776, the stone was laid away for two
generations, as the knowledge of the use was
mislaid. An old German visitor, spending the night,
said he could clean the stone, and asked for half of
it. This portion went to Kentucky.
Paper: The
Columbus Enquirer-Sun [reprinted from the
Washington Post] |
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April 30, 1899 |
Mrs. German, heir and niece of Mrs. Fred,
sold the madstone at auction for $450.00. This was
the second sale of the stone. It sold for $682.50.
Paper:
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun [reprinted from the
Washington Post] |
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April 30, 1899 |
Dr. C. F. Turner |
Snickerville |
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1874 |
W. T. Beadle |
Chicago, Ill. |
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J. R. Hill, of Virginia, Cass County, Ill.,
who was bitten on the hand by a rabid dog last
summer at that place. Two horses that the dog was
seen to bite on the same day both died of
hydrophobia—one in about three weeks, the other
about five weeks later. |
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