Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1894 — Her Body Turns to Stone. [ARTICLE]

Her Body Turns to Stone.

The members of the Tyson family have had the remains of Willjam Tyson and Miss Jane Tyson exhumed and transferred from the original burial place in Laurel, Md. William Tyson had been buried thirty-one years, and Jane Tyson sixteen years. Very little remained of William Tyson, but the woman’s remains were in a complete state of preservation. Upon removing the covering the body was disclosed as white as marble. A relative present declared it was a perfect specimen of petrification. The remains of both were reburied in one grave, and it required the strength of eight strong men to lift the casket, which was placed in a w’ooden box. The weight was thought to be over 500 pounds.—[Chicago Herald.