Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1895 — She Weighed 700 Pounds. [ARTICLE]

She Weighed 700 Pounds.

Miss Manda Steele was buried a few days ago in Mechanic Township, near Millersburg, O. She was a school teacher and took on flesh so fast that she was compelled to quit teaching. She was nearly 40 years of age. The day she died she ate heartily and then complained of her stomach and shortly after was found dead in her bed up stairs. Her weight was nearly 700 pounds and she slept on a bedstead especially prepared for her. It took twelve men to take the corpse down stairs. Her casket was four feet across end could not be taken into the house and the corpse was brought out to it. An old-fashioned wide box wagon was used tc convey the remains to the grave.