RINEHART, Allie
Date of death: 1 April 1896 – Shelby County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 10, 1896,
Volume XXXVI Number 39, page 1 column 1
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
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The largest casket ever brought to Edinburg was received by John M. Breeding, the undertaker, this morning. The casket was five feet and six inches in length, nineteen inches deep; twenty-six and one half inches in width at the bottom and thirty and one half inches at the top. With the lid on, the casket will measure thirty-three inches in width. It is for the remains of Miss Rinehart who died yesterday [sic]. She was five feet high and weighed 326 pounds.—Ed. Call. [Edinburg Evening Call]
Link to Allie Rinehart’s grave
Note: The Shelby County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920 referencing Book-21, page 26, records that Allie Rinehart, a 28-year-old white female, died 1 Apr 1896 in Shelby County, Indiana.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson