Below: Images of the preservation of the Searing - Pond tomb.
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| According to Save Our Cemeteries, the first burial in the Searing - Pond tomb was Helena Jane Sibley Pond, who married Byron M. Pond. Her sister, Arthemise Ann Sibley, was married to Robert Searing. Helena died on the Muscatine, a steamboat traveling the Mississippi River, while in childbirth. Her stillborn, unnamed daughter is buried in the casket with her. It took the bodies over 11 months to reach New Orleans.
Below: Images of the preservation of the Searing - Pond tomb. |
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