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Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 2 Oct 2010 09:09:34 -0500
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Sue,

Acc. to Gretchen, if in Elmira, Langdon would have been laid out in the
Langdon house on Main Street, NOT at QF.  But I'm not certain about that
either.

-hb

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hal, you mention the girls, but not Langdon--who I know died in =
> Hartford, though was buried in Elmira. Would he also have been laid out =
> at QF?  --s
> =20
> Susan K. Harris
> Hall Professor of American Literature & Culture
> Department of English
> University of Kansas
> Lawrence, KS 66042
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Mark Twain Forum on behalf of Gretchen Sharlow
> Sent: Sat 10/2/2010 8:25
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: births and deaths in Elmira
>
>
>
> Good Morning Hal,
>
>   The Langdon Home was torn down long before Clara died.
>
> ---- Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Folks;  Getting ready to head out to the woods for a walk (to the =
> tower?),
> > on a wonderful, nearly perfect fall day here in Missouri ....but first =
> ...
> >
> > I'm doing a little fact checking for an essay, just to be sure;  due =
> to some
> > conflicting reports:
> >
> > My understanding is that all 3 of the girls were indeed born in the =
> Quarry
> > Farm house.  there are indications in the Autobiography that Susy was =
> born
> > down the hill in the Langdon house (MT's confused recall?) but Ida =
> Langdon
> > states that they were all born up the hill.
> >
> > Also:  all 3 were laid out in coffins in the Langdon house down the =
> hill, as
> > was MT.  None were laid out in Quarry Farm.
> >
> > Do I have all that correct?
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks --  --hb
> >
> > --
> > Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> > Professor of English
> > Saint Louis University
> > St. Louis, MO  63108
> > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
>



-- 
Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
Professor of English
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO  63108
314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
<www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>

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