Ellen Shannon - Girard, PA - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

Ellen Shannon was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled with "R.E. Danforth's Non-Explosive Burning Fluid." Just goes to show that you can't believe everything that you read.

I was first made aware of this unusual grave stone as part of a multicache by fellow Geocacher, Facedances. There isn't much information on the internet about Ellen Shannon with the exception of the mentioning of this epitaph. Most that I have found agree that this is almost a good example of a consumer tip.

I included a link to a "Believe it or Not" page at "Find-A-Grave". You can see this grave listed there.

Type of Death Listed: Accident Website (if available): [Web Link] Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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Date Logged Log   07/18/2016 2-2 wheelers visited it 07/26/2015 Facedances visited it

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