Fred
Gaw
There is no tombstone for Mr. Gaw but as he was married to
Rosa Gould Gaw he was related to the Goulds and may have been buried
in the Gould tombstone area. The La Porte Herald Chronicle dated
Thursday, 27 March 1884 reported the opening of the grave of Fred Gaw
who had been buried about three weeks ago in the Low Cemetery. On
Friday. the coffin was opened by F. Gaw, Family members David &
John Gould, John Lindsley, Joe Benson, Levi Hall, and Johnny Pointon.
It was found that the corpse had not moved and was in the same
position that he was buried in showing he was not buried alive as
believed by some of the relatives and neighbors.
His
death record at the La Porte County Board of Health showed the cause
of death was epilepsy.
This
was a case for having a bell at the gravesite so he could ring it if
needed.
Gloria Arndt 6/11/2013
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