YOU WON'T BELEIVE THE WAY SHE DIED!!!!!!!
MYRTLE MARKSBURY BORN IN ABT 1881 MARRIED MY ANCESTOR THOMAS HENDREN WHO WAS BORN IN 1877,HE DIED IN 1850,
HIS WIFE MYRTLE AND HE HAD FRIENDS TO THEIR HOUSE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
MYRTLE WENT THE CHICKEN COOP TO GATHER FRESH EGGS FOR THEIR FREINDS TO TAKE HOME,
WHEN MYRTLE DIDN'T RETURN THOMAS WENT TO FIND OUT WHY,
TO HIS AMAZEMENT HE FOUND MYRTLE LYING ON THE GROUND WITH HER EYES PECKED OUT OF HER HEAD BY THE CHICKENS,
SHE DIED EITHER THEN OR SHORTLY AFTER,
I HAVE FOR YEARS BEEN TRYING TO VALIDATE THIS DEATH AND CONFIRM THAT IT DID HAPPEN AS THEY SAID IT DID,
THOMAS AND MYRTLE LIVED IN BEECH GROVE,INDIANA IN MARION CO,IND AT THAT TIME,
HER ESTIMATED YEAR OF DEATH WAS FIXED FOR AFT 1920,
IT WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN STATED AS SUCH IN THE NEWSPAPER,
ANYONE ONE LIVING IN OR NEAR BEECH GROVE WHO COULD LOCATE THAT OBIT WOULD MAKE MY SEARCH FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS WORTH WHILE,
IT IS SUCH A UNCOMMON MANER IN WHICH TO DIE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NOTE WORTHY AND ANY ONE WHO MIGHT HAVE COME ACROSS IT WOULD REMEMBER IT,
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED,
JOHN