The Victorian Book of the Dead – Indexes
The Victorian Book of the Dead by Chris Woodyard
GENERAL INDEX
Adams, Isaac 15
Adams, John Quincy 63
Adams, Mrs. Mary 15
adipocere 296
African-American burial customs 290-293
Aimison, William S. 288
Akron, Ohio 176-177
Allentown, Pennsylvania 281
Allison, Dr. J.B. 195
Allsopp, Wallis 141-142
Alsup, William 199
Alton, Illinois 118
Andersonville Prison Camp 326
Angel of Death 4-8
Angels 4-8
Annapolis, Maryland 326-327
Anthony, Col. D.C. 226-227
Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 120-121
ashes, human 88
Association for the Prevention of Premature Interment 209
Ault, Catherine 22
Autodecapitants 55-60
Baker, Will 219-220
Baltimore, Maryland 96, 199-200, 201-202, 210-211, 253
Bampton, J.J. 20
banshee 34-35
Banton, Joseph 280-281
Barnes, Chauncey 142-144, 281
Barry, Henry H. 233-235
Bartels, Frederick, 321
Barth, August 116
Barton, Mrs. Parthena 251-252
Beamsderfer, Superintendent 218
Bedell, Dr. Gregory Townsend 63, 66
Bedfordbury, England 21
Bell, John 280-281
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO 96-98
Bellefontaine, Ohio 121-122
Bellevue Hospital, New York 51, 169
Benning, Jessie 48
Bezeley/Bezely, Almira 18-19
birds 19-20
Bivins, Mrs. Joseph E. 303-305
Black, Elizabeth 51
Black, Mrs. 323
black dog 32-34
black-bordered envelopes 239-240
Blanchester, Ohio 57
Bliss, Mrs. James A. 142
bodysnatching 52-53, 72-74, 225-228, 232
Bopp, John 321
Boroff, Samuel 226-228
Boston, Massachusetts 16, 49, 239, 282-283
Bowman, Stephen 120
Brady’s Bend, New York 200
Bramlett, Charles 89
British War Department 192
Brooklyn, New York 186-189, 190, 204-205, 328-329
Brooklyn, Ohio 214
Brown, Alice Emma 49
Brown, Aunt Chloe 292
Brown, Mary 199
Buck, Dr. 323
Budds Lake, New Jersey 248
burial robes 126-128, 136-138
Burke, Katie 46-47
Burns, Francis Clare 6
Burns, George E. 185
Burton, Gove 201
Burwell, Mrs. Josephine 38
butterfly 22-23
Caddo, Oklahoma 306-308
Calcutta 8
Calvary Cemetery, New York 223
Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO 96-98
Calvary, Georgia 27-28
Carbondale, Pennsylvania 31
cats 144-147
cemetery ghosts 217, 220-221, 223-224
cemetery watchmen 72-74
Chanute, Kansas 297
Chaplin, Dr. William 331-333
Chelsea, Massachusetts 56
Chester, Pennsylvania 201
Chester Rural Cemetery, Pennsylvania 201
Chicago, Illinois 134
Chipps, Hattie 248
cholera 13, 62, 209
Cincinnati, Ohio 325
Clareback, James 222-223
Clay, Henry 63
Cleveland, Ohio 39, 120, 186, 219, 273-274
Clifton Heights, Ohio 12
clocks 14-15
Coal Brook Mine, Pennsylvania 31
coffin, vision of 12-14
coffins, glass 233-235
Collins, Thomas 120
Colly, Kentucky 15
complimentary mourning 107, 204-205
Cook, Florence 276-277
Coppinger, Senator John W. 118
Coppinger, William H. 118
Corbalis, Mary 152-154
Cordele, Georgia 303-305
Cosper 283-284
Covington, Kentucky 200-201
Coyle, Jane 32-33
crape 11-12 101-124, 327
crape:
care and renovation 113-114
hung on the door 116, 182, 184
jokes and threats 116-121
cremation 88, 217-219, 267, 274-275, 308-310
“Crinoline Holocaust” 42
Croglin Grange Vampire 228, 230
Cumminsville, Ohio 52
Curtis, William E. 298-299
Dallas, Mary Kyle 241
Danbury, Massachusetts 36-37
Dead Man’s Razor 78-84
Death:
omens 11-38
personifications 1-10
harbingers 11-38
words for 5
deathbed promise 275-276
decomposition 143-144, 192-193, 209, 313-319, 323-324
Degen, H.C. 40
Degen, Katherine 40
Denison, Texas 299-300
Denver, Colorado 77-78
Detroit, Michigan 135-136
Dickens, Charles 1, 8
dolls 171-172, 252-253, 324-325
Dougherty, Thomas M. 46-47
Douglass, Fireman 15
Drexel, Coroner 219-220
Dundee, Illinois 191
Eager, Hattie A. 16-18
Easton, Maryland 280-281
Eaton, Alberta 280-281
El Caney, Battle of 20
Elizaville, Kentucky 297-298
Embalming 84-91, 188-189, 300-308
Eng, Mr. and Mrs. Martin 225-228
“Eugene,” mummy 300
Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY 328-329
exploding coffins 193-195
Ficklin, Charles L. 297
Ficklin, Daniel 297
Ficklin, Lizzie 297-298
Fidelity 319-
Florence, Italy 310-312
Fort Towson, Oklahoma 125
Fountain, Dorothy 171-172
Fox, Margaret 65
Fox Sisters (Spiritualists) 26
Francefort, Matilda 308-310
Fresh Pond Crematorium, Long Island 310
Frey, Joseph 198
funeral flowers 121-122, 166-171, 176, 249-251
funeral stenographer 76-77
funerals 165-184, 232
Galveston, Indiana 22
garden cemeteries 217
Garfield, James A. 73
Garling, Mary 148
Garton, Missouri 148
Geagan, Thomas 287-288
Gessner, Lizzie 274
Gessner, Peter 273
Giberson, Mrs. Ivy 272
Giberson, William 272
Gibsonburg, Ohio 48
Gilberton, Pennsylvania 120
Gish, Elias 219-220
Gobin, Brig. Gen. 120
Goldberg, L.D. 119
Gorleston, England 14
Graham, Elizabeth 13-14
Grant, Ulysses S. 86-87
gravediggers 69-72
Graves, Bill 4-5
Gray, Tom 4-6
Green, Hester 201-202
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA 53-55
Grim Reaper 8
Grimsby, Ontario 275-276
guillotine 55-60
Haas, Mrs. Lillian 196
Haas, Dr. Rudolph 196
Hackett, Mr. and Mrs. 198
Haggerty, Samuel 45
hair wreath 248-249
half-mourning 241, 243-245
Hammond, Mrs. Hiram 12
Hand-in-Hand Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA 286
Hare, Augustus 3, 228, 230
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 29, 157
Harrison, William Henry 63
Hart’s Island 319-322
hatband, crape 106-107, 109-110
Hayes, Mrs. George M. 191
Hayes, Pierce 179
Hayes, William “Pike County Bill” 178-179
Hayward, George 211-213
hearse 30, 191, 198, 199, 223-224
Heideman, Charles 191
Heinig, Ernest 274-275
Henke, Freda 45
Henke, Otto 45
Herman, Lovie L. 39-40
Herrington, Mrs. M.C. 222-223
Heuser, Dr. Charles F. 210-211
Hickey, Alpheus 185
Higgins, Charles 24-25
Higgins, Mrs. Elizabeth 23
Hiller, Dr. Henry 179-181
Hiller, Mrs. Frances 179-181
Hooker, Dr. J. Stenson 207
Houck, Deputy Coroner 219
Howell, Clara 202-203
Hubbell, Thomas 289-290
Independence, Missouri 212, 214
Influenza Pandemic 1918-1919 4
James, M.R. 10
James, William 15-16
Jeffreys, Mr. J. Ed. 195
Jenkins, David 20
Jersey City, New Jersey 323
Johnsing, Mr. 291
Johnson, Rev. Mark 25
Jones, Mrs. Walter 50
Jones, Capt. William 227
Jordan, Andrew 291
Jordan, Erastus 291
Jordan, Sophia 291
Jordan, Washington 291
Kane, Elisha Kent 63, 65
Kane, Katie 152-3
Kansas City, Missouri 120
Karikari (suicide machine) 57-60
Kavanagh, The Very Rev. James B. 47
Kearns, Rose 152-153
Kildare, Ireland 47
Kilgore, Damon Y. 217-219
Kleman, Mrs. Johanna 116
knockers 31
Knott, Alice 41
kobolds 31
Kosokopp, Hannah 129
Kreshner, Mrs. Mary 49-50
Kroger, Alma 12
Kroger, Henry 11
Kroger, Mrs. 11-12
Kyle, Mrs. Bennett 50
Lahr House, Lafayette, Indiana 57
Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio 73
Lanesboro, Massachusetts 49
Laurel Hill Cemetery 65-66, 73
Lawson, William 117-118
Lee, Mrs. Charles W. 36-37
Leech, John 8, 42
Leonard, Mary 129-130
Leuchner, Mrs. 274-275
Liddle, John 192
Linahan, Mrs. 35
Lincoln, Abraham 86
Link, Martin 130
Littleton Funeral Home, Sabina, OH 300
Lincecum, Stephanie 305
Logan County Children’s Home, Ohio 51
Long, Marcus J. 49
Long Island City, New York 223-224
Louglibrickland, Ireland 148-149
Louisville, Kentucky 40
Lundy, Lize 292
MacArthur, Mrs. Louisa 204-205
MacArthur, Professor Daniel McKinley 204-205
Madisonville, Ohio 171
Maguire, T.S. 130
Marshall, Chief Justice John 63, 65
Marshville, England 212-213
Marvin, Dr. George W. 304-305
Masters, W.H. 285
Mattison, Carrie 48
Maul, Mike 219-220
McCain, E.R. 300
McCoy, Levy 84, 300
McCurdy, Elmer 300
McEvoy, Captain Edward 319-321
McGowan, Rose 152
McGowan, Tessie
McGrail, Mrs. Howard 29
McGuire, James 20
McIntosh, Dr. A.J. 39
McLane, Mazie 44
McMullen, Henry 185
McMurray, Dr. H. Albert 52
mediums, Spiritualist 16, 17, 142-144
Messner, Mary Magdalena 48
Meyer, Dr. Bernard 210-211
Miller, Mrs. L. 130
Minovici, Dr. 158-159
Mitchell, Eugene 121
Mitchell, Melville B. 121-122
Monclova, Ohio 289-290
Monsieur du Cimetiere 175
Montgomery, Robert 51-52
Moon, James A. 57-60
Moon, Molly, 306-308
Moon, William Judson 306-308
morgues 218-219, 313-319
mourning calicos 115, 256
mourning emporium 68, 256-259
mourning:
amateur 172-174
bathing suit 253-254
bicycle 246-247
boudoir 254-255
cards 238-239
cigarettes 254
dinners 244-246
dolls 252-253
half 241, 243-245
men’s 106-110, 235
professional 175-177
public 110-111
ring 235-236
stamps 242
stationery 238-241, 270-272
umbrella 237-238
wheel 247
white 112-113
Moore, William Hill 61-65
Mould, George 55-56
Mt. Gilead, Ohio 49
Mount Zion Graveyard, Washington, D.C. 290-293
Muelhoeffer, Edward 116
Mueller, Helene 296
Murphy, Richard 175
Murray, Julia 151-154
Murray, William 152-153
Murtaugh, Patrick 186
Myers, Frederic 19
Necrometer 209
New Albany, Indiana 225-228
New York City Cemetery/Potter’s Field 319-322
New York City Morgue 313-319
New Orleans, Louisiana 53-55, 89-90, 208-209, 215
Newark, New Jersey 50
Nolan-Slaney, Mrs. 6
Norristown, Pennsylvania 75
Northumberland Arms, Bermondsey 29
Norwich, Connecticut 119
O’Brien, John 315-318
O’Donnell, Elliott 34-35
Oke, Flora 4
Omaha, Nebraska 219-220
Orange, New Jersey 45
Oven, John 27
Packenham, Gen. Edward 89
Patterson, Gen. Robert 63, 65
Pepper’s Ghost 154
Peru 298-299
Pershing, James Henry 52
Pershing, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence 52
Peterson, Mrs. John 194
petrified corpses 285-286, 296-297, 298-299, 310-312
Pettit, Margaret 36-37
Pettit, Oliver B. 36-37
phantom funerals 26-28
Pillsbury, Stephen M. 56
Pitti Palace 310-312
Pittston, W., Pennsylvania mine disaster 15-16
poems and songs:
“The Letter Edged in Black” 240
“Measuring the Baby” 326
“Who Tied That Crape on the Door?” 118
poisoned clothing 43-45
Pollock, Mrs. Fannie 196
Pollock, Nathan 196
Ponting, Mr. and Mrs. 21-22
Port Jarvis, New York 44
post-mortem photography 155-164
Pratt, Jesse 49
premature burial 207-216
Price, Eli K. 64, 66
Priest, Elijah 30
Providence, Rhode Island 18
Purdon, Dr. John E. 276-277
Ratier (family) 12
Raven (ship) 4
Redman, Edith 171
Reed, Jonathan 328-329
Reed, Mary 328-329
Regan, Mamie 152-153
Richardson, Sir Benjamin Ward 209
Richardson, Frank 48
Rittaboca, Giacomo 311
Roberts, Col. J.M. 142-143
Robinson’s, “Black Peter” 68
Rickles, J.N. 297
Rock Island, Tennessee 295-296
Rogers, Mrs. Lucy P. 297
Romanes, Dr. George J. 19
Rome, New York 20
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, GA 305
Rosett, Dr. Arnold 84
Rudolf, Jake 117-118
Rupert, Sylvester 53-55
Russell, Robert 120
Salway, Mr. 70-71
Samson, Harvey 38
Samson, R.B. 38
Sandown, Isle of Wight 276-277
Santiago de Cuba 20
Schmidz, Mamie 200
Schweitzer, August T. 179
Scott, William 48
Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry 121-122
Segato, Girolamo/Giuseppe Sagatti 310-312
self-decapitations 55-60
Serviss, Garrett P. 154
Shaffer, Mrs. Ralph 221-222
Sharon, Thomas 148
Shoe, Anthony 281
shoes 133-136
shrouds 19, 125-133, 136
Simon, Charles 119
Smith, Elizabeth 24
Smith, Nora 152
Smith, Thomas L. 226
Society for Psychical Research 19
Sodus, New York 26, 185
Somers, Lord 3
South Normanton, England 141
Spanish-American War 20, 122
Spiritual Telegraph 11
Spiritualism 16-19 111-112, 142-144
Spontaneous combustion 186-189
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio 69-72
Springfork, Missouri 194
St. Louis, Missouri 96-98, 118
St. Maur, Harry 10
St. Petersburg, Russia 43
Sterrit, Bill 285-286
Stewart, A.T. 232
Stone, James 248-249
Sunderland, La Roy 17, 18
Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, GA 305
Taylor, Zachary 63, 66
Thornton, G. Alfred 44
Thornton, Gertrude 44
Tiffany & Co. 298-299
Todd, John William 330-333
Todd, the Rev. John 330-333
Toledo, Ohio 55, 287-288
tombstone censor 76
“tombstone madness” 72-75
tombstones 23-26, 221-222
trading stamps 242-243
Tramutola, Mrs. Gerardo 280
Travis, Mrs. John 123-124
trees 20-21
Treforest, Pontypridd, Wales 26-27
Trotter, John 70
Turner, Henry 172
Turnham Green, England 21
Tweedale, Violet 2
Twelfth Connecticut 327
Underhill, Anna Leah 26
Unger, Herman 286
undertakers 61-66, 84-87, 91-96, 99-100, 126-128, 185-186, 206-207
Upper Sandusky, Ohio 15
Van Clief, Grover Hancock 292
Van Riper, Captain 323-324
Van Wert, Ohio 228-230
Vergennes, Vermont 251-252
Vigo, Ohio 120
Vollum, Col. Edward P. 209
Vulture (ship) 5
wakes 139-154, 190
Wall, Samuel J. 282-283
Walsh, John 123-124
Wanamie, Pennsylvania 51
Warwick, Lord 3
Washington, Ben 293
Washington, Bushrod 63, 65
Washington, Sarah 293
Watson, James A. 194-195
weepers 106
Wells, John 190
Wells, Johnny 300
Wells-Fargo Company 77-78
West Roxbury, Massachusetts 286
Weston, John 283-284
White Oak, Indiana 178
Widow:
professional 67-68
veil 102-104, 231
widowers 268-270
widows 261-272
Wiggin, Frederick H. 29-30
Wilhelm, Kaiser 130
Williams, Nathan 226-227
Wilmington, Massachusetts 179
Winthrop, Maine 12
Woman in Black 31-2, 34
Woodward, George S. 197
Woodward, Mrs. V. 197
World War I 236-237
Wratten, Ethel 249
Wratten family 248-249
Wylie, James J. 185
Yonkers, New York 151-154
Zarcarese, Angelina 190
INDEX BY LOCATION
Atlantic Ocean 4-6
Austria 83-84, 252-253, 296
Canada 4, 40-41, 275-276
Cuba 20
England 2, 3, 14, 21-22, 27, 29-30, 33, 43, 68, 141-142, 160, 164, 192-193, 212-213, 231, 232, 245-246, 256-259, 262, 263, 276-277
France 175
India 8-10
Ireland 34, 35, 47, 83, 148-149
Russia 43
South Africa 216
Wales 26-27
United States
California 300-303
Colorado 77-78, 202-203
Connecticut 119, 144-146, 308-310
Delaware 175
District of Columbia 41
Georgia 27-28, 91-92, 303-305
Illinois 48, 116, 118-119, 134-135, 170-171, 191, 221-222, 236, 243
Indiana 22, 30, 57-60, 131, 146-147, 171-172, 178-179, 225-228, 248-249, 274-275
Iowa 48
Kansas 288-289, 297
Kentucky 15, 40, 89, 200-201, 278-279, 297-298
Louisiana 53-55, 208-209, 215
Maine 13
Maryland 96, 199-200, 201-202 , 210-211, 280-281, 326-327
Massachusetts 36-38, 49, 56, 179-181, 220-221, 239, 282-283, 286, 330-333
Michigan 135-136
Minnesota 283-284
Missouri 96-98, 118, 120, 148, 194
Nebraska 219-220
New Jersey 45, 50, 248, 272, 323-324
New York 20, 21, 23-26, 32-33, 44, 51, 68, 69, 76-77, 78-81, 91, 92-95, 111, 111-112, 115, 128, 129, 131-133, 150-151, 151-154, 155-156, 169, 172-174, 175, 177-178, 182-184, 185-186, 186-189, 190, 196, 197, 198-199, 200, 204-205, 206-207, 222-223, 223-224, 237-238, 244-245, 247, 253, 254, 264-266, 280, 298-299, 313-322, 328-329
Ohio 12, 15, 39-40, 45, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55-56, 57, 69-72, 86-87, 117-118, 120, 121-122, 130, 171, 176-177, 186, 214, 219, 228-230, 273-274, 287-288, 289-290, 325
Oklahoma 33, 306-308
Pennsylvania 16, 29, 31-32, 44, 46, 46-47, 49, 51-52, 61-66, 72-75, 81-83, 89-90, 121, 122, 123-124, 142-144, 157, 161-163, 178, 190-191, 196-197, 198, 201, 217-219, 233-235, 249-251, 281
South Carolina 130, 194-195
Tennessee 50, 110, 295-296
Texas 285-286, 299-300
Vermont 251-252
Virginia 49
Wisconsin 119, 256