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Eliza Meredith Found Dead In Boonsboro Cistern
Miss Eliza Meredith aged about 63 committed suicide by leaping into a cistern at her brother Samuel Meredith’s Boonsboro home in Washington county. Despondent and in ill health she had inquired about cistern depths and was watched by family. Samuel found her body in the 10 foot cistern, neck broken, thought instant death.
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Eliza Meredith
Boonsboro
Washington County
Samuel Meredith
Miss Meredith
Scott Meredith
Samuel