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From: "Susan Pena" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:08:51 -0500
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I have family who worked for the railroad and one or two who actually were
transported by rail after their death and most of the transportation was not
during your timeframe by train of anyone. That left horseback and wagons or
walking. I did a report once on embalming and there wasn't much of that
during your timeframe either. If you know more, please feel free to add
comments. The subject is interesting to me and I have often wondered about
it because we take for granted fast transportation today of people alive and
deceased. Mail didn't even get around that fast and phones of course, where
very future to your timeframe. I think we can all agree on that.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members


> Interesting input on embalming...and also Susan Pena's input on the use of
> the railroads. I suspect there wasn't much long distance transport of
> bodies
> during the 1750-1840 timeframe (which is what I'm researching), especially
> if we talking about the typical frontier pioneer family.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Roz BELLIS
> Alexandria VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members
>
> My understanding, from a good friend and now a retired funeral director,
> is
>
> that bodies were first embalmed during the Civil War so that the deceased
> could be transported back home for burial. I believe arsnic was in wide
> use
> at
> the time but that would be easy to check on.
>
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