The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-18
THE BRIDE 4 SMITHS WIFE.
Story Of Strange Woman Who Was
Buried In a Lowly Grave
in New Jefsev

In grave No. i36. Cedar Vale. in The
Cemetery Of the Evererecis. Long isl
and, the body of Baron George Carl
G.. Heinrich Won Hunerbein has been
resting since 1870 Yesterday that "
his wife, the baroness, was buried iii ::
secluded spot of qtiiet ::einetei: near
Nuti"y, y. J.
M;lf 2? Of, a Y,"rrE bas ;nt h %, khe
bnt, dhring her seven gears residence
in that viilage SHE had come to BIZ known
as the "ducheis," because of the pride
Of station that she could not fcrsakn
and the bearing of high birth that hefhf
torsg?k her during long years IF ijjeGi,S
ahi the poorest surroundings,
a Respectable widow ADVERTISED, Iii
1888; iii New York newspaper for il
answered the advertisement and i,t the
woman: He proposed ii nominal salary,
Or inatrimony. and The. latter condition
on July %, 1888, jacob Link nt,I .li.r
Won Huherbcjn were married l,y Rev.
7: Kothig in this city:
-. ca,ied Her the duchess.
He took her to Niitley. where she
made him I. good wife, although sh. was
fegar.letl as Il mystery by her nejGhhors.
pn account of her bearing. 1t was not
long before she was called the ''dutI-
ess,' but she served well. though with
courtly bearing. as the wife of a labor
ing man. in all capacities. even when she
carried Il tin pail filled with beer to her
home for her husband, when ne re-
turned from work
She confided to Link that she was thu.
wife of German baron. but she put on
no airs over him, and was faithful and
Industrious until she was forced to .iy,.
up two years ago through illness She
spent many months in St Baranl,a-'
hospital for treatment and was dis
charged six months ago as incurui,lc
Before she went there shn epnh.jpd
TO- a woman in Nutles a sealed i,ai,kae"
OF t'ai'ars: with iilsfructinns that it vi
to be OPENED only in caS,' of her DEATH
This was rr1uritl her when Sh,. left Inc
hospital and WAS only opened Yesterday.
After the seals We're broken d brown
pocketbook was found continuing many
musty and now old documents which
clearly indicated the high position th,
woman had held.
Mystery OF Her First Marriage.
The papers We're nearly all in German.
but it was CLEANED from them that Baron
Won Hunerbein was born in Harkerodp.
Mansfield, PruSSia-tLe son of baron
who had covered himself with honorS
under King Frederick William. The
young baron was a lieutenant i'll the
German army. his commission from the
king being found among the papers.
Another paper shows that in 1891 til.
mother of Albertina Marie Wilhelmrua
Dedelow sanctioned the engagement IF
her daughter to Baron Won Hunerh.in
Right here mystery began. Link hal
always been told by his wife that sh"
had been married i'll Germany. ami h.
was surprised when discovered through
the marriage certificate that Hunerlein
had married the woman in New York in
May, 1868 The year had been erased
from the marriage certificate, hut his
age was given as 81 years. and the
marriage must therefore. have taken
place in 1868.
If they were married in Germany no
record of it WAS left among Mrs. Link 8
papers Another paper shows that the
baron and his wife came to .Anioric;, in
March, 1868.
Baron Won Hunerhein. according to n
death certificate from the Record of
Vital Statistics i'll this city. died in Feb
| ruary: 1910. i'll a lunatic asylum. H.
was described as an artist. and it is I've
lieved the couple endured great poverty
before he Succuml@d to nl"l.nchpii;.
The baroness erected a headstnnt. over
nef husband grave III Evergreen. after
asking. Ivy letter. aid from til" German
consul.
There is no record of the vnpl,n from,
1870 to 1888. Mrs. Link or I.nrnI.>,
Won Hunerbein. was - Years old Her
hair was white, and she always attract
ed attention.
The women of the Golden RuI. circle
of the Kings Daughters ,nmfort.,l her
in her troubles. and paid her final hnnol s
at the grave yeSter,lay.-Npw York
Herald.