The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-29
thrilling HIS
TORY OF LEE
The Mother of Gen. R. E.
Lee Buried Alive
Other Marvellous Cases of Revi-
viscenCe of Those Thought
To Be Dead.

Yes, the Soutn c. me near never
having her great Lei. Ii Is stated
en- the very best authority th. Ms.
Lee, the mother Of Gen. H. L. Les,
was buried alive about year belore
the birth of her justly famous son,
most astonishing cases of reviviscence
on record.
1t is said that his mother was by
no means an entirely healthy woman,
and the physician at Stratford, Va,
the home of Henry Lee Light Horse
Harry was kept in almost constant
attendance. Mrs. Lee suffered from
catalepsy, and during a prolonged
trance she was pronounced dead. The
body was prepared for interment and
the morning of the third day after her
supposed death, the remains were laid
to rest in the family vault in the pref
ty little Virginia village. While the
sexton was cleaning up and arranging
some fresh flowers to be placed on the
casket, he heard a faint voice as
though of some one. calling for as
sistance. OF course, the old man
was somewhat alarmed, but as he
had seen many years of service in
the city of the dead" he did not
leave the vault. He listened close
ly and the voice was distinctly heard
again. Becoming satisfied that the
voice came from within the casket
he at once set to work and opened
it, discovering that Mrs. Lee was
alive. He then summoned assist
ance, and within a. short time she
was safe in bed at her home. Mrs.
Lees recovery was slow, but she did
regain good health, and "A little more
than a year after she was buried alive
her youngest son Robert E., was born
and thus came into the world one
of her bravest men and greatest gen.
erals. But there have been number
of cases of revivience, and Gen. Lee
was not the only celebrity who was
actually born after the burial of his
own mother. Sir Richard Engecum-
be's mother after brief Illness
was bel eyed 10 nave expi-
red and she TOO was laid
away in the family vault. About
a week after her supposed death the
sexton from motive sufficiently obvious
and entirely too often exercised en-
tered the vault and tried to take a
valuable ring from Lady Edgecombe's
finger. During the sections effort TO
secure the ring by pressing and squeez
ing tine finger. the body moved al
most to one side. This sudden AVA
kening of the dead caused the sexton
to flee in terror, leaving his lantern
in the vault. Lady Edgecombe succeed
ed in extricating hrself from the cas-
ket and taking the lantern which the
frightened sexton had left in his fright
she walked to her home. Under care
full treatment she reganed her health,
and five years after this Sir Richard
was born. Another notable case of re-
viviscence was that of Ebenezer Err
skire, one Of the founders of the Uni
ted Free Church of Schotland, who
was born after the burial of his mother
Mrs. Erskine, while in a trance was
pronounced dead, and was buried in a
grave, there being no vault. The
gravedigger had noticed a very costly
diamond ring ON the finger of Mrs.
Erskine and he determined that he
would that night open the grave and
secure the ring. Steathily he removed
the earth from the newly-made grave
and opened the coffin. The lady,
hand had swollen and the gravedigger
could not get the ring off the finger
so he was in the act of cutting off
the finger when the supposed corpse
gave loud shrek. Perhaps no man
ever vacated a graveyard quicker than
did the gravedigger, and Mrs. Erskine
arose from her coffin. hurried to her
home and lived to become the mother
of one of the greatest pulpit orators
Schotland ever produced. Henry F
Huper at one time large planter
and cattle owner of Beaumont, Texas
was born after the supposed death OF
his mother. Mrs. Huper, like Mrs
Lee, suffered from catelepsy, and while
in a long trance her physicians pro-
nounced her dead. She was placed
in a Coffin, but just before the funer-
al services she opened her eyes and
asked lin faint voice for a drink OF
water. The grief-stricken family and
sorrowing friends were greatly alar-
med and frightened over this sud.
den coming TO life, but the water was
passed to her lips and in few mo-
ments she had returned to entire
consciousness and after short i'll
ness regained her health. Her son
Harry was born six months after
this. Still another case nearer home
is that of John Adams Of Del Rio Easl