Who was Mrs. Genung who died about Dec 4, 1868 in the ship collision
described in Maria Graham's diary? Is the article below describing Caroline
Genung? Who was her husband?
*Graham Vertical File in NAFC Library--Diary of Maria Graham*: "Dec. 8, 1868.
The past week has been one of sorrow and disaster. On last Tuesday night *Mrs.
Genung*, who lives next door, was suddenly taken very sick and on Thursday
morning about 6 o"clock breathed her last. I had no thought of this for she
was such a healthy looking woman, very lively and so full of fun the day we
trimmed the stand.
"*Mr. Genung* telegraphed to Pittsburg to her friends. Her mother and
brother started for New Albany. At Cincinnati they got aboard the ill-fated
steamer, the "United States", bound for Louisville. It and the
"America"
collided near Warsaw and both boats burned. The "United States" had aboard a
large shipment of petroleum, which burned so rapidly that most all the
passengers perished, the mother and brother among the number. Their bodies
were never recovered.
"Among the number killed was *Mrs. Seabrook*, whom I have known most all my
life; her body was found but not in a condition for her friends to see.
"This terrible event occurred on last Friday, the *fourth of December*. No
one was lost on the "America". Last night and today have been extremely
cold, a raw north wind blowing