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Author: gtferstl
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I am looking into the death of a Polly (possibly Mary) Lenhart-Phillippi (or Philippi), b.
Ohio - 1828 d. Indiana - 1870. She was married to a Christian Phillippi (1920 - 1911).
My mother-in-law, Dorothy Baughman-Sehstedt, remembers through family stories that her
great grandmother was burned to death, after her apron caught fire while cooking in her
kitchen. Dorothy recalls that there where many children in the family, and that the
husband was very distraught over his wife's death. She believes that most of the
children, including her grandfather George Philippi, were scattered among different
relatives in the Indiana, Michigan and Ohio region. My examination of various 1880 Federal
Census confirms that most of the Phillippi's ten children ended up with different
families after Polly's death. I would be interested in any information anyone might
have..Guy Ferstl
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