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Source Information
Ancestry.com. Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 13 December 1889 "Jumped to Death" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
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Charles L. Crippen, the unfortunate sleepwalker who plunged to his death on 12 December 1889, was my 1st cousin 3 times removed. He was born in Ohio on 25 September 1869. Charles’ parents were Lawrence C. Crippen and Lucy Mae Waterman, both from Ohio. I first discovered the cause of Charles’ untimely death when I found a newspaper article attached to his Find A Grave Memorial. I did a bit more digging and found another newspaper article (above) about poor Charles. What a tragic death! Also, I just can’t imagine how terrible Charles’ dad must have felt since he was the one to wake Charles in the first place.
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