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    1. [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: J. C. T. Sloan Died; Requested a Barrel of Brandy Twice a Year Rather than a Tombstone
    2. Randi Richardson
    3. Rockford (IL) Republic, January 14, 1897, p. 2. APPLE BRANDY MONUMENT Glass Barrel for a Hoosier's Grave to Be Refilled Twice a Year English, Indiana, January 14-The will of J. C. T. Sloan, an eccentric character, was offered for probate today. One of his queer bequests was $2,000 to be so invested that the interest should pay for a glass barrel in which his name is to be blown, the barrel to be filled with the best apple brandy and set upon his grave as his only gravestone. It is to be filled twice a year on the fourth of July and on Christmas.

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