A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Ohio > Jackson http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2538 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=46138 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Biloxi Daily Herald Article Date: May 25 1899 Article Description: Died True To Her Promise. Kept the Vows Made Her Lover Thirty-Seven Years Ago Until Released By Death. Article Text: The death of Miss Mina KESSINGER, near Jackson, O., the other day, adds the final chapter to an unusual love story. Thirty-seven years ago Miss KESSINGER, then living on a farm near Jackson, O., bade her soldier lover, John TREHEARNE, good-by as he marched off to war. She gave him a sacred promise to remain faithful. One day a letter came from hospital headquarters announcing TREHEARNE's death. The nurse said the soldier with his dying breath had asked that his sweetheart be informed of his death and to state that he died true to his vows and with her name on his lips. When Miss KESSINGER finished reading the letter she dropped on her knees and registered a solemn vow never to leave the farm, but to remain in seclusion and faithful to her soldier lover until death. She kept her vow. Although living only a mile from Jackson, the county seat, she never placed her foot inside of the corporate limits of the little city and has never been more than 100 yards from the farm which was her own in 37 years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OH-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com