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Susan "Anna" Firestone |
Susan
"Anna"
Firestone was born in 1869 in either Somerset or Fayette County, PA, the
daughter of Lewis and Sarah Ann (Rose)
Firestone.
Little is known of her life, except for her sad fate.
When she was
age 27, and perhaps earlier, Anna became quite ill. She was treated at the Dixmont Asylum for the
Insane north of
Pittsburgh, on the heights above the Ohio River.
A rare old photographic postcard showing Dixmont's main building is seen at right.
Sadly, Anna passed away at Dixmont in November 1896. She was buried in the family plot at Rich Hill Cemetery near Connellsville. Her brief obituary was published in the Connellsville (PA) Courier.
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