Last week in 1857 …
On Jan. 9, 1857,
Mrs. Sarah Boggess Rector of Bastrop, mother of Thomas Rector (who moved to Mountain City in 1855), died while staying with family members in Mountain City. A severe ice storm prevented her son from returning her body to Bastrop for burial beside her husband. She was buried in the family’s backyard. Her gravesite is located at 104 Pin Oak Drive, near the “alternate” entrance to Mountain City.
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