When family tales revolved around my dad’s side, and mention was made of his cousin Charlotte Seavey Rigby, he would always say “She was shot at Shin Pond.”
The background to this unusual event was never fully explained at that time, and I have hesitated to pry too much into the details which led to this sad news item appearing in the December 9, 1975 Portsmouth Herald.
Suffice it to say, it was winter in northern Penobscot County, Maine, and perhaps no one will ever know the whole story.
Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog is presenting her Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month series in honor of National Women’s History Month.
