Ninth Generation

476. Caroline Aseneth FRENCH^79,161,167 was born on 27 September 1846 in Shelby County, Indiana.^79,161,167 She died on 11 November 1867 in Marion County, Iowa.^79,161,167 Information from Sherry Hurst Stoffers <hurst1st@@sbcglobal.net>:
Caroline A French married ,Knoxville,Marion County, IA 12 Sept 1867 Melvin Stone b. 1843 d. 30 June 1907 DesMoines, Polk, Iowa.
She fell ill and Melvin Stone went to the drug store to get some medicine for her cold. The druggist made and error and filled the cough syrup bottle with a poison. Caroline died very shorty after taking the "medicine". They resided in Marion County Iowa.

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From the Knoxville Journal, September 25, 1930
Druggist's Error Was The Cause of Death of Caroline Stone
Do you know the reason why poison bottles must be labelled?
The reason is that away back in 1867 a druggist's mistake cause the death of one of Knoxville's most charming young ladies and ended the marriage of one of this city's most prominent young couples.
September 12, 1867, Lt. Melvin Stone, brother of W. M. Stone, was married to Caroline French, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. French. The young couple immediately made their home at Winterset. The girl-bride contracted a cold. Stone went to the druf store to secure some cough syrup.
Through an error, the druggist filled the bottle with aconite, a deadly poison, giving directions that a teaspoon be taken as a dose. The supposed cough syrup was administered and within ten minutes death resulted. The heart-breaking tragedy resulted in a bill being presented at the next meeting of the state legislature which made it obligatory that all poisonous drugs be labeled with the skull and cross bones together with the word "poison" in bright red ink.
Submitted by Greta Thompson
January 23, 2005

Caroline Aseneth FRENCH and Melvin STONE were married on 12 September 1867 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa. Melvin STONE^79,161,167 was born in 1843. He died on 30 June 1907 in DesMoines, Polk County, Iowa.
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