• jeffw@lemmy.world
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    This… doesn’t look real. That’s not language they’d use in that notably broad time frame

    Edit: this appears to be one of those “asylums turned haunted house” places. I’d be willing to bet this is a modern document they use for marketing

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      “Parents were cousins” yeah that’s barely notable in modern West Virginia let alone in that time period.

      Also, the Salvation Army only entered WV in 1883, seems to be cutting it a bit close to be notable enough to make it onto that list.