The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on May 18, 1923:
REMAINS OF CHILD BURIED 53 YEARS UNCOVERED
A coffin containing what is supposed to be the remains of an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Nason Estey, that had been buried fifty-three years, was found Saturday on the southwest quarter of section 24, Clinton township, owned by M. C. Hanson.
It was while excavating for a basement that the coffin was found at a depth of about four and a half feet. Only a few bones remained, and their size indicates that the body was that of a year-old child.
The Estey family was one of the first settlers in Clinton Township, and Ole Hanson of Ashcreek is authority for the explanation that the body is the remains of an infant child of Nason Estey, and that it was buried there fifty-three years ago. (Nason’s mother and his brothers are considered the first permanent settlers in Rock County.)
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