As we begin reading this article we soon learn it was known that the deceased was a woman who died on January 4, 1851 at age 24 years, yet her name was not known. Instead she has been 'identified' as "The Stranger" for 170 years. Only those two words were carved on a small white marble marker where one would expect to see a person's name. The tombstone appears to have been toppled over years ago and lies flat sinking each year lower and lower into the ground at the Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton.
Well-known Dayton historian and author Curt Dalton, who has authored several books, was interviewed for this story. Perhaps through some means like conducting a DNA study on her remains, this young lady's story in a future anniversary spotlight article will indeed finally tell us her identity.
