The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Nov. 2, 2024

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Local author chronicles morbid tale of Virginia Tonkin’s glass coffin

Ten-year-old Virginia Tonkin died of appendicitis 125 years ago. Struck with grief, her wealthy family displayed her in a glass coffin for 15 months after her death. The story of young Tonkin has now grown into local legend, the true…