The Lost Brothers: A Thrilling Narrative of Truth. Being a Collection of Facts in Reference to the Death of George and Joseph Cox, Who Perished in the Alleghany Mountains, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the Month of April, 1856

TitleThe Lost Brothers: A Thrilling Narrative of Truth. Being a Collection of Facts in Reference to the Death of George and Joseph Cox, Who Perished in the Alleghany Mountains, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the Month of April, 1856
Year of Publication1857
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes56 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsJeffries, C. [Craig]
PublisherM. T. Dill
CityDayton, OH
Keywordsdreams; George S. Cox (1849-1856); Joseph C. Cox (1850-1856); missing persons; Pennsylvania Railroad
Abstract

A novelized biography of George and Joseph Cox, young brothers who wandered from their cabin and disappeared into the Allegheny Mountains on April 24, 1856. More than 1,000 people joined the search within 10 days. Jacob Dibert, a nearby farmer, traced clues from his vivid dream and discovered the boys in a ravine—dead by exposure—lying in the roots of a large birch tree.
Author Biography

Little is known of the Craig Jeffries except that in 1846 he published a similar folk tale: Wabash Captives, or, The Awful Sentence. A Thrilling Narrative of Crime and Death, and Wonderful Adventures of James Brady and Others, among the Indians on the Wabash, 60 Years Ago, Near the Spot Where Lafayette Now Stands, Founded on Fact.
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1856

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