tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post5383479118447276498..comments2024-02-20T13:20:48.414-05:00Comments on The 3rd Michigan Infantry: Truman Sawdy - updated 12/31/2011Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-6223919306182601882011-12-31T08:40:28.032-05:002011-12-31T08:40:28.032-05:00Thanks for the update to Truman's bio -- tragi...Thanks for the update to Truman's bio -- tragic but continuing evidence these men led lives of pain and suffering.Steve Soperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-85961959467122602562011-12-23T13:16:24.642-05:002011-12-23T13:16:24.642-05:00I found your page when I was looking deeper into t...I found your page when I was looking deeper into the tragic story of Truman's daughter, Sylvia. She had gone to Grand Rapids on December 10 of 1885, ostensibly to visit the mother of Harry McDowell, the young man who had been courting her.<br /><br />Either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day of 1885, Dr. Sawdy opened the newspaper and read that his daugther was dead. It turned out that Sylvia and Harry had arranged a visit to an abortionist.<br /><br />I have a write up of the whole tragedy <a href="http://cemeteryofchoice.wikispaces.com/Sylvia+Sawdy" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Christina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.com