I was in AuSable Fks yesterday, visiting the library, and I took a picture o this, "The Graves Mansion." It's an amazing building. I've never been inside, though long ago there were tours. It was built by the man who married the daughter of my great-great-grandfather. Family lore has it that the man, Henry Graves, wanted to marry the youngest daughter in the family. Since the elder daughter was not married, he wasn't given permission. He wasn't the most wonderful man, and he wanted into the family business, so--what the heck, he married the older sister.
Supposedly he had such contempt for his father-in-law that he built a chicken coop that was an exact replica of the father-i-l's house. Who knows if that's true.
It is true, though, that the couple both went mad in later years, dying at young ages. The cause of their deaths has always been reported as lead poisoning from the lead pipes in the plumbing. They didn't even have to eat paint chips--
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