Buried Dog in Mistress' Grave

Marietta Daily Times, March 6, 1916:

Well Known Resident of City Called

Mary Frank Hart, one of the well known residents of Marietta, where she was born and had spent the greater part of her life, died early Monday morning at her home, No. 310 Front Street, after a brief illness which developed into uraemia.

Her passing came as a shock to many friends. Not until Thursday morning had she complained of illness, and until a few hours before the end, when uraemic poisoning developed, her condition had not been regarded as grave. The deceased was a daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin F. Hart and Sallie M. Hart. She was born in West Marietta on January 27, 1850. For more than a half century she had occupied the house wherein her death occurred.

Mrs. Hart for many years had been a member of St. Luke's Episcopal church and took an active interest in the affairs of that denomination. She is survived only by one brother, Dr. Charles S. Hart, and a nephew, James F. Hart, both of this city.

Funeral services will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and friends of the family are invited. Rev. J. M. Hunter will officiate, and burial will be in the Mound Cemetery. 

Duluth News-Tribune [Minnesota], April 9, 1916:

Marietta, Ohio, April 1. Gratifying a wish which Mrs. Mary Frank Hart had often expressed before her death, and which is said to have been embodied in her will, Trixie, pet fox terrier of Mrs. Hart, whose funeral was held recently, was chloroformed and buried in the same grave with her mistress. For years the terrier had been the constant companion of Mrs. Hart, who was 66 years old. She was a sister of Dr. Charles S. Hart.