Newspaper Reports Regarding the Life and Death of Aaron Thomas Bowden & "The Sanctified Band" - Part 2
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Newspaper coverage regarding the death of Aaron Thomas Bowden and the "Sanctified Band" from 9 May 1893 through 18 December 1896 follow. Again, these are newspaper accounts from the dates stated; some versions are garbled, some are flights of fancy. Some of my family members are involved in these articles, being members of the "Sanctified Band." - I am just relaying what was reported.... From The News , a Frederick, Maryland newspaper, on Tuesday, 9 May 1893, on page 3, column 5, under the heading "News Of the State. Events of Interest Here and There, Yesterday and Today:" "The new religious sect called the Sanctified Band, which had its origin on Chincoteague Island, is making converts in Worcester county." From The St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper, of St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday, 11 May 1893, on page 6, column 6: "LYNCH'S "SANCTIFIED BAND." - Frenzied Actions of the Members of a Queer Religious Sect. - ...