Record #:

13214

Author(s):

Council, Rodney

Abstract:

Sold for $1,000 dollars plus 25% of the proceeds made off exhibition, conjoined twins, Millie and Christine McCoy, were sold less than a year after their birth, to John C. Purvis of South Carolina. Born 11 July 1851, Millie-Christine cycled through several owners and multiple kidnappings. Exhibited worldwide to a variety of audiences, Millie-Christine died in 1912.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 13, Nov 1954, p13, 39, por

Subject(s):

Conjoined twins--Mount Airy; McCoy, Christine, 1851-1912; McCoy, Millie, 1851-1912