Case file · Folklore / legend
Frederick Ransom's heart burned
Frederick Ransom, a Dartmouth student who died of consumption in 1817, was exhumed in South Woodstock, Vermont, and his heart burned on a blacksmith's forge to protect his family.
1817 CE · 43.57, -72.54 · status: official
The account
His brother Daniel wrote about it decades later, noting sadly that the family went on dying of the disease.