Cup O'Joy

"We don't talk about it."

That was the response from family members

whenever Claire Anthony Smith asked about

her great-grandmother, Jane Anthony, who lived

a short 33 years at the turn of the 19th century,

a time when women had no pull ... and no pill.

Jane Anthony is the ancestor with:

No photos

No letters

No diaries

No family lore

No husband

No obituary

No gravestone ...

And a mystery with No answer.

Claire Anthony Smith brings Jane to life in a

story based on written records, flavored

with a dash of informed imagination. She wrote

The Life and Unsolved Mystery of Jane Anthony

for her daughters and all descendants of Jane,

hoping that the story will be passed on to future

generations.

She also hopes that, someday, a reader will solve

the mystery.