Jessamyn on Nostr: My town used to have a resident who exhibited himself with P.T. Barnum as a "human ...

My town used to have a resident who exhibited himself with P.T. Barnum as a "human skeleton." He was not, by all accounts, a person with an eating disorder but maybe another problem? Started right after the War of 1812, he was a soldier. Old newspapers are all just gossip for the most part, I tried to assemble a few things that seemed to be consensus. Finally had to walk away w/o quite figuring out when he died, but I know it wasn't 1832! I still know Edsons in town now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Edson