Today is the birthday of Jonathan R. Bass (1830-1892). Bass was one of a sub-branch of exhibited peoples known as “ossified men”. Afllicted with rheumatism since childhood, he managed to work on the family farm in upstate New York most of his life (eventually reduced to book-keeping), until he was 57 years old, when his body [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:15AM on November 25, 2012