Today is the birthday of Agnes Thatcher Lake (nee Mersman, 1826-1907). She moved with her family to Cincinnati from her place Alsace, France at age four. At age 16 she eloped with a circus clown named Bill Lake Thatcher and became skilled in the circus arts, working as a professional tightrope walker, lion tamer and […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AM on August 24, 2013