Mary Lurancy Vennum was born in April 1864 in Milford, a small town near Watseka in eastern Illinois. She had an ordinary, remarkable childhood until she was 13. Then, in July 1877, she told her family: “There were persons in my room last night, and they called ‘Rancy! Rancy!’ and I felt their breath on my face.”
A few days later Laurancy had had a seizure, followed by another. She announced that she could see heaven, angels, and people who were now dead but whom she had known. Her distressed family anxiously sought medical advice and were grateful when their friends Mr. and Mrs. Roff recommended Dr. E. W. Stevens of Janesville, Wisconsin...
...Mary Roff had died in July 1865 at the age of 18, having suffered from fits throughout her life. It now seemed to Roff that his daughter had returned from the grave and taken over Lurancy’s body. Indeed, Lurancy was giving every sign of being Mary Roff and was constantly pleading to be allowed to go home to her parents.
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