The Spirit of Dr. Minard – Part 2 Multi-Cache
The Spirit of Dr. Minard – Part 2
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Dr. Levi Minard, of “Minard’s liniment” fame, married Grace Watt of England. Their first home was in Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia, and here their only child, Zilpa, was born. Dr. Minard later moved his family to Hants County, and he established his first medical practice in the Burlington / Summerville area. His wife Grace passed away in 1874, and she was buried in the West Gore Christian Cemetery.
At this point in time, Levi moved to Brooklyn, Hants County, and here he married Mary (Nelson) Smith, the widow of Captain Absolan Smith. After more years of practicing medicine and manufacturing his liniment, Dr. Minard died in 1884 at the age of 68. He was buried beside his first wife, Grace, at the West Gore Cemetery. He never became very wealthy from the sales of his liniment, as his estate was valued at less than $1500 when he died. Mary, his second wife, passed away in 1905, and she was buried beside her first husband.
For more information on Dr. Levi Minard and Minard’s liniment, you can refer to the cache description for The Spirit of Dr. Minard – Part 1 (GC10JJ7).
The coordinates above bring you to the graves of Levi and Grace. Make note of the information inscribed on their grave stones. For the final cache location, the West coordinate remains the same. For the North coordinate, take the month of the year that Dr. Minard passed away (January=1 and December=12), multiply by 3, and add this to the seconds of the North coordinate to obtain the new North coordinate for the cache.
The cache is a cammoed 1 kg. peanut butter jar with a log book and pencils, various swag items, and a FTF prize consisting of an antique Minard’s liniment bottle and a $2 Tim’s certificate.
References include “Brooklyn in Retrospect” by Edith McGray and Rev. George MCGray, and “Freemans of Nova Scotia” which was quoted from on genealogy.com. Thank you to Phyllis Collier for permission to place this cache.
Additional Hints
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