In 1901, it was decided that the Easton Library needed to be larger. The best site for the new library turned out to be the largest graveyard. It was conveniently no longer in use. The building was completed in 1903, and in the process of construction 514 graves had been disturbed. Most of the bodies were moved to other cemeteries, but at least thirty were unclaimed.
Two former citizens, Elizabeth Bell "Mammy" Morgan and William Parsons, were reburied in graves with markers on the library grounds. Mammy Morgan is buried on the west lawn and Parsons is buried on the front lawn. The other corpses, and any unidentified pieces of bodies, were just dumped into an underground vault on the property.
Today, the library is said to be haunted by these misplaced souls. Doors slam shut and open
suddenly, filing cabinet drawers swing open for no reason, and unseen hands run through the
hair or touch the shoulders of patrons and staff. And over the years, many people have
reported the ghost of Mammy Morgan, roaming the library grounds. (The burial vault is under
a telltale depression in the northeast part of the driveway that exits the library.
The library is on the corner of Church Street and 6th Street at 515 Church Street Easton, PA 18042.
Phone: 610-258-2917.)
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