Grayson County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Crouch, G. M. 1887
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Alexandria (VA) Gazette  5 November 1887
G. M. Crouch, a farmer 76 years of age, of Preston, Texas, died a few days 
since, literally eaten by a magaot known as the screw worm. Tbe cattle fly lays 
the eggs in fresh blood. They were deposited in Crouch's nostrils while be was 
asleep, his nose having bled just previously. His tongue and the palate of the 
mouth were eaten out, and the throat cut by their incessant working.

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