Lost Children of the Alleghenies

The Lost Children of the Alleghenies were two missing brothers from the Appalachia region of the United States. George and Joseph Cox, then aged seven and five respectively, disappeared from their Spruce Hollow home near Lovely and Pavia, Pennsylvania, on April 24, 1856. Their dead bodies were found several days later in the surrounding woods and were buried in the Mount Union cemetery near their home in Pavia.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Records change. The source is the authority.

Got ten minutes? Do one of these.

What is the last confirmed sighting, and what is the documented timeline around it?

• Pin down the last confirmed sighting: who saw them, where, and when.
• Build the 48 hours before and after from what is on the record.
• Check for unidentified persons found in the region after that date.

New to this? Read the field guide. Five short lessons.

What is out there.

Nobody has researched this case yet. Have the AI search the web for reporting, podcasts and videos about it.