Orphanage ward Lizzie Boyer, 12, died of a spine disorder on June 14, 1880, according to the Jeffersonville Evening News. The 1880 U.S. Census had noted Boyer's condition as "back broken" just two weeks before. She may have suffered from tuberculosis, a once-common cause of spine disease. Death records began in Clark County in 1882, so no record exists that would solve the mystery. Lizzie may have been the child of Alex Boyer of Charlestown.