Defoe died in poverty, and the grave was marked with a simple headstone; and in the winter of 1857/8--at a time when the burial ground was closed and neglected--the grave was struck by lightening and the headstone broken.
Defoe died in poverty. The grave was marked with a simple headstone.--at a time when the burial ground was closed and neglected--the grave was struck by lightening. This was in the winter of 1857/8.--at a time when the burial ground was closed and neglected--the headstone broken. This is in the winter of 1857/8.