Soon, the Lashleys were featured in Carnation Milk ads. The company even built the family a home so the family could accommodate the four celebrities. The town of Leitchfield even changed the name of the street where the house was built to Lashley Quad Road.
The excitement about the Lashleys quads didn’t soon fade, and strangers were so keen to see the quadruplets that they would pay 25 cents to catch a glimpse of the quads at their home. “On the front porch there were four windows, which in front of each window was us in our baby beds, our cribs, and people would come and pay 25 cents for a viewing of all four of us,” Martine told WLKY News.
Her sister Mildred added, “They did make movies of us when we were little and they used to show them at the Leitchfield theater and charge people to come in and see us,”
Recently, the quads were back in the headlines when three of them celebrated their 75th birthday. Unfortunately, brother John didn’t survive long enough to join them—he passed away 25 years ago from congestive heart failure.
While the siblings miss their brother dearly, they’re glad they have each other.
“It’s been a wonderful life,” Mildred told WLKY. “And it’s been wonderful to still have siblings.”
To see the Lashley quadruplets as babies and a watch a heartwarming celebration of their lives, check out the video below.
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