My grandfather donated his body to science in April and was not cremated until October (this was in 1975) but it may have been similar in the 1800
There may have been some medical reason (suspicious death etc) or his identity may have been difficult to establish in your mans case.
Brian
avatar is my paternal grandmother Hazel May Sheridan (Coles /// Callaghan)
researching Coles/Sheridan from Broken Hill Callaghan from Sydney P.J O'Flynn M.J Campbell from County Clare plus others as they pop up
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