William D. Huntington, Report, circa 7 October 1844

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William D. Huntington
28 Feb. 1818–20 Mar. 1887. Constable, sexton, carpenter, farmer, postmaster. Born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York. Son of William Huntington and Zina Baker. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Luke Johnson, Aug. 1836. Moved ...
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, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 7 Oct. 1844. Version published in “Deaths,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 9 Oct. 1844, p. [3].

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DEATHS—For the week ending Monday the 7th [Oct. 1844].
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See also Huntington, Cemetery Records, [22]–[23].

Dorothy Folks, 57y; typhus fever.

Mary Dixon, 3y 11m.

Julina Benjamin, 15y; remitant fever.

James P. Bliss, 7y 11m 12d; fever.

L[o]renza Murray, 39y 11m 18d; black [c]anker.

(Daughter of Joseph and Ester Har[r]i[s] of
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George Richy, 31y; consumption.

Mary Ann Hawkins, 26y 7m; winter [f]ever.

Mary Buchannon, 31y; fever.

John J. Terry, 7y 4m 19d; hooping cough.

Ann Cottam, 24y 8m; chill fever.

Eugene H. Harris, 1m 7d; chill fever.

James Sprout, 62y 9m; consumption.

Charles John Egan, 7m 26d; inflama[tio]n on the brain.

Ephraim Cook, 4y 6m 2d; chill fever.

Louisa How, 8y 2m 13d; typhus fever

Total 15.

W[illiam] D. HUNTINGTON
28 Feb. 1818–20 Mar. 1887. Constable, sexton, carpenter, farmer, postmaster. Born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York. Son of William Huntington and Zina Baker. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Luke Johnson, Aug. 1836. Moved ...
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See also Huntington, Cemetery Records, [22]–[23].

William D. Huntington, Report, circa 7 October 1844

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