Barabas Lathrope Adams

Barnabas Lathrop was born at Bastard, August 8, 1812, the year war was declared and the year the family removed to the Stone Mills. He was too young to be included in the charge to his two elder brothers, Arza and Alvah, "If you do not learn to swim this summer, I will thrash you." They learned to swim and escaped the thrashing. He at one time promised much, religiously, but went west with his elder brothers under circumstances that left their religious prospects under cloud in the minds of their friends. He is now dead, leaving several children. It is not known how many.

(Written by Rev. Alvah Adams, 1880) ______

Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Birth: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Date: May 28, 1812 Place: Bastard, Johnstown, Leeds, CAN Alternate Date: August 28, 1812 Alternate Place: Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Can Alternate Place: Perth, Lanark, Ontario, CAN Parents: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Father: Adams, Joshua Mother: Chipman, Elizabeth Death: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Date: June 2, 1869 Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Alternate Date: June 1, 1869 Burial Date: June 3, 1869 Buried: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Marriage Information: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Spouse: Banker, Julia Ann Date: June 22, 1846 Place: Montrose, Lee, IA, USA Children: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Name: Birthdate: Place: 1. Adams, Julia Thankful August 11, 1847 Pottawattamie, IA, USA 2. Adams, Asenath Ann November 9, 1848 Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake, UT, USA 3. Adams, Barnabas Lathrop October 7, 1850 Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake, UT, USA 4. Adams, Platt Banker June 21, 1853 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 5. Adams, Daniel Hanmer April 23, 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 6. Adams, Joseph Arza June 7, 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 7. Adams, Hyrum Banker July 29, 1869 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 8. Adams, Brigham Richard July 18, 1862 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 9. Adams, Buelah Avelyn January 9, 1865 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 10. Adams, Joshua Alva April 28, 1867 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Marriage Number 2 Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Spouse: Chase, Hannah Grove Date: December 16, 56 Alternate Date: December 1918 Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Marriage 2 Children: Name: Birthdate: Place: 1. Adams, Amy Hannah November 30, 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 2. Adams, Sisson Almadorus October 2, 1859 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 3. Adams, Ezra Chase January 31, 1864 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 4. Adams, Miriam Chase April 10, 1866 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 5. Adams, Phoebe Lurancy June 4, 1869 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA 6. Adams, Almira (Adopted) February 9, 1886 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Marriage Number 3 Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Spouse: Nelson, Ellen Date: August 1, 1865 Marriage 3 Children: Name: Birthdate: Place: 1. Adams, Heber Alma November 18, 1867 Places of Residence: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Pottawattamie, IA, USA 1848; Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake, UT, USA 1853; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Vocations: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Timberman Comments: Adams, Barnabas Lathrop (Male) Barnabas was one of the original Utah pioneers of 1847.He was educated in the Methodist faith, several of his immediate relatives being preachers in that denomination. He became a convert to "Mormonism" when about 23 years of age and afterwards gathered to Missouri, traveling to that state in what was known as the Canada Camp, led by Elder John E. Page. Together with his co-religionists he was expelled from the State of Missouri by mobocratic violence, and settled with the Saints in Illinois. There he afterwards became subject once more to the ruthless hand of persecution, and during the general exodus in 1846 he came West, having lived for some time in Montrose, Lee county, Iowa. When Pres. Brigham Young made up his company of pioneers in the spring of 1847 at Winter Quarters, Barnabas was chosen as one of them and traveled with the rest of the pioneers to Great Salt Lake Valley. He returned to Winter Quarters the same season. In the fall of 1848 he arrived in Salt Lake Valley the second time and located in Mill Creek. Afterwards he settled at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake county. While engaged in getting out logs for Pres. Brigham Young's saw mill in City Creek Canyon, he had occasion to lift the bed of a wagon whereby he seemed to have injured himself internally, and while in the act of eating his dinner June 2, 1869, he expired suddenly, although he up to that time seemed to possess the best of health. Barnabas was universally known as a faithful, kind hearted, unobtrusive, industrious man and was much beloved by a large circle of friends. On the westward journey with the pioneers, Barnabas did good service as captain of the guard at night and at all times was willing to help. This was particularly the case when a stream had to be forded, as he had been accustomed to river work when floating logs down the Mississippi River from Iowa to St. Louis. He furnished timber for the Salt Lake Tabernacle, the theater and other public buildings. Barnabas Lathrop/Lothrop is listed in Pioneers of 1847as arriving in the Great Salt Lake Valley with the first pioneer company.

First Pioneer Company of 1847 Adams, Barnabas Lothrop Born: 28 August 1812 in Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada Son of Joshua Adams and Elizabeth Chipman Married: 22 June 1846 to Julia Ann Banker Died: 2 June 1869 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Adams, Barnabas L.

Adams, Barnabas L., one of the original Utah pioneers of 1847, was born August 28, 1812, near Pearth, Upper Canada, of Vermont parents and was educated in the Methodist faith, several of his immediate relatives being preachers in that denomination. He became a convert to "Mormonism" when about twenty- three years of age and afterwards gathered to Missouri, traveling to that State in what was known as the Canada Camp, led by Elder John E. Page. Together with his co-religionists he was expelled from the State of Missouri by mobocratic violence, and settled with the Saints in Illinois. There he afterwards became subject once more to the ruthless hand of persecution, and during the general exodus in 1846 he came west, having lived for some time in Montrose, Lee county, Iowa. In June, 1846, he married Julia Ann Bawker at Montrose. She was a native of the State of New York. When President Brigham Young made up his company of pioneers in the spring of 1847 at Winter Quarters, Barnabash L. Adams was chosen as one of them and traveled with the rest of the pioneers to Great Salt Lake Valley. He returned to Winter Quarters the same season. In the fall of 1848 he arrived in Salt Lake Valley the second time and located in Mill Creek. Afterwards he settled at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake county. While engaged in getting out logs for President Brigham Young's saw mill in City Creek canyon, he had occasion to lift the bed of a wagon whereby he seemed to have injured himself internally, and while in the act of eating his dinner June 2, 1869, he expired suddenly, although he up to that time seemed to posses the best of health. Bro. Adams was universally known as a faithful, kindhearted, unobtrusive, industrious man and was much beloved by a large circle of friends. He left a large family.

Gospel Library/LDS Biographical Encyclopedia/Volume 3/Biographies/Adams, Barnabas L. ______Arza Adams, Journal 2, holograph and typescript, BYU, Pg. 2 And myself and family left Far West on the 7th of March, 1839, came to Illinois about 200 miles, took a small farm, put in a good crop and left it and my family in the care of my brother, Barnabas Adams. And borrowed 25 dollars from him and started for Canada, my native place, to settle up my affairs and preach the gospel of Christ to my own kin and nation. [p.3] Took the parting hard with my family. About four miles from Quincy, Adams County, on the 11th July, 1839, and went by the way of Saint Louis and Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Buffalo and Louiston [Lewiston, New York] and landed in Brockville, [New York], Tuesday, the 30th July.

Esaias Edwards Autobiography, typescript, BYU-S, p.29 - p.30 And so we crossed the river in order to unite with a company at Winter Quarters, which expected to start in a short time under the directions of Amasa Lyman, consisting of one hundred families and one hundred and sixty wagons and there we was detained 'til about the 1st of July when a part of the company left and removed to the Elkhorn River about 30 miles distant. Crossed the river and waited for the rest of the company 'til they arrived and the 6th of July we all started on our journey together and traveled pretty much together for over three hundred miles and then it was thought best to separate and travel in smaller companies. So we divided into three companies; the 1st consisted of 4 tens under the direction of Barnabas Adams, the 2nd consisting of 3 tens under the direction of Phineas Richards June, the third under the direction of Andrew Cunningham that consisted of 3 tens. Also these 3 tens was under the direction of Moses Martin, Ezra Clark, and Wilcocks. It fell to my lot to travel in the ten that was under the direction of Moses Martin. And so we continued our journey 'til we arrived at Sweet Water a river that was a little over six hundred miles from where we left the Missouri River. The feed had been very scarce for the distance of about 150 miles. My team had become very feeble and it become necessary for me to take extra care of it.

Personnel of the First Pioneer Company Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.4, p.243 Second Ten: Barnabas L. Adams Vermont

Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.6, p.198 Friday, 16th. This day is gloomy, windy and cold. About 8:00 a. m. the camp was called together, and organized two Captains of 100's viz. Stephen Markham and A. P. Rockwood were appointed, also five captains of 50's and 14 Captains of 10's. There were 143 men and boys on the list of the pioneer company, three women and Lorenzo Young's two children. There are 73 wagons. O. P. Rockwell has gone back to camp with J. C. Little. Bishop Whitney, Lyman, Wm. Kimball and J. B. Noble returned from here to Winter Quarters. The following is a list of all the names of this pioneer company. To wit: Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.6, p.199 Wilford Woodruff, John S. Fowler, Jacob Burnham, Orson Pratt, Joseph Egbert, John N. Freeman, Marcus B. Thorpe, George A. Smith, George Wardle, Thomas Grover, Ezra T. Benson, Barnabas L. Adams, Roswell Stevens, Amasa Lyman, Sterling Driggs, Albert Carrington, Thomas Bullock, George Brown, Willard Richards, Jesse C. Little, Phineas H. Young, John Y. Greene, Thomas Tanner, Brigham Young, Addison Everett, Truman O. Angel, Lorenzo Young and wife, Bryant Stringham, Albert P. Rockwood, Joseph L. Schofield, Luke Johnson, John Holman, Edmund Elsworth, Alvarnus Hanks, George R. Grant, Millen Atwood, Samuel Fox, Tunis Rappleyee, Harvey Pierce, William Dykes, Jacob Weiler, Stephen H. Goddard, Tarlton Lewis, Henry G. Sherwood, Zebedee Coltrin, Sylvester H. Earl, John Dixon, Samuel H. Marble, George Scholes, William Henrie, William A. Empey, Charles Shumway, Thomas Woolsey, Chancy Loveland, Erastus Snow, Andrew Shumway, James Craig, William Wordsworth, William Vance, Simeon Howd, Seeley Owen, James Case, Artemas Johnson, William A. Smoot, Franklin B. Dewey, William Carter, Franklin G. Losee, Burr Frost, Datus Ensign, Franklin B. Stewart, Monroe Frink, Eric Glines, Ozro Eastman, Seth Taft, Horace Thornton, Stephen Kelsey, John S. Eldredge, Charles D. Barnum, Alma M. Williams, Rufus Allen, Robert T. Thomas, James W. Stuart, Elijah Newman, Levi N. Kendall, Francis Boggs, David Grant, Heber C. Kimball, Howard Egan, William A. King, Thomas Cloward, Hosea Cushing, Robert Byard, George Billings, Edson Whipple, Philo Johnson, William Clayton, Appleton M. Harmon, Carlos Murray, Horace K. Whitney, Orson K. Whitney, Orrin P. Rockwell, Nathaniel Thomas Brown, R. Jackson Redding, John Pack, Francis M. Pomroy, Aaron Farr, Nathaniel Fairbanks, John S. Higbee, John Wheeler, Solomon Chamberlain, Conrad Kleinman, Joseph Rooker, Perry Fitzgerald, John H. Tippets, James Davenport, Henson Walker, Benjamin Rolfe, Norton Jacobs, Charles A. Harper, George Woodard, Stephen Markham, Lewis Barney, George Mills, Andrew Gibbons, Joseph Hancock, John W. Norton, Shadrach Roundy, Hans C. Hanson, Levi Jackman, Lyman Curtis, John Brown, Mathew Ivory, David Powell, (Hark Lay, Oscar Crosby, blacks) Joseph Mathews, Gilbroid Summe, John Gleason, Charles Burke, Alexander P. Chesley, Rodney Badger, Norman Taylor, (Green Flake, black) Ellis Eames. Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.6, p.199 There were 72 wagons, 93 horses, 52 mules, 66 oxen, 19 cows, and 17 dogs, and chickens.

Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.6, p.212 Sunday, 25th. Soon after 5:00 p. m. a meeting was called at the wagon of President Young, and remarks made by several, and instructions by President Young chiefly in reference to the guard and the folly of conforming to gentile military customs on an expedition of this nature. After dark the twelve and some others met together opposite the President's wagon to select men to go a hunting buffalo, etc., as we proceed on the journey. It was ascertained that there are eight horses in the company which are not attached to teams. Then eight men were selected to ride on horseback, viz., Thomas Woolsey, Thomas Brown, John Brown, O. P. Rockwell, John S. Higbee, Joseph Mathews. Then there were selected eleven men to hunt also on foot, viz., John Pack, Phineas H. Young, Tarlton Lewis, Joseph Hancock, Edmund Ellsworth, Roswell Stevens, Edson Whipple, Barnabas L. Adams, Benjamin F. Stewart, Jackson Redding and Eric Glines. It was also voted that the twelve have the privilege of hunting when they have a mind to. After some remarks and cautions in regard to chasing the wild buffalo, the company was dismissed.

Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.6, p.217 Having the privilege of copying from Brother Bullock's journal, I will now record the names of the standing guard as organized April 16th, also the men selected by Brother Tanner to form the gun division as ordered Saturday, April 17th. Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.6, p.217 Tarlton Lewis, Stephen H. Goddard, Seeley Owens, Thomas Woolsey, John G. Luce, Horace Thorton, Charles D. Barnum, Sylvester H. Earl, George Scholes, Rufus Allen, William Empey, John Holman, George R. Grant, William P. Vance, James Craig, Datus Ensign, William Dykes, John Dixon, Samuel H. Marble, Artemus Johnson, Norton Jacobs, Addison Everett, William Wordsworth, John W. Norton, Francis M. Pomroy, Lyman Curtis, Horace M. Frink, Erastus Snow, Hans C. Hanson, William C. A. Smoot, Barnabas L. Adams, Rodney Badger, Charles Burk, Alexander P. Chesley, Appleton M. Harmon, David Powell, Joseph Mathews, John Wheeler, Gillrid Summe, Mathew Ivory, Edson Whipple, Conrad Klineman, Joseph Rooker, Nathaniel Fairbanks, Ozro Eastman, Andrew S. Gibbons, William A. King, Thomas Tanner, Hosea Cushing and John H. Tippets.

Second Company Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.9, p.468 Captain of Hundred: Amasa M. Lyman. Captain of First Fifty: James M. Flake. Captain of Second Fifty: Barnabas L. Adams. Captains of Ten: Chapman Duncan, James H. Rollins, Clerk. Peter Mesech, John Brown, Ezra T. Clark.

Second Ten Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pg.46 Ezra T. Benson, Captain, Thomas B. Grover, Barnabas L. Adams, Roswell Stevens, Amasa M. Lyman, Starling Driggs, Albert Carrington, Thomas Bullock, George Brown, Willard Richards, Jesse C. Little.

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.1223 VAN TASSELL, HENRY (son of John and Sarah Van Tassell). Born May 26, 1816, New York City. Came to Utah Oct. 5, 1862, Ansel P. Harmon company. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.1223 Married Emily L. Street, who was born Oct. 24, 1821, and came to Utah with husband. Their children: George H. b. Nov. 27, 1840, m. Sarah Frances Bean April 28, 1860; William b. Nov. 4, 1842, m. Amelia Bapp Sept. 1, 1861; James D. b. May 12, 1845, m. Jane E. Swift Nov. 14, 1867; Frances L. b. June 5, 1849, m. George E. Hill; Annie M. b. April 18, 1852, m. Barnabas L. Adams; Henrietta b. Sept. 29, 1857, m. David Dowding Dec. 8, 1872.

Jas. T. Jakeman, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers, p. 17

PIONEER MONUMENT[p.17] The Original Pioneers. Barnabas L. Adams

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p.481 Since there were eight horses that were not attached to teams, President Young named eight men to hunt on horseback. They were Thomas Woolsey, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Orrin Porter Rockwell, John S. Higbee, Joseph Mathews and two others. Eleven men were selected to hunt on foot, namely; John Pack, Phineas H. Young, Tarlton Lewis, Barnabas L. Adams, Benjamin F. Stewart, R. Jackson Redden, Eric Glines, Joseph Hancock, Edmund Ellsworth, Roswell Stevens and Edson Whipple.

Barnanbas L. Adams–Night Guard Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p.494 One of the necessary jobs done by the men of the pioneer trek was that of night guard. In instances where the cattle were staked out to graze at night some distance from the camp, extra guards were chosen to attend to this duty as the standing guard was not permitted to leave the immediate vicinity of the wagons. Barnabas L. Adams was one of the men selected for this important task. Besides this assignment he rendered great service to the camp in numerous ways, particularly when there were streams to ford, as he had been accustomed to river work while engaged in floating logs down the Mississippi River to St. Louis.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p.494 Barnabas was born August 28, 1812, near Perth, Upper Canada of Vermont-born parents and was educated in the Methodist faith. He became a convert of Mormonism at the age of twenty-three and afterwards gathered to Missouri in the so-called "Canada Camp" led by Elder John E. Page. In June, 1846, he married Julia Ann Bawker of Montrose, Lee county, Iowa. He came into the valley with Brigham Young's company and immediately made preparations to return to Winter Quarters that same season for his family.

Barnabas L. Adams Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p.494 In the fall of 1848, Mr. Adams arrived in Salt Lake Valley for the second time and settled in the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon. He furnished timber for the tabernacle, Salt Lake theater and other public buildings. While lifting the bed of a wagon he injured [p.495] himself internally, and a few days later, on June 2, 1869, expired suddenly from the effects of the accident. Mr. Adams was known as a kind-hearted, unobtrusive, industrious man and left many friends to mourn his untimely death besides his large family.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p.513 It is known that on July 12 Brigham Young became ill with mountain fever. On Thursday, July 13, Elder Kimball reported that President Young was a little better. He also said that A. P. Rockwood was a very, very sick man. Quoting from the journal on July 14th: "In the fore part of the day, Wilford Woodruff and Barnabas L. Adams rode back about seven miles to visit President Young at his camp on Coyote Creek. They found him much improved in health and quite cheerful, but they also found Brother Albert P. Rockwood the sickest man of all who had suffered illness in the pioneer company. Wilford Woodruff returned to the main camp for his carriage, which was the easiest riding vehicle in the pioneer camp, so that President Young and Brother Rockwood could ride in it the following day." July 15th: "Found the President and Brother Rockwood much improved in health and the ride seemed to refresh the sick brethren."

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 8, p.244 Second ten Ezra T. Benson, captain; Thomas Grover, Barnabas L. Adams, Roswell Stevens, Amasa M. Lyman, Sterling Driggs, Albert Carrington, Thomas Bullock, George Brown, Willard Richards and Jesse C. Little were all captains. The pioneer company consisted of 143 men and boys, three women, and two children, or 148 souls all told.

Chipman, Washburn LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p.505 Chipman, Washburn, a prominent Elder in American Fork Ward, Utah county, Utah, is the son of Stephen and Amanda Chipman, and was born at Landstown, Leeds county, Canada, April 16, 1829. His parents were baptized at Landstown in 1838, and in January of that year they left Canada to join the main body of Saints. The winter and spring, until April, 1838, were spent in the State of New York, thence they journeyed to DeWitt, Carroll county, Missouri, thence to Far West, where they underwent many persecutions, and remained there until the surrender of the Saints to the mob in the fall of 1838. Then they returned to DeWitt, and remained there three years, after which they moved to Montrose, Lee county, Iowa, busying themselves for five years in farming, erecting homes for the Saints, etc. In the early part of August, 1846, they started westward, staying at Winter Quarters to recruit. In 1847 they were organized into a company on the Elkhorn, and traveled west in Abraham O. Smoot's hundred. Major Russell's fifty and Daniel Russel's ten. They arrived in Utah in September, 1847. Their first house was built on what is now known as Pioneer square. In the spring of 1848 they moved to Mill Creek, and began farming. In July, 1850, Washburn, in company with his father, Stephen Chipman, Arza and Barnabas L. Adams, "Grandfather" Eldredge, Ira and John S. Eldredge, surveyed lands on the American Fork, on which they afterwards settled.

Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, Vol. 1, p.299 The personnel of the pioneer band, selected to precede the main body, was as follows. They are here given as divided into companies of "Tens:" [p.300] SECOND TEN. Ezra T. Benson, Captain, Amasa M. Lyman, George Brown, Thomas B. Grover, Starling Driggs, Willard Richards, Barnabas L. Adams, Albert Carrington, Jesse C. Little, Roswell Stevens, Thomas Bullock

Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, Vol. 1, p.357 [p.357] On the 26th of August the pioneer leaders bade farewell to their friends who were to remain, and set out upon their return journey to the Missouri. Such of the Pioneers and Battalion men present as had families at Winter Quarters or on the way west, were selected to accompany the President and his party. The weather was now beautiful. The oppressive heat of summer was pretty well past, and the cool, bright days of our delightful mountain autumn were just about beginning. The roads, however, were very dusty, and the way through the canyons, though more passable than before, was still rough and difficult. Their noon halt on the 29th was at the head of Echo Canyon. There Ezra T. Benson joined them, bringing news of the approaching trains. Porter Rockwell came up later. After crossing Bear River the company was called together and organized. The full list of names was as here given: (Barnabas L. Adams)

Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, Vol. 1, p.358 The camp comprised one hundred and eight men, with thirty-six wagons and about three times that number of horses and mules. Stephen Markham was chosen captain of hundred; Barnabas L. Adams and Joseph Matthews, captains of fifties; Brigham Young, John Brown, Howard Egan, George Clark, George Wilson, Erastus Snow, Thomas Tanner and Charles A. Harper, captains of tens. Thomas Bullock was again appointed Clerk. The President's ten included six of his fellow Apostles, with Albert P. Rockwood, Stephen H. Goddard and Joseph Schofield.

Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology, June 2, 1869 (Wednesday) Elder Barnabas L. Adams, a Pioneer of 1847, died suddenly in City Creek Canyon, near Salt Lake City. Barnabas L. Adams of the pioneer company, whose portrait is given in today's recital, was born in Batherst, Lanark County, Canada. August 28, 1812. He was a captain of the guard at night and at all times was of great assistance in the camp. This was particularly the case when a stream had to be forded, as he had been accustomed to river work when floating logs down the Mississippi from Iowa to St. Louis. He furnished timber for the tabernacle, theater and other public buildings of Salt Lake, and on June 1, 1869, he started up City Creek for some tan bark. Before leaving he had strained his chest in lifting a wagon box. He felt worse every hour, but kept on and completed his errand; but the next day, while sitting at his own table for dinner, with no word of warning, he fell off his chair and expired (June 2, 1869).

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