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Sep 16, 1845

Journal Entry

September 16, 1845 ~ Tuesday

16th [FIGURES] Sarah Carter I took cars rode to Liverpool
And on my arival to the office
I recieved two Nauvoo Neighbors one times &
Seasons
& New York Messenger all bearing
good news of the spread of the work in
America But while in the midst of rejoicing
we often have some sorrow I recieved two
letters one from Ilus F Carter & one
from Father Ezra Carter both giving
an account of the sudden Death of
Sarah Carter his wife (& our Mother)
who departed this life without a struggle
or groan or moving hand or foot at a
quarter past 11 oclok AM on the 21 day of
July Aged 70 years 3 months & 13 days

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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
14 Feb 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
284 mentions
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Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
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Carter, Sarah Fabyan
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
We returned to Liverpool on the th and receieved letters from my wife's father and brother containing the ^news of the^ death of her mother on the 21st of July aged 70 years 3 months and 13 days. My wife did not return until two days afterwards. I did not inform her of the death of her mother intending to let her recover herself from the fatigue of her journey &c but she found the letters before I informed her and was very much affected by the sudden blow Lemington Conference

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Sep 16, 1845