Samuel Kirkham
Samuel Kirkham (abt. 1797-1843) was born about 1797. He married Sarah M. Hebbard on 21 Oct. 1834 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York. He wrote a book on grammar that Wilford Woodruff studied in 1836 and was quoted by Wilford during a sermon in 1855 at the Tabernacle in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He died 19 May 1843 in New York City, New York Co., New York.
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