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Rebecca Johnston

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Rebecca Johnston

Birth
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Death
26 Apr 1808 (aged 2)
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA
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John Johnston's eldest daughter who died in infancy at Fort Wayne, IN, most likely of one of the fevers common in forts at the time.

John Johnston to Henry Brown, May 29, 1808

"I am much obliged for the sympathy which you take in my loss – I once thought that nothing could have ever happened that would have affected me so much as the loss of my little Girl We seldom know the value of any thing until it is found that we cannot possess it no longer. The Grave has swallowed up much of our happiness at this place. She was dearer than life itself to us. The way of Heaven is inscrutable. This is probably one of the means which Providence makes use of to detach us from the vain things of this world."
John Johnston's eldest daughter who died in infancy at Fort Wayne, IN, most likely of one of the fevers common in forts at the time.

John Johnston to Henry Brown, May 29, 1808

"I am much obliged for the sympathy which you take in my loss – I once thought that nothing could have ever happened that would have affected me so much as the loss of my little Girl We seldom know the value of any thing until it is found that we cannot possess it no longer. The Grave has swallowed up much of our happiness at this place. She was dearer than life itself to us. The way of Heaven is inscrutable. This is probably one of the means which Providence makes use of to detach us from the vain things of this world."

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Rebecca Johnston, daughter of John and Rachel Johnston, born at Fort Wayne, Indiana Sept.3,1805, died at the same place, April 26,1808

Gravesite Details

According to an 1858 letter of John Johnston's, this is a memorial. The location of Rebecca's grave was lost due to damage during the Siege of Fort Wayne in 1812

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