Birth Name: Johannes Jönsson (the name Almqvist adopted after emigration)
Father: Jöns Jönsson
Mother: Bengta Jönsdotter
Emigrated with wife and their first child in May 1871 with destination Galesburg, Illinois
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Inscription (on original marker):
In my Father's house
are many mansions.
DIED
SEPT. 28, 1887
AGED
40Ys. 10Ms.
& 10Ds.
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Husband of Johanna Almquist.
The couple came to Saline County with their baby daughter in the spring of 1872. Over the next fifteen years as the family grew, the Almquists bought 80 acres on Iron Mound, southeast of Salina and established a home. In the late summer of 1887, John Almquist and his daughter Hilda began suffering from chills and headaches, Soon other children complained of these symptoms. A doctor confirmed that they had contracted typhoid fever from the well on their property, and within a month of one another four members of the family would die of the disease. Four weeks after giving birth to her eighth child, Johanna buried her husband John and daughter Hilda on the same day in September.
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All of the members of the family who died in 1887 share a marker. Also sharing the marker with them is Selma V. Almquist. John, Sr. also has a separate marker shared with Johanna.
Birth Name: Johannes Jönsson (the name Almqvist adopted after emigration)
Father: Jöns Jönsson
Mother: Bengta Jönsdotter
Emigrated with wife and their first child in May 1871 with destination Galesburg, Illinois
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Inscription (on original marker):
In my Father's house
are many mansions.
DIED
SEPT. 28, 1887
AGED
40Ys. 10Ms.
& 10Ds.
____________________________________________
Husband of Johanna Almquist.
The couple came to Saline County with their baby daughter in the spring of 1872. Over the next fifteen years as the family grew, the Almquists bought 80 acres on Iron Mound, southeast of Salina and established a home. In the late summer of 1887, John Almquist and his daughter Hilda began suffering from chills and headaches, Soon other children complained of these symptoms. A doctor confirmed that they had contracted typhoid fever from the well on their property, and within a month of one another four members of the family would die of the disease. Four weeks after giving birth to her eighth child, Johanna buried her husband John and daughter Hilda on the same day in September.
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All of the members of the family who died in 1887 share a marker. Also sharing the marker with them is Selma V. Almquist. John, Sr. also has a separate marker shared with Johanna.
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