The story in the family states that Obadiah died of Yellow Fever while on a trip to New Orleans to sell produce & timber transported on rafts down river. Word of his passing came from a Sister of a convent hospital in which he died. No word was received of his burial location or what became of his produce & timber. He was 33 years old at the time of his death, leaving a pregnant wife to grieve his passing. His son, Obadiah Jr., was born March 31, 1823.
The story in the family states that Obadiah died of Yellow Fever while on a trip to New Orleans to sell produce & timber transported on rafts down river. Word of his passing came from a Sister of a convent hospital in which he died. No word was received of his burial location or what became of his produce & timber. He was 33 years old at the time of his death, leaving a pregnant wife to grieve his passing. His son, Obadiah Jr., was born March 31, 1823.
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