Son of Thomas Rowland Herbert and Esther Lewis
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The United States Census Mortality Schedule, ending June 1850, shows the deaths of Isaac Herbert ( 5 years old ) and Mary Herbert ( 9 months old ) at Macoupin County, Illinois.
It was November of 1849 and they died of scarlet fever [3 days duration]; there would have been urgency in burying them. The nearest & oldest burial ground close to Palmyra, where these LDS Church members were residing preparing for their trek west, was Asbury Mound Cemetery. (Macoupin County, ILL)
Son of Thomas Rowland Herbert and Esther Lewis
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The United States Census Mortality Schedule, ending June 1850, shows the deaths of Isaac Herbert ( 5 years old ) and Mary Herbert ( 9 months old ) at Macoupin County, Illinois.
It was November of 1849 and they died of scarlet fever [3 days duration]; there would have been urgency in burying them. The nearest & oldest burial ground close to Palmyra, where these LDS Church members were residing preparing for their trek west, was Asbury Mound Cemetery. (Macoupin County, ILL)
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