It is related that Thaddeus Williams and his brother David were enroute to the gold fields of California by way of Panama to visit their brother Isaac when David became sickened with the prevailing fever and soon after boarding the vessel for California, died and was buried in mid-ocean. Thaddeus continued and according to a later letter, reached Isaac. However, on his return trip it is reported that he died near Elmira, NY and was buried there.
It is related that Thaddeus Williams and his brother David were enroute to the gold fields of California by way of Panama to visit their brother Isaac when David became sickened with the prevailing fever and soon after boarding the vessel for California, died and was buried in mid-ocean. Thaddeus continued and according to a later letter, reached Isaac. However, on his return trip it is reported that he died near Elmira, NY and was buried there.
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Died Oct. 16, 1850, aged 48 yrs. & 7 mos. (from a 1951 transcription)
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Thaddeus Williams died Oct 16, 1850 a travlar to the West from Calafornia Age 48 years (John W. Jones BOOK OF THE DEAD - Sexton for Second Street Cemetery - spelling given as in original).
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