The following excerpts are taken from her father Esaias' Full Journal provided by BYU in typed format and available on ancestory.com and family search. The family is in Millville at the time of Caroline's birth and death.
On the 11th of May 1863 My Wife Belinda gave birth to a daughter an called her name Caroline which makes me the father of 15 children by three wimen.
The names of my wife Belinda's Children is as follows Olive Emmyjane Juliann Armilda Isaac David Zebulon and Caroline.
May the 12 1872
I again take my pen in hand to record passing (ink blot) it is my duty to record the death of another me (ink blot) of my family My little Daughter Caroline died M (ink blot) 1872 which was born May the 11th (inkblot) 863 very suddenly whle me and her (ink blot)r was at meet(ink blot)was alone when we arrived in the h(ink blot) we found her lay(ink blot) and helpless I took her in my arms and asked her what (ink blot) matter with her she toled me that she had been laying in that c(inkblot for sometime and that hollowed and could make no person here(ink blot) and that the worms was killing her there being no person present B me and her mother we done all that we could for her but she sunk lower and lower til she breathed her last in about a half and hour. we put her away in the best of order that her ashes may sleep in peace til the morning of the great resurrection.
On the 11th of May 1863 My Wife Belinda gave birth to a daughter an called her name Caroline which makes me the father of 15 children by three wimen.
The names of my wife Belinda's Children is as follows Olive Emmyjane Juliann Armilda Isaac David Zebulon and Caroline.
May the 12 1872
I again take my pen in hand to record passing (ink blot) it is my duty to record the death of another me (ink blot) of my family My little Daughter Caroline died M (ink blot) 1872 which was born May the 11th (inkblot) 863 very suddenly whle me and her (ink blot)r was at meet(ink blot)was alone when we arrived in the h(ink blot) we found her lay(ink blot) and helpless I took her in my arms and asked her what (ink blot) matter with her she toled me that she had been laying in that c(inkblot for sometime and that hollowed and could make no person here(ink blot) and that the worms was killing her there being no person present B me and her mother we done all that we could for her but she sunk lower and lower til she breathed her last in about a half and hour. we put her away in the best of order that her ashes may sleep in peace til the morning of the great resurrection.
The following excerpts are taken from her father Esaias' Full Journal provided by BYU in typed format and available on ancestory.com and family search. The family is in Millville at the time of Caroline's birth and death.
On the 11th of May 1863 My Wife Belinda gave birth to a daughter an called her name Caroline which makes me the father of 15 children by three wimen.
The names of my wife Belinda's Children is as follows Olive Emmyjane Juliann Armilda Isaac David Zebulon and Caroline.
May the 12 1872
I again take my pen in hand to record passing (ink blot) it is my duty to record the death of another me (ink blot) of my family My little Daughter Caroline died M (ink blot) 1872 which was born May the 11th (inkblot) 863 very suddenly whle me and her (ink blot)r was at meet(ink blot)was alone when we arrived in the h(ink blot) we found her lay(ink blot) and helpless I took her in my arms and asked her what (ink blot) matter with her she toled me that she had been laying in that c(inkblot for sometime and that hollowed and could make no person here(ink blot) and that the worms was killing her there being no person present B me and her mother we done all that we could for her but she sunk lower and lower til she breathed her last in about a half and hour. we put her away in the best of order that her ashes may sleep in peace til the morning of the great resurrection.
On the 11th of May 1863 My Wife Belinda gave birth to a daughter an called her name Caroline which makes me the father of 15 children by three wimen.
The names of my wife Belinda's Children is as follows Olive Emmyjane Juliann Armilda Isaac David Zebulon and Caroline.
May the 12 1872
I again take my pen in hand to record passing (ink blot) it is my duty to record the death of another me (ink blot) of my family My little Daughter Caroline died M (ink blot) 1872 which was born May the 11th (inkblot) 863 very suddenly whle me and her (ink blot)r was at meet(ink blot)was alone when we arrived in the h(ink blot) we found her lay(ink blot) and helpless I took her in my arms and asked her what (ink blot) matter with her she toled me that she had been laying in that c(inkblot for sometime and that hollowed and could make no person here(ink blot) and that the worms was killing her there being no person present B me and her mother we done all that we could for her but she sunk lower and lower til she breathed her last in about a half and hour. we put her away in the best of order that her ashes may sleep in peace til the morning of the great resurrection.
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