Death in CA in 1857: John MURRAY, 3 years of age
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch;
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Stockton Daily Argus
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>Wednesday, 25 Mar 1857<<
DEATH by SMALL-POX -- [S.F.] ‘Bulletin’
A little boy named John MURRAY, 3 years of age, died of small-pox on the 17th inst., as we see from the books of the City Sexton. The deceased came up on the steamer Sonora on Tuesday last, and died the same day. He appears to have contracted the disease at Acapulco and had it very severely.