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David Albert Savage

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David Albert Savage

Birth
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27 Nov 1879 (aged 11)
Burial
Wamic, Wasco County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Rounded rock market in section between Mayfield and Savage. These rocks mark the graves of six Savage children who died of diptheria in about 1881.
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The 6 SAVAGE children, buried in Wamic Cemetery, marked with red rock & covered with crushed red gravel, are children of Albert Levitt Savage & Rebecca Ann Tucker Savage. They died of diptheria 27 Nov 1879, and were buried by their older brother William Erastus Savage. The story was told over and over how as a 19 year old, he buried 6 siblings in one day, with his parents and younger sister too sick to attend the funeral.
The 6 SAVAGE children, buried in Wamic Cemetery, marked with red rock & covered with crushed red gravel, are children of Albert Levitt Savage & Rebecca Ann Tucker Savage. They died of diptheria 27 Nov 1879, and were buried by their older brother William Erastus Savage. The story was told over and over how as a 19 year old, he buried 6 siblings in one day, with his parents and younger sister too sick to attend the funeral.

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No name or dates on stone. Data obtained from "Some Cemetery Records of Wasco Co, OR", 1979, by Ramsey and Gurley.

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