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Larkin Davis

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Birthplace: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 12, 1842 (15)
Raymost, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Place of Burial: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Leland J. Davis and Rachel Stewart
Brother of George Preston Davis; James Jordan Davis, Sr; Elizabeth Jane Stewart; Charles Washington Davis; William Bradford Davis and 6 others
Half brother of Lucinda Curtis

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About Larkin Davis

Larkin died in a millrace in Raymos, IL where he had gone back to look for some of his things that had been left behind when his family moved to Nauvoo. He was not quite 16 years old. William Young, a nephew of Brigham Young, found the body and prepared it for burial. He brought it to Nauvoo where Larkin was buried on 18 Sep 1842.

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Larkin Davis's Timeline

1826
October 30, 1826
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
1842
August 12, 1842
Age 15
Raymost, Hancock, Illinois, USA
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Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds (Plot Unmarked), Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States