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James Peter Kartchner

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James Peter Kartchner

Birth
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Death
6 Jan 1858 (aged 2)
Nevada, USA
Burial
Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
08-19-07
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Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers

A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia

Infant son of Margaret and William Kartchner

Family Story: "On the journey back to Utah, Margaret gave birth to her seventh child. Her joy was short-lived, however, because the next day her two-year-old son James Peter died while the family was still camped. Margaret had already lost her eldest son, William Ammon, in San Bernardino, and the pain of losing James Peter was great. She refused to have him buried in the middle of the desert away from civilization, so William placed the body in a large milk urn and sealed the top. They carried the urn on the wagon the rest of the trip and buried James Peter in the urn at their new home in Beaver City, Utah."

Source : http://members.cox.net/jameshistory/mj_casteel.html

For unknown reasons, James Peter was buried in Parowan rather than Beaver.

Utah Burial Index
James Peter Kartchner
Date Of Birth: 11/28/1855
Place Of Birth: San Bernardino, California
Date Of Death: 1/6/1858
Place Of Death: Nevada
Date Of Burial: 0/0/0
Plot Number: 08_19_07
Mother: Margaret Jane Casteel
Father: William Decatur Karchner
Cemetery: Parowan City Cemetery


[Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers]
Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers

A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia

Infant son of Margaret and William Kartchner

Family Story: "On the journey back to Utah, Margaret gave birth to her seventh child. Her joy was short-lived, however, because the next day her two-year-old son James Peter died while the family was still camped. Margaret had already lost her eldest son, William Ammon, in San Bernardino, and the pain of losing James Peter was great. She refused to have him buried in the middle of the desert away from civilization, so William placed the body in a large milk urn and sealed the top. They carried the urn on the wagon the rest of the trip and buried James Peter in the urn at their new home in Beaver City, Utah."

Source : http://members.cox.net/jameshistory/mj_casteel.html

For unknown reasons, James Peter was buried in Parowan rather than Beaver.

Utah Burial Index
James Peter Kartchner
Date Of Birth: 11/28/1855
Place Of Birth: San Bernardino, California
Date Of Death: 1/6/1858
Place Of Death: Nevada
Date Of Burial: 0/0/0
Plot Number: 08_19_07
Mother: Margaret Jane Casteel
Father: William Decatur Karchner
Cemetery: Parowan City Cemetery


[Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers]

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