Forrester Harwood (1809 - 1845)

Born 18 May 1809 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 25 Oct 1845 at age 36 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Forrester Harwood was born 18 May 1809 in North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Forrester Harwood, the son of Jonas Harwood and Lucretia Winslow Married Lucy C Taft of Upton, Mass. on 6 Oct. 1835. Forrester Harwood was a Cabinet maker. It is assumed that he was one of the church members buried without a marker in the Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds.In the Diary of Hosea Stout he records: On August 2, 1845 wrote for Brother Harwood. On Saturday Oct. 12 1845 went to see Brother F. Harwood who is very sick. That is the last mention of Harwood in the material I saw. On October 25, 1845 Forrester died. Many were ill due to malaria, Typhoid etc.. The youngest sister of Hosea Stout's wife died after a fever of two weeks. Is Forrester listed on the burial grounds Kiask? A record was also kept in Nauvoo of who died and the cause. He passed away 25 Oct 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. Forrester's son, Jonas Harwood, made the trek with his mother to Utah.

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• 1835-1846, Seventy Quorum Membership, database with images, Ancestry.com (2012) (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 May 2019); Forrester Harwood; Birth: 18 May 1809 • North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; Quorum: Q11; Nauvoo Data: Baptized 1842; Sources: N299; S27; Q11+.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181886751 : accessed 11 May 2019), memorial page for Forrester Harwood (18 Feb 1809–25 Oct 1845), Find A Grave Memorial no. 181886751, citing Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Tree Walkin (contributor 48038882) .