A. B. Graham binder Vol. 1 p. 47

1830

On Sunday, October 31, 1830, a young child of Sylvanus Allen, the new post-master, died from the choking on a bean.  Geo. White, Sr., who  visited the office that day learned of it and reported the accident.  Esther H. Anderson mentioned it in her letter of Nov. 1 to her brother in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, in 1830.