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Wilson Advance, 2 May 1882.

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Posted in 1880s, Births Deaths Marriages, Children, Newspapers, Wilson County, Women and tagged accidental death, Dawson, lightning, Saunders on January 5, 2017 by Lisa Y. Henderson. Leave a comment

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