Eric,
Here is an outside the box thought. Maybe he didnt' die in Virginia at all.
Craig
On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. wrote:
> Correction below... this was 1816 but residual effects were still going
> on in 1819.
>
>
> I don't think he was in the hole when he died but we do have to keep in
> mind the year prior was a bad one with the volcano eruption that caused
> the year without a summer. Crops failed and many people were put out on
> the streets. Crops he relied on to sell. But he didn't only sell
> groceries but imported dry goods too.
>
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