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Thomas Springer died at the age of 40. His first wife, Elizabeth, had died in 1801 and he had wed 22-year-old Margaret Wells.

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Casts of 18th-century gravestones.
Life expectancy was much shorter than ours; epidemic disease was common. Deaths of children were common, too, touching many families. Most people died at home rather than in hospitals.
 

 
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