Abraham Hunsaker — Healing of John Luce Hunsaker
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In November 1840, Abraham Hunsaker's brother, John Luce Hunsaker, was suffering from a severe illness and was under the care of a physician named Dr. Langrum. Abraham recorded in his journal that on the first Monday of November 1840, the same day as the U.S. presidential election, his brother was healed of this sickness.
In Their Own Words
“On the first Monday of November in 1840, on the day General Harison was elected president of the U.S.A., on this day my brother John was healed of a very survear sickness. He had been under Doctor Langrum for several days. — Abraham Hunsaker, Journal of Abraham Hunsaker”
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Old BayView Cemetary | John L. Hunsaker (https://obc.cclibraries.com/list/hj/hunsaker-john-l) (research confidence: high) Image: Abraham Hunsaker.jpg — via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Hunsaker.jpg
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