New Albany (IN) Daily Commercial, August 27, 1869, p. 4.
DIED
At Peoria, Illinois, on congestive fever, on Sunday, August 18th, 1869,
Samuel B. Hovey, son of Rev. Horace C. and Mrs. Helen L. Hovey, formerly of
this city, age 4 years, 11 months and 10 days.
The illness was brief lasting only about two days. Sammy's last words were
to his brother: "Wait for me, Ottie (difficul to read), wait for me."
Unhappily, Mr. Hovey was at Mackinac at the time of his son's death but came
home in time for the funeral on the ensuing Saturday.