SPALDING, John B. R. (d. 1879)
Fatal Case of Sunstroke at Memphis Memphis, July 14th – John B.R. SPALDING, a telegraph operator, died this afternoon from sunstroke. Deceased came from Baltimore last summer as a volunteer during the epidemic. Source: Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 8, Number 109, 15 July 1879. Available at the California Digital Newspaper Collection.