Willden Family History

In New Orleans, Charles was asked by the Mormon agent, Thomas McKenzie
what he was going to do. He replied, "I have only one farthing (about
half a cent) and a little oatmeal". Mr. McKenzie told him to move
all on the boat. This he did, and when the man came for the money to pay
for their passage up the river they did not have it. Charles and his four
sons carried wood and probably fired the boilers, and did other work to
pay for their fares.

A week after they left New Orleans their baby daughter, Maria, not quite
two years old, died January 4, 1850, and was buried at "Council Bain"
according to Charles. This date of her death has been verified from the
St. George Temple records, the date having been given by her parents when
they had their children sealed to them.

Questioning the location of "Council Bain" I checked the book,
List of Post Offices in the United States, 1846, and found only one "Council"
and that was Council Bend, Crittendon County, Arkansas, which borders the
Mississippi River. The town does not exist now. I feel certain this was
the place where she is buried.