For over a year, John Murdock had been preaching the gospel while his children - motherless after the death of his wife, Julia Clapp, in April 1831 - resided with other families in Ohio.
Go feta ngwaga, John Murdock o ne a ntse a rera efangele fa bana ba gagwe - ba sena mmaabo morago ga go tlhokafala ga mosadi wa gagwe, Julia Clapp, ka Moranang 1831 - ba nna le malwapa a mangwe mo Ohio.