> Tricia, When you say recent Morgan Co. Hertiage book, are you refering to the Heritage of Morgan County, Alabama book or is there another book out with the name you give.? > > > Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] epidemic doctors > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:07:27 -0400 > From: "Tricia Hall" <tntricia@bellsouth.net> > To: ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > Ditto the praise to Troy. There is a list of some of the doctors that died > in the 1888 yellow fever scurge in articles on pgs. 58-59 in the recent > Morgan Co. Heritage book. This information was researched and provided by > the same Ivydene Simpson Walls of Hartselle that Troy mentioned. Those > articles state that five doctors died, several of whom had survived the 1878 > epidemic: > > Dr. R. C. Bowman, died 9/21/1888, > Dr. W. B. Black, died 10/2/1888, > Dr. William Gardner Gill, died 10/6/1888, > Dr. R. V. Williams, died 10/8/1888, and > Dr. W. J. Young who died 10/30/1888. > > I was a little surprised to read in her article that only 35 of the 110 > people contracting the disease between September 3 and November 3, 1888 had > died, as in my asundry family collection it seems that there were *many* > multiple deaths during that time. At the same time, life was difficult, at > best, back then... and death seemed to visit more often. > > Hope someone finds this interesting. > Tricia Roberts Hall > Greenville/Spartanburg, SC > __________________________________ > He best understands who has felt the pain. -- The Compassionate Friends > Nicole Noella 12/30/1980 - 4/17/1999