When I said that, I was refering to The Heritage of Morgan County, Alabama, ISBN 1-891647-19-9, printed in 1998 as I wasn't certain that there hadn't been previous publishings in the past. However, now that I look, I see the "Limited First Edition" notation in it. Sorry if I confused anyone. Tricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha2" <Martha2@hiwaay.net> To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: [ALMORGAN] Re: ALMORGAN-D Digest V00 #68 > > 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 > > > ==== ALMORGAN Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology... > A researcher gathers information... > A genealogist gathers documentation... > >