Deloris, The Spanish Flu was especially harsh to my grandfather (Thomas Ripley COPELAND Jr) and his family. My grandmother, Bervice Florella HUDSON, was his third wife. The following is taken from Bethune Observer (Kershaw Co SC) Oct 31, 1918: "The hand of affliction has fallen heavily on Mr. Ripley Copeland, of Lancaster, during the past two or three weeks from the effects of Spanish influenza. Mr. Copeland, and all of the members of his family were stricken with the disease. His little daughter, Ethel, first died, then his little son, Lee, passed away. His wife is very low and is not expected to survive and himself and baby are very sick. His first wife and baby died about a year and a half ago. Mr. Copeland is the youngest brother of Mr. J.E. Copeland of this town and formerly resided here." My grandfather and infant son, Thomas Ripley III, survived...but he lost his wife, son, and daughter. Just sharing my families experince with Epidemics... Fred Copeland SC -----Original Message----- From: Deloris Williams [mailto:delwilliams@insightbb.com] Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:00 AM To: COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [COPELAND] More Epidemics in America Since I got such a good response to my previous posting about Epidemics that occurred in our country's history, and so many more people have expressed an interest in learning more, I am posting several sites that might be well worth visiting. Some of them even have more detailed and worldwide epidemics which can be of interest also. http://genealogyfix.tripod.com/epidemics.html http://members.aol.com/AdamCo9991/epidemics.html http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_028800_epidemics.ht m (this one has a good narrative and explanation of epidemics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics (this one has clickable links) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html (this has Epidemics from 1793- Present day) http://www.eogen.com/Epidemics http://www.libby-genealogy.com/epidemics.htm (these last 2 are more Worldwide epidemics) Deloris ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin: mailto:COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe from List Mode: mailto:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To unsubscribe in Digest Mode: mailto:COPELAND-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe AOL USERS: Send an email to:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Fred, Your post made me a bit curious. Are you perhaps related to Mason Langston Copeland of Laurens County, SC? He married a distant cousin of mine, Sarah Ball abt. 1903. Mason was born in SC 26 May 1862 and died 03 Sept. 1944 and is buried in the Laurens City Cemetery, Laurens, South Carolina. Sarah's parents were Beaufort Watts Ball and Eliza Watts-Ball. Her brother, William Watts Ball, was a very well known, outspoken Managing Editor of the Charleston "News and Courier". Something else caught my attention... William Watts Ball's daughter, Katherine, married Clements Ripley. Together, they were very popular writers from the late 1920's to late 1950's. Let me know if any of this is familiar to you. Thanks, Lisa Bass ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Copeland" <fredbo1@comporium.net> To: <COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:36 PM Subject: RE: [COPELAND] More Epidemics in America > Deloris, > > The Spanish Flu was especially harsh to my grandfather (Thomas Ripley > COPELAND Jr) and his family. My grandmother, Bervice Florella HUDSON, was > his third wife. The following is taken from Bethune Observer (Kershaw Co > SC) Oct 31, 1918: > > "The hand of affliction has fallen heavily on Mr. Ripley Copeland, of > Lancaster, during the past two or three weeks from the effects of Spanish > influenza. Mr. Copeland, and all of the members of his family were > stricken > with the disease. His little daughter, Ethel, first died, then his little > son, Lee, passed away. His wife is very low and is not expected to > survive > and himself and baby are very sick. His first wife and baby died about a > year and a half ago. Mr. Copeland is the youngest brother of Mr. J.E. > Copeland of this town and formerly resided here." > > My grandfather and infant son, Thomas Ripley III, survived...but he lost > his > wife, son, and daughter. > > Just sharing my families experince with Epidemics... > > Fred Copeland > SC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deloris Williams [mailto:delwilliams@insightbb.com] > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:00 AM > To: COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COPELAND] More Epidemics in America > > Since I got such a good response to my previous posting about Epidemics > that > occurred in our country's history, and so many more people have expressed > an > interest in learning more, I am posting several sites that might be well > worth visiting. Some of them even have more detailed and worldwide > epidemics which can be of interest also. > > > http://genealogyfix.tripod.com/epidemics.html > > http://members.aol.com/AdamCo9991/epidemics.html > > http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_028800_epidemics.ht > m > (this one has a good narrative and explanation of epidemics) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics > (this one has clickable links) > > http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html > (this has Epidemics from 1793- Present day) > > http://www.eogen.com/Epidemics > > http://www.libby-genealogy.com/epidemics.htm > (these last 2 are more Worldwide epidemics) > > > Deloris > > > > ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: mailto:COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe from List Mode: > mailto:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > To unsubscribe in Digest Mode: > mailto:COPELAND-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > AOL USERS: Send an email to:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe in the > body of the message. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: mailto:COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe from List Mode: > mailto:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > To unsubscribe in Digest Mode: > mailto:COPELAND-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > AOL USERS: Send an email to:COPELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Fred, I seem to recall reading some years ago about an outbreak of tuberculosis or typhoid that had stricken certain regions of North Carolina around 1900, but I haven't found where I read that in a long time. I'm bringing this up because I have a number of ancestors who died around that time in Warren & Halifax Counties in North Carolina, and I know there are there are others also researching ancestors in various counties in NC who may have found the same thing. It wasn't the Great Spanish Flu Epidemic, which seems to have peaked around 1918, but I have heard about the TB outbreak in particular, from older family members. There seems to be no reference to that in any of those websites I listed, however, so I tend of believe it was more of a region specific outbreak, and it could also be something for other researchers to keep in mind about ancestors who disappeared quickly around that time. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Copeland" <fredbo1@comporium.net> To: <COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:36 PM Subject: RE: [COPELAND] More Epidemics in America > Deloris, > > The Spanish Flu was especially harsh to my grandfather (Thomas Ripley > COPELAND Jr) and his family. My grandmother, Bervice Florella HUDSON, was > his third wife. The following is taken from Bethune Observer (Kershaw Co > SC) Oct 31, 1918: > > "The hand of affliction has fallen heavily on Mr. Ripley Copeland, of > Lancaster, during the past two or three weeks from the effects of Spanish > influenza. Mr. Copeland, and all of the members of his family were > stricken > with the disease. His little daughter, Ethel, first died, then his little > son, Lee, passed away. His wife is very low and is not expected to > survive > and himself and baby are very sick. His first wife and baby died about a > year and a half ago. Mr. Copeland is the youngest brother of Mr. J.E. > Copeland of this town and formerly resided here." > > My grandfather and infant son, Thomas Ripley III, survived...but he lost > his > wife, son, and daughter. > > Just sharing my families experince with Epidemics... > > Fred Copeland > SC