The flu epidemic you spoke of was so severe that it spread world wide and millions and millions died from it. The Europeans could not determine at the time the origin of the flue strain, but assumed it came from Spain, maybe since that is where people started dying first. It actually was only a couple of years ago that the origin of the Spanish Flue as it was called then was pinpointed. It began at Ft. Riley, North Carolina. It was on Discovery Channel. Hope this information helps. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Ypmiller50@cs.com <Ypmiller50@cs.com> To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: Re: epidemic >In a message dated 02/05/2000 1:44:03 PM Central Standard Time, >erlabri@home.com writes: > ><< Maybe my memory is way off... but wasn't there a hurricane in 1915? I >suppose that those living in the area could have been exposed to typhoid or >other diseased after an event like that. > > Jan G. > > Ypmiller50@cs.com wrote: > > In a message dated 02/04/2000 9:11:09 PM Central Standard Time, >RDCarnley@aol.com writes: > >Does anyone know of an epidemic of any kind in Nacogdoches County in 1915 or >1916? >I had four members of one family die in January 1916. Two on the same date. >>> > >Jan, >I looked in the Texas Almanac and there was a Hurricane 1915, but it was in >August, so this is after the deaths mentioned above. That's a good thought, >though, don't know what else it could be. >Yolanda Pepper Miller > >