Sharon, Here is some history of Marietta, Ohio, and its early illnesses including some of the people who died in the first several months from the epidemic. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0030text.txt Sharon > Besides Mary's brother, Moses Haskell, who was with them in Ohio, there was > also John's older half-brother, the aforementioned Timothy Gates, who raised a > large family in Marietta. In a thesis on early Marietta architecture there is > a statement that "The rear portion of the Hildreth House, built about 1805, > for Timothy Gates." Timothy died in 1822, the same year as John and Mary > Haskell Gates. I don't know what happened that year in Marietta, but perhaps it > was a flu epidemic. I'd like to know what happened in 1822 in Marietta. > > I do not have the children of Timothy and Suszannah Marsters Gates or for > Betty Gates and John Hildredth. It is likely that one of Timothy and Suzannah > Marsters Gates was also named Timothy Gates! > > I have the children of John and Mary Haskell Gates, of course, since one is > my ancestor. > > I will furnish more of this if you are interested. > > > Sharon Lee Gates > >