I, too, have an ancestor, John M. Cartwright, that I thought might have died in the 1849 Cholera Epidemic. I was in Quincy in late June and asked at the Public Library which houses the Great River Genealogical Society's books. I was shown a couple of books that gave the history of that period and I also checked several Newspaper Microfilms. But all I found mentioned by name were people who were very well known. I didn't find a list of all those who died. There two 1850 Mortality Schedule Transcriptions but not an actual Census Schedule. My John wasn't on either of them. But then it would only go back as far as June of 1849. The list of microfilms showed an 1845 State Census for Illinois. There was a flood in the early 1840s (I can't remember the date right now) so I was hoping to determine if John was still alive at the time of the 1849 Cholera Epidemic. But the Library in Quincy only has some assorted counties. Adams wasn't included. If anyone knows where one might find a copy of it, I'd love to know. Thanks, Alice On 20 Aug 2002, at 20:44, Robert Smith wrote: > I understand that there were 2 outbreaks of Cholera in Adams County - > 1833 and 1849. > Does anyone have a list - or know where I can find the names of people that died > from these outbreaks? > > Also Searching - SMITH - LAUGHLIN - RANKIN - RAWLINGS > in the Adams County, IL area. > > Thanks > > > > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > List Members need not respond to subscribe and unsubscribe messages. The List > Administrator will provide the help needed. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

The Mortality Schedule is the list the list I was speaking about. You're right about the papers in Quincy about that time, they were horribly lacking in any local info. They prided themselves in any news that wasn't local! In fact the Quincy paper really didn't handle local "common every day people" deaths until about 1915, and really didn't become good at it until about 1920. Before that it was certainly a "hit and miss" situation. In my family, more miss than a hit. My suggestion is to check the local little papers from the surrounding little towns. They were very newsy with gossip about everyone. And most little towns had family who lived in Quincy ~ so its likely that some news might have been covered in their paper. Each little town paper had "reporters" which wrote columns about news in their areas. The "news" contained info like so-n-so here to visit, or went to Quincy for the funeral of so - n- so and would name them, something like an obit, but a shorter version. Those towns were Payson, Columbus, and the like. Many of Quincy's surrounding towns had local weekly papers,and I have researched them from time to time and have found some interesting information. Of course as the Quincy paper became more popular and contain more info the readers were interested in the little town papers began to disappear. Now I don't know if the Quincy Library has these papers, but the State Historical Library does, and these films can be lent to your local library through the Inter-Library loan program. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Harris" <akh@molalla.net> To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] Cholera Deaths | I, too, have an ancestor, John M. Cartwright, that I thought might have died in | the 1849 Cholera Epidemic. I was in Quincy in late June and asked at the | Public Library which houses the Great River Genealogical Society's books. I | was shown a couple of books that gave the history of that period and I also | checked several Newspaper Microfilms. But all I found mentioned by name | were people who were very well known. I didn't find a list of all those who | died. | | There two 1850 Mortality Schedule Transcriptions but not an actual Census | Schedule. My John wasn't on either of them. But then it would only go back | as far as June of 1849. | | The list of microfilms showed an 1845 State Census for Illinois. There was a | flood in the early 1840s (I can't remember the date right now) so I was hoping | to determine if John was still alive at the time of the 1849 Cholera Epidemic. | But the Library in Quincy only has some assorted counties. Adams wasn't | included. If anyone knows where one might find a copy of it, I'd love to know. | | Thanks, Alice | | | | | | On 20 Aug 2002, at 20:44, Robert Smith wrote: | | > I understand that there were 2 outbreaks of Cholera in Adams County - | > 1833 and 1849. | > Does anyone have a list - or know where I can find the names of people that died | > from these outbreaks? | > | > Also Searching - SMITH - LAUGHLIN - RANKIN - RAWLINGS | > in the Adams County, IL area. | > | > Thanks | > | > | > | > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== | > List Members need not respond to subscribe and unsubscribe messages. The List | > Administrator will provide the help needed. | > | > ============================== | > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | | | ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== | List Members need not respond to subscribe and unsubscribe messages. The List Administrator will provide the help needed. | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | |