Last week, I received cemetery listings for my Baker family in the Oakwood Cemetery in Metamora. My gg-grandparents had 5 of their 9 children die there between 1863 and 1868, the oldest being 13 years old and the youngest only 9 months old. The youngest died on April 27, 1867. I had been wondering if they had died from an outbreak of some disease. When did these epidemics start, and when did they end? Tom Mary Kocak wrote: > I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their father died on August 4, 1866 > I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their information. > Thanks, > Mary > interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for children > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarsha/info.htm > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > Woodford County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwoodfo/index.htm