In a message dated 3/5/2009 5:57:08 P.M. Central Standard Time, iowa-request@rootsweb.com writes: Some of you might remember those syringes - glass & stainless steel and evil looking and how long those needles were. The doctor we saw at the time was an old-time doctor who had an office in the parlor of his house. I barely remember getting my polio shot. I do know that we all had them. Maybe they just used those long big needles in Iowa and not in Oklahoma. ;-) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

For those of you who don't subscribe to "The Iowan" magazine, I thought I'd tell you about an article in the March/April 2009 issue. There is a story entitled "Gone But Not Forgotten, Resurrecting Iowa's Stone Cities." It's a great story about a group of volunteers and members of Cemetery Commissions in various counties who restore old Iowa forgotten cemeteries. The article features photos of stone markers restored in the old Van Buren Cemetery in Jackson County. Volunteers even use "dowsing" to find where the graves are located and then work to piece together and reconstruct the broken headstones. Volunteers also use county and church records to identify those buried in the cemeteries. It's great to know that folks are taking an interest in restoring these old historical burying grounds. The story relates that, since being restored by volunteers, the Old Springbrook Methodist cemetery has 40 standing monuments. Good job Iowans! Mona Sarratt Knight

Ohhhh. In the early 1950's, when my sister and I got strep throat, my mother would boil an onion in water and make us drink the juice! I have no idea how that cured strep throat other than the fact that we made a miraculous recovery so we wouldn't have to drink it again! :) Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: "donkelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net> To: <donelias@juno.com> Cc: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] children's early deaths > Remember mustard plasters on the chest? That was a grandma thing. > > donkelly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: donelias@juno.com > To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:24:37 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [IOWA] children's early deaths > > My dad had 2 sisters whe died as small children. I really don't > know how old or am I sure the story is true. But the story that > has been told is they were told for the children to gargle with > kerosene. > > Don > > PS After I wrote this, I googled for gargle and kerosene and > got some hits. A couple are listed below. > By the way, my Juno email program will prabably insert a space > at about the point a line would be filled so you may have to > remove the space(s) to use these URL's. :^( > > http://books.google.com/books?id=FUaaDBFsYFEC&pg=RA1-PA81&lpg=RA1-PA81&dq > =%2Bgargle+%2Bkerosene&source=bl&ots=BYWaiD1YQz&sig=NcZY5z3RvKmZoGDJXm2HX > LAO3Os > > http://www.panjokutch.com/Health/general/tonsils.htm > > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:49:46 -0500 (EST) Wanda <pioneer@rconnect.com> > writes: >> I found the family histories of my side and that of my husband for >> small children very strange. Most still were related to choking, >> things related to chest problems. Small items in the local papers >> of "grandma" helping to care of her grandchild with serious colds, >> etc. Seemed far too many even for those days, families with losses >> of many chidren also many having gastro intestinal problems. The >> problem seemed to be on both sides of the family. My second child >> was born with many problems and a trip to Mayos finally find the >> cause. I believe she was the first child they examined after cystic >> fibrosis was given a name. One may be a carrier of the fibroisis >> when inherited from one side family, but Full blown you inherited >> from both sides family. Sadly it makes following back the family >> genealogy newspaper articles, graveyards, and stories much more >> interesting and easier to trace. Don't forget to check for possible >> family stories and newspaper and death records. Family d! >> iseases are a part of their history and an important part.------- a >> heart breaking part but one families should be aware of > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I have a family from Fayette County which within a 2 month period in 1902 the father died of a sunstroke and two children of diptheria. The mother must have been a very strong woman to have gone through that. Debbie

Remember mustard plasters on the chest? That was a grandma thing. donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: donelias@juno.com To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:24:37 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [IOWA] children's early deaths My dad had 2 sisters whe died as small children. I really don't know how old or am I sure the story is true. But the story that has been told is they were told for the children to gargle with kerosene. Don PS After I wrote this, I googled for gargle and kerosene and got some hits. A couple are listed below. By the way, my Juno email program will prabably insert a space at about the point a line would be filled so you may have to remove the space(s) to use these URL's. :^( http://books.google.com/books?id=FUaaDBFsYFEC&pg=RA1-PA81&lpg=RA1-PA81&dq =%2Bgargle+%2Bkerosene&source=bl&ots=BYWaiD1YQz&sig=NcZY5z3RvKmZoGDJXm2HX LAO3Os http://www.panjokutch.com/Health/general/tonsils.htm On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:49:46 -0500 (EST) Wanda <pioneer@rconnect.com> writes: > I found the family histories of my side and that of my husband for > small children very strange. Most still were related to choking, > things related to chest problems. Small items in the local papers > of "grandma" helping to care of her grandchild with serious colds, > etc. Seemed far too many even for those days, families with losses > of many chidren also many having gastro intestinal problems. The > problem seemed to be on both sides of the family. My second child > was born with many problems and a trip to Mayos finally find the > cause. I believe she was the first child they examined after cystic > fibrosis was given a name. One may be a carrier of the fibroisis > when inherited from one side family, but Full blown you inherited > from both sides family. Sadly it makes following back the family > genealogy newspaper articles, graveyards, and stories much more > interesting and easier to trace. Don't forget to check for possible > family stories and newspaper and death records. Family d! > iseases are a part of their history and an important part.------- a > heart breaking part but one families should be aware of

Thank you Jean. While visiting the campus library website I noted that some parts of the search engines could be used by visitors, but the whole body of work is access restricted to staff and students. They who apply for a PW and UN can have access to read a great amount of work. I note one family donated five linear feet of family files. That alone is a lot of files. Scheaming time: If any of us know a member of staff, or a student, perhaps we can have access to some types of genealogical or land material, or perhaps able to get a lookup now and then...... Ideas anyone? donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Perera <jperera_1999@yahoo.com> To: iowa@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:53:16 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [IOWA] Iowa Land Records The maps at U of I are wonderful.  I particularly liked the digitized maps so I could find my ancestors farms. The Hixson Plat Book, 1930 http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_hixson.php?CISOROOT=/hixson has some very clear maps with very legible handwriting.  I also found the Iowa Historic Atlases from the late 1800's to early 1900's http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_maps.php?CISOROOT=/maps very useful. Jean Perera _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'll never forget the time my sister (about 4) sneaked into the kitchen while my mom, dad, & me were watching something on TV (I was about 5). Suddenly my dad jumped up and rushed into the kitchen. My sister was sneaking a drink of grape juice my mom had canned which had whole grapes in the juice. My sister had swallowed one of the grapes and was choking on it. Now back then, no one knew anything about CPR. I remember cowering on the sofa while my dad carried my sister into the dining room & had her by the ankles - jerking her up and down and yelling at the top of his lungs to my Mom. Mom was wailing (she's deaf and there's nothing more poignant than the wail of a deaf person.) They didn't know what to do and my sister's face was getting bluer and bluer. Frantic, Mom hit my sister dead center in the back and the grape flew across the room. I remember watching our dog Skippy chase the grape under the china cabinet in the dining room. I'll never forget hearing my sister's first gasps of air and Mom's wails turning into sobs. Mom and my grandmother and my great-grandmother never put whole grapes in the grape juice they made after that. I may not remember if I've taken my meds today or if I ate breakfast or what I ate for breakfast - BUT I remember this like it just happened, even though it was over 50 years ago. I also remember those polio shots. Seems like those needles were a foot long!! Since I was the oldest & my sister had a needle phobia, I had to go first and not cry - show my sister how it didn't hurt. (Yeah, right.) I did my duty and got a lollipop. Then it was my sister's turn and it took the entire medical staff, Mom, Dad, and anyone else who was handy, to hold her down for her polio shot. The bummer of the deal was that she got a lollipop TOO!!! Happened every time. Even when we were teenagers & came down with strep throat, I had to go first and show her that the penicillin shot didn't hurt. By this time, it took just Mom and Dad to hold my sister still. We didn't get lollipops by this time, but I still felt indignant and wanted to scream out when I got my shot. But I knew that would really set off my sister. How she got through giving birth TWO times without me showing her how it didn't hurt is beyond me. She went through childbirth without being knocked out - but I'm not sure if they didn't hafta strap her down onto the delivery table or not ;~) One of the neighborhood girls had survived polio as had a cousin (Stacey, that would be Cleta Young) so Mom made sure we all had our polio vaccinations. Some of you might remember those syringes - glass & stainless steel and evil looking and how long those needles were. The doctor we saw at the time was an old-time doctor who had an office in the parlor of his house. His wife was a tiny little woman who reminded me of a bird. She was his receptionist/nurse and was one of the sweetest ladies I've ever known. Years later, my widowed grandmother moved to town and was the Doctor and his wife's next-door-neighbor. I'd go over and visit the Doctor and his wife many times. The doctor's hobby was tatting and he showed me his many glorious creations. The doctor's wife loved baking molasses cookies and she offered many to me over the years - washed down with her homemade lemonade. They LOVED having kids stop by to visit them. They were like family to me. My sister sometimes went over to visit the Doctor and his wife - but only if I went with her. (Stacey - this would be Dr. Carr : http://iagenweb.org/decatur/bioDocs/GRbios/GRDrJRossCarr.html Dave, Dr. and Mrs. Carr were interred at the Hopeville Cemetery in Clarke County.) Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy M. Boyd" <geniegirl@iowatelecom.net> Cc: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:15 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] children's early deaths > That is not so farfetched as it seems. In my mothers family in the 1920 > they had whooping cough. One of the so called ways to stop the coughing > was take a spoonful of sugar with a drop of kerosene in it, or eat a > glob of vapo rub. With inteventions such as those, it's a wonder any of > them survived. > > Nancy > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.7/1983 - Release Date: 3/4/2009 > 7:41 AM > >

I remember times when I was a child that my mother gave me a spoonful of sugar with a drop of kerosene. I didn't have whooping cough but did have a cold and cough. I've often thought about that kerosene but it was a common thing back then. When I had an earache that wouldn't stop, my grandfather would blow a pipeful of warm smoke into my ear. It always stopped the earache. My grandmother became an RN in 1918 and she often told us "cures". My dad, her only child, ate a large sweet onion every day as she said it'd give him pure red blood and keep him healthy. He lived until he was 84 yrs. old, never in the hospital until about the last year when he had a stroke. People thought he was about 60-65 yrs. old. juanita > That is not so farfetched as it seems. In my mothers family in the > 1920 they had whooping cough. One of the so called ways to stop the > coughing was take a spoonful of sugar with a drop of kerosene in it, > or eat a glob of vapo rub. With inteventions such as those, it's a > wonder any of them survived. > > Nancy > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My Grandparents lost three Children in Jan. 1900. all are buried in St. Ambrose cemetery (Woodland). I never found out exactly what they died of. Richard F. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

The maps at U of I are wonderful.  I particularly liked the digitized maps so I could find my ancestors farms. The Hixson Plat Book, 1930 http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_hixson.php?CISOROOT=/hixson has some very clear maps with very legible handwriting.  I also found the Iowa Historic Atlases from the late 1800's to early 1900's http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_maps.php?CISOROOT=/maps very useful. Jean Perera

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 WILLIAM AMOS ROHLF, distinguished Iowa surgeon, has attained many honors in the course of his labors and one of the most gratifying to him personally came when he was elected president of the Iowa State Medical Association for the year beginning May, 1930. It was a well deserved professional compliment paid to a man who for thirty-three years has practiced at Waverly and during that time has given a reputation to this Iowa city as a surgical center out of all proportion to its population. Doctor Rohlf was born in Davenport, Iowa, January 5, 1867, son of Amos and Doris (Schroeder) Rohlf. His parents were natives of Germany, and his father was eleven and his mother nine when they were brought to America, their respective families leaving the old country and seeking the new to be rid of some of the oppressive laws and customs there. Amos Rohlf was a shoemaker by trade, but in 1872 located on a farm in Scott County, and after retiring lived at Sheldon, Iowa. He and his wife were devout Lutherans. Doctor Rohlf was one of a family of seven sons and two daughters. His early life was spent on a farm. He had the advantages of the common schools but after that had to work and earn every step of his advancement. He taught school, and the funds that enabled him to go on through high school and college were earned by washing dishes, selling books and for a time he sold surgical instruments to physicians. In 1891 he was graduated M. D. from the University of Iowa, and he began his practice at Hampton, having only thirty-five dollars when he went to the town. He paid a month's board and bought the furniture for his office on credit. He remained at Hampton six years and in 1897 moved to Waverly. He has always been a hard worker, noted for his skill as a surgeon, has been interested in all phases of medical and surgical progress, and his research studies have brought him in contact with renowned surgeons throughout the world. In 1923 he went to South American, under the auspices of the American College of Surgeons. During 1924 he was in Europe. He has visited famous clinics all over the country. During his early years he took special surgical work under Dr. D. W. Middleton, of Davenport, and Dr. W. F. Peck, of Davenport. For twenty-five years his time and abilities have been largely taken up with his work as a surgeon. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has frequently read papers before professional organizations. Doctor Rohlf had much to do with the building of the Mercy Hospital in Waverly. His associate in practice for a number of years has been Dr. H. W. Rathe. It has been the custom of Doctor Rohlf for many years to celebrate his birthday with what is known as a birthday clinic. The most notable of these came in January, 1930, when about 110 physicians and surgeons gathered at Waverly to attend the Rohlf clinic and birthday celebration. It was an interesting event from many standpoints. The presence of so many able physicians and surgeons not only from Iowa but other states and cities, including Chicago and Rochester, Minnesota, gave to this district of Iowa the benefit of examination and attention from the ablest men in the country and many major operations were successfully performed in the course of the two days. Members of the profession also participated in interesting discussions and the social feature was climaxed by a banquet in the Fortner Hotel. Among other distinguished guests present was Dr. J. H. Peck, whom Doctor Rohlf succeeded as president of the Iowa State Medical Association in May, 1930. Doctor Rohlf during the World war was a member of the local exemption board. He is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Phthias and B. P. O. Elks. Doctor Rohlf married Miss Lottie P. Beed, daughter of James and Charlotte Beed, of Hampton, Iowa. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1 219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

That is not so farfetched as it seems. In my mothers family in the 1920 they had whooping cough. One of the so called ways to stop the coughing was take a spoonful of sugar with a drop of kerosene in it, or eat a glob of vapo rub. With inteventions such as those, it's a wonder any of them survived. Nancy

My dad had 2 sisters whe died as small children. I really don't know how old or am I sure the story is true. But the story that has been told is they were told for the children to gargle with kerosene. Don PS After I wrote this, I googled for gargle and kerosene and got some hits. A couple are listed below. By the way, my Juno email program will prabably insert a space at about the point a line would be filled so you may have to remove the space(s) to use these URL's. :^( http://books.google.com/books?id=FUaaDBFsYFEC&pg=RA1-PA81&lpg=RA1-PA81&dq =%2Bgargle+%2Bkerosene&source=bl&ots=BYWaiD1YQz&sig=NcZY5z3RvKmZoGDJXm2HX LAO3Os http://www.panjokutch.com/Health/general/tonsils.htm On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:49:46 -0500 (EST) Wanda <pioneer@rconnect.com> writes: > I found the family histories of my side and that of my husband for > small children very strange. Most still were related to choking, > things related to chest problems. Small items in the local papers > of "grandma" helping to care of her grandchild with serious colds, > etc. Seemed far too many even for those days, families with losses > of many chidren also many having gastro intestinal problems. The > problem seemed to be on both sides of the family. My second child > was born with many problems and a trip to Mayos finally find the > cause. I believe she was the first child they examined after cystic > fibrosis was given a name. One may be a carrier of the fibroisis > when inherited from one side family, but Full blown you inherited > from both sides family. Sadly it makes following back the family > genealogy newspaper articles, graveyards, and stories much more > interesting and easier to trace. Don't forget to check for possible > family stories and newspaper and death records. Family d! > iseases are a part of their history and an important part.------- a > heart breaking part but one families should be aware of > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________ Free information on Digital Photography. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmSUClDY2vUyNKdGdam73s1u4TnIsZ8yhQXneHe4XltjEvyUx2I/

I found the family histories of my side and that of my husband for small children very strange. Most still were related to choking, things related to chest problems. Small items in the local papers of "grandma" helping to care of her grandchild with serious colds, etc. Seemed far too many even for those days, families with losses of many chidren also many having gastro intestinal problems. The problem seemed to be on both sides of the family. My second child was born with many problems and a trip to Mayos finally find the cause. I believe she was the first child they examined after cystic fibrosis was given a name. One may be a carrier of the fibroisis when inherited from one side family, but Full blown you inherited from both sides family. Sadly it makes following back the family genealogy newspaper articles, graveyards, and stories much more interesting and easier to trace. Don't forget to check for possible family stories and newspaper and death records. Family d! iseases are a part of their history and an important part.------- a heart breaking part but one families should be aware of

For those interested in land records in Iowa, please visit the University of Iowa website. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Bai/swierenga.htm They hold land records from 1832 to 1900, including records received from Indian Tribes. These records fill a whopping 7,500 large volums, which alone is a complete library. Much of this has been transcribed to machine-readable format. How could we ever get around all of this? donkelly

1918 flu? that would be influenza epidemic aka Spanish Flu. David a1hawkeye@juno.com wrote: > There may have been more, but I remember an old building up on the hill to the east of Broadlawns Hospital on Hickman Road. We were told it was the old pest house and my parents never wanted us around there - but that didn't go too far. Somehow my brother came down with hepatitis and we thought it was because we played in the woods around there and Broadlawns and the river. All of the students at two schools had to be vaccinated. There were also tuberculosis sanitoriums. This was about 1960. Pat > > ====================== > I had three boys, and when they were ages 3, 7, and 10, there was a flu bug floating arround the school etc. One day my mother called to check on how things were going and when I told her we still had a problem, her answer was "if you don't get rid of that bug soon, we'll have to send them to the pest house". I asked her what she meant by that. She said back in 1918, when she was a 6 yr. old and lived in Des Moines, her mother took her shopping, and at that time they had pest houses. If you came down with the flu you were forced to go to the house and live. You stayed there until you either got well or died. She said she could remember caskets stacked on the curb two and three high. miroda@netins.net > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This poor ancestor, who died of bee stings, left a husband and one son. The son also died, and her husband never remarried. He lived with various people and eventually died in the Old Soldiers Home in Illinois. Another in that branch of my family was killed in a boiler explosion in Warren County, Illinois. My gr-gr-grandfather and his brother-in-law, having come to Illinois from Kentucky about 1850, were at the Bond saw mill in the winter, preparing to make sled crooks to build a new sled. Mr. Patterson, the brother-in-law, was warming himself by the boiler, while my gggrandfather went to the house to ask for a tool. The boiler over heated, exploded and threw him about 50 feet, according to the article written about it. Mr Patterson died of massive injuries, leaving a pregnant wife and several children. The next year, his wife moved back to Kentucky to be with her family, while my gggrandfather went on to Nebraska. Then another in-law in that line had a daughter that was killed the next year by fire. They were boiling molasses and her dress was set aflame by the outdoor open fire, and she died the next morning. She was only 16. Illinois was a hard place to live for my family in the mid-1800's. Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: "donkelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net> To: "Mona Knight" <mknight5@ctc.net> Cc: <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] illnesses and other death certificate descriptions > If allergic, one sting can do one in. > > And poison comes from unexpected sources. > > I onece cut a rose tree down a piece at a time. Took me all day to do it > and load it and haul it away. > > Next day I was very sick and blood tests later in the day told why. > > I was not hospitalized, but it took about three months to recover. > > don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mona Knight <mknight5@ctc.net> > To: iowa@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 01:39:09 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [IOWA] illnesses and other death certificate descriptions > > I found a record of one ancestor in Illinois that said she was "poisoned." > I was convinced that maybe her husband poisoned her! (Ok, so I have a > good > imagination!) Turns out from another article that she died of multiple > bee > stings from a swarm of bees. Guess that is a poisoning, in a way. > > mk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan and Kay" <dpogrant@new.rr.com> > To: "donkelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: [IOWA] ilnesses of emigrants > > >>I have been typing obituaries, most from the 1930's in the Appanoose area >>, >> and the last one I did was of a woman who died from typhoid. She was the >> third one who had died from drinking from the same well on the home farm. >> I have several obits where a bull gored a farmer to death, a baby that >> died >> when he pulled a table cloth and a hot meal fell on him, a baby that fell >> into a bucket filled with milk. The ones of the young children are so >> sorrowful. My mothers brother died in the early 1920's when he was two. >> She said that he had swallowed a kernel of corn and it went down a wrong >> "pipe". I have often wondered if that was true. His obit said "he >> suffered >> much in the two weeks of his illness for it was constant". >> I have typed many obits that also tell of the illness of men coming home >> from the Civil War or WW I. Many had been gassed while overseas and they >> never recovered. >> >> Kay in Wisconsin >> >> >>> It seems lots of people died of illnesses in Iowa, and not from just >>> smallpox alone. Some could have frozen to death of course. >>> In my research I found several places where ancestors just dissapeared >>> between census, or two or more family members died in the same week or >>> month, so I started paying more attention to diseases that killed yours >>> and >>> mine. >>> A new section of my county website deals with this subject. >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iadesmoi/Illness/illnesses.htm >>> >>> I hope this may help someone. >>> >>> donkelly >>> >>> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> For additional information concerning how the list >> works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have a whole book on the Rogers family that settled at Rogers Grove in Linn County, Iowa. I could not find a match for any of the names you mentioned with the Rogers in my book. The title of the book is, "The Rogers Family Pioneers," and it is written by Jacob E. Rogers. I don't know where the book came from - it must have been passed down from my parents but I don't know anything beyond that. Don Elias On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 04:42:35 EST Bare67deb@aol.com writes: > A Narrative History > of > The People of Iowa > with > SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN > EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, > BUSINESS, ETC. > by > EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. > Curator of the > Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa > Volume IV > THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. > Chicago and New York > 1931 > > THOMAS J. ROGERS, a retired citizen of Moulton, has lived a long and > > interesting career. One fact that makes him distinguished among the > present > generation is that he is a surviving veteran of the Union army of > the Civil war. > His home has been in Appanoose County for over three-quarters of a > century. > > He was nine years of age when his parents moved to Appanoose County > in 1850. > Mr. Rogers was born in Pike County, Illinois, September 26, 1841, > son of > Thomas J. and Phoebe (Shinn) Rogers. Thomas J. Rogers, Sr., who was > born in > North Carolina, in 1810 moved across the Mississippi River and > bought land in > Appanoose County in 1850. He was for a number of years a merchant, > and helped > organize one of the first Methodist churches in Appanoose County. > His wife, > Phoebe Shinn, was born in Ohio, in 1817. > > Thomas J. Rogers grew up on an Iowa farm, had the advantages of the > schools > of that day, which were still of a pioneer character, and in 1861, > when he > was twenty years of age, he went across the state line and enlisted > in Company > H. of the Second Missouri Cavalry. He ranked as a master sergeant. > His > regiment was employed in general scouting duty over Northern > Missouri and he > participated in the fight at Kirksville and in several other > engagements. He > received his honorable discharge at Saint Louis in 1865 and soon > returned to > Appanoose County. Mr. Rogers' business career was devoted to > farming and stock > raising. For over sixty years, a record for continuous service > seldom equaled, > he was engaged in farming and the raising of blooded sheep and > cattle. > Since 1919 he has had his home in the town of Moulton. All who know > him respect > him for his integrity of character and his worth and standing as a > citizen. > He has for many years been a member of W. A. Clarke Post No. 434 of > the the > Republic and has been on the pension rolls of the Government for > his army > service. His family are active in the Methodist Episcopal Church. > > Mr. Rogers married, in June, 1865, Sarah M. Willet. She lived only > a few > months after her marriage. In 1869 Mr. Rogers married Lovena > Miller, who was > born in Unionville, Iowa, and as a young woman taught school in > that state. > She passed away October 19, 1929, after they had been married for > sixty years. > Twelve children were born to them, and ten of them are still > living. There > are also forty-five grandchildren and forty-eight > great-grandchildren. The > oldest of the children is Mrs. Clementine Ransom, and her four > children are > Lou, Thomas, Velta, and Roland. The son James G., now deceased, > left five > children, Garret A., Thomas A., Vera, Grace and Esther. Mrs. Ann > Blosser, who > lives at Moulton, has two children, Roger and Claudia. Mrs. Martha > Murdy, of > Albia, Iowa, is the mother of seven children, Lester, Theodore, > Louemma, > Mildred, Ellen, Wendle and Enid. Mrs. Alda Richardson, whose home > is at Saint > Cloud, Florida, also has seven children, Thane, Charles, Eva, > Victor, Lou, > Theodore and Alda. Mrs. Laura Cox, of Orlando, Florida, has seven > children, > named Rolla, Hobart, Madaline, Geneva, Justice, Wilma and Carlos. > Frank M., who > occupies the old farm homestead in Appanoose County, is the father > of five > children, Thomas, Georgia and Virginia, twins, Hazel and James. > Mrs. Mina > Swartz, who lives at Moulton, has three children, Mary Elizabeth, > William F. and > Margaret. Georgia and Virginia are twin daughters. Georgia is the > wife of > Dr. Earl Frank, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, and their children are > Stuart and > Rogers M. Virginia married Earl French and lives at Alhambra, > California, her > two children being William and Robert. Chester Rogers, the > youngest of the > family, lives at Ontario, Canada, and has a daughter, Isabel. > > > Debbie Clough Gerischer > Iowa History Project > _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) > Scott County, Iowa > _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ > (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. 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A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 THOMAS J. ROGERS, a retired citizen of Moulton, has lived a long and interesting career. One fact that makes him distinguished among the present generation is that he is a surviving veteran of the Union army of the Civil war. His home has been in Appanoose County for over three-quarters of a century. He was nine years of age when his parents moved to Appanoose County in 1850. Mr. Rogers was born in Pike County, Illinois, September 26, 1841, son of Thomas J. and Phoebe (Shinn) Rogers. Thomas J. Rogers, Sr., who was born in North Carolina, in 1810 moved across the Mississippi River and bought land in Appanoose County in 1850. He was for a number of years a merchant, and helped organize one of the first Methodist churches in Appanoose County. His wife, Phoebe Shinn, was born in Ohio, in 1817. Thomas J. Rogers grew up on an Iowa farm, had the advantages of the schools of that day, which were still of a pioneer character, and in 1861, when he was twenty years of age, he went across the state line and enlisted in Company H. of the Second Missouri Cavalry. He ranked as a master sergeant. His regiment was employed in general scouting duty over Northern Missouri and he participated in the fight at Kirksville and in several other engagements. He received his honorable discharge at Saint Louis in 1865 and soon returned to Appanoose County. Mr. Rogers' business career was devoted to farming and stock raising. For over sixty years, a record for continuous service seldom equaled, he was engaged in farming and the raising of blooded sheep and cattle. Since 1919 he has had his home in the town of Moulton. All who know him respect him for his integrity of character and his worth and standing as a citizen. He has for many years been a member of W. A. Clarke Post No. 434 of the the Republic and has been on the pension rolls of the Government for his army service. His family are active in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Rogers married, in June, 1865, Sarah M. Willet. She lived only a few months after her marriage. In 1869 Mr. Rogers married Lovena Miller, who was born in Unionville, Iowa, and as a young woman taught school in that state. She passed away October 19, 1929, after they had been married for sixty years. Twelve children were born to them, and ten of them are still living. There are also forty-five grandchildren and forty-eight great-grandchildren. The oldest of the children is Mrs. Clementine Ransom, and her four children are Lou, Thomas, Velta, and Roland. The son James G., now deceased, left five children, Garret A., Thomas A., Vera, Grace and Esther. Mrs. Ann Blosser, who lives at Moulton, has two children, Roger and Claudia. Mrs. Martha Murdy, of Albia, Iowa, is the mother of seven children, Lester, Theodore, Louemma, Mildred, Ellen, Wendle and Enid. Mrs. Alda Richardson, whose home is at Saint Cloud, Florida, also has seven children, Thane, Charles, Eva, Victor, Lou, Theodore and Alda. Mrs. Laura Cox, of Orlando, Florida, has seven children, named Rolla, Hobart, Madaline, Geneva, Justice, Wilma and Carlos. Frank M., who occupies the old farm homestead in Appanoose County, is the father of five children, Thomas, Georgia and Virginia, twins, Hazel and James. Mrs. Mina Swartz, who lives at Moulton, has three children, Mary Elizabeth, William F. and Margaret. Georgia and Virginia are twin daughters. Georgia is the wife of Dr. Earl Frank, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, and their children are Stuart and Rogers M. Virginia married Earl French and lives at Alhambra, California, her two children being William and Robert. Chester Rogers, the youngest of the family, lives at Ontario, Canada, and has a daughter, Isabel. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

If allergic, one sting can do one in. And poison comes from unexpected sources. I onece cut a rose tree down a piece at a time. Took me all day to do it and load it and haul it away. Next day I was very sick and blood tests later in the day told why. I was not hospitalized, but it took about three months to recover. don ----- Original Message ----- From: Mona Knight <mknight5@ctc.net> To: iowa@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 01:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [IOWA] illnesses and other death certificate descriptions I found a record of one ancestor in Illinois that said she was "poisoned." I was convinced that maybe her husband poisoned her! (Ok, so I have a good imagination!) Turns out from another article that she died of multiple bee stings from a swarm of bees. Guess that is a poisoning, in a way. mk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan and Kay" <dpogrant@new.rr.com> To: "donkelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] ilnesses of emigrants >I have been typing obituaries, most from the 1930's in the Appanoose area , > and the last one I did was of a woman who died from typhoid. She was the > third one who had died from drinking from the same well on the home farm. > I have several obits where a bull gored a farmer to death, a baby that > died > when he pulled a table cloth and a hot meal fell on him, a baby that fell > into a bucket filled with milk. The ones of the young children are so > sorrowful. My mothers brother died in the early 1920's when he was two. > She said that he had swallowed a kernel of corn and it went down a wrong > "pipe". I have often wondered if that was true. His obit said "he > suffered > much in the two weeks of his illness for it was constant". > I have typed many obits that also tell of the illness of men coming home > from the Civil War or WW I. Many had been gassed while overseas and they > never recovered. > > Kay in Wisconsin > > >> It seems lots of people died of illnesses in Iowa, and not from just >> smallpox alone. Some could have frozen to death of course. >> In my research I found several places where ancestors just dissapeared >> between census, or two or more family members died in the same week or >> month, so I started paying more attention to diseases that killed yours >> and >> mine. >> A new section of my county website deals with this subject. >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iadesmoi/Illness/illnesses.htm >> >> I hope this may help someone. >> >> donkelly >> >> > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message