I have just joined the Lincoln County list. I am descended from John Sylvester STRANGE and Susan Nancy HENDRICKSON Strange, who settled in what is now Lincoln County in 1866. He was one of the first county commissioners. I am working on a biography of JS and SN Strange for THE STRANGE-WEBBER CONNECTION, a family newsletter. I and am looking for any information I can find about them - and am also interested in all their kinfolk! I am also working on an article on the diphtheria epidemic of 1878 in Lincoln (may expand it to include other years and other areas). I would like to hear from anyone who has family stories and traditions related to these epidemics or about those who died and those who had diphtheria but survived, and about the impact of this disease on the family and/or community. Thanks, Wilda K. W. (Wendy) Morris