The area you are looking for is at the inter section of KY RT.. 2 and KY 1459 and runs on KY RT.. 2 to the bottom of north fork hill in Greenup County. Neil Wright -----Original Message----- From: Rick <rblevins@bright.net> To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com <KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [KYGREENU-L] Children Mortality Rate >Hello Everyone, > Can anyone give me the geographical location of what was one called Nonchalanta in Greenup County Ky? >Rick Blevins >E-Mail:rblevins@bright.net >E-Mail:rick_blevins@bigfoot.com >http://members.xoom.com/RickBlevins/civilwar/index.htm#toc >A Proud Sponser Of RoostWeb@ http://www.rootsweb.com/ >Member Of The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project @ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/ > >---------- >> From: Grady Turner <gpt@calvin.NebrWesleyan.edu> >> To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [KYGREENU-L] Children Mortality Rate >> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 10:08 AM >> >> Until vaccines were developed, there were several highly-contagious >> diseases that could be fatal to otherwise healthy children. Measles, >> influenza, whooping cough (pertussis), tetanus (lockjaw) and diptheria >> were difficult to treat effectively. Lack of refrigeration meant children >> often drank unpasteurized milk - fresh from the source. Likewise, fresh >> eggs often carried salmonella. Add to those, drinking water from >> shallow wells and streams and the lack of plumbing. >> >> Essentially, healthy children either developed some immunity early in life >> or they died. Adults died early as well. My maternal grandmother died >> when my mother was about 6 but several of her siblings lived long lives, >> including her oldest sister who lived to 101. Accidents that most people >> would survive today, were fatal when the only transportation was horse and >> buggy - or for some in the early 1900's Model T's. >> >> >> >> On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Charles McGlothen wrote: >> >> > Did anyone besides me notice the mortality rate of children under the age >> > of 21 in this area. Was it polio? Any ideas? I post a lot of deaths in >> > Floyd Co and never noticed there being this unusually high amount. >> > Let me know, As I start typing the Carter Cem I notice it is the same >> > there. There has to have been something that caused this.... >> > >> > bigun@eastky.net Carol Howell McGlothen ICQ 7515277 >> > >> > >> > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >> > Please, no attached files to the list, send privately. >> > Need help?, contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >> > List Instructions at: >> > http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >> > Support Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com >> > >> > >> >> Grady >> >> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Gredon (Grady) Turner E-mail: gpt@NebrWesleyan.edu | >> | Manager of Administrative Systems PHONE: 402-465-2256 | >> | Nebraska Wesleyan University | >> | 5000 Saint Paul Ave. To profit from good advice | >> | Lincoln, NE 68504-2796 requires more wisdom than | >> | to give it. | >> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> >> ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >> Please, no attached files to the list, send privately. >> Need help?, contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >> List Instructions at: >> http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >> Support Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com >> > > >==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >Please, no attached files to the list, send privately. >Need help?, contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >List Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >Support Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com > > > >