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 >