Do you ever wonder how your ancestors might have died--or why you can not find a trace of that elusive ancestor? This clipping may help: CLIPPING OF THE DAY ===================================================================== >From the "Ohio Repository" (Canton, Ohio), 21 June 1833, page 3: THE CHOLERA At Bridgeport, O. on the Ohio river, opposite Wheeling, containing about 150 inhabitants, it broke out on the 8th with unusual violence. A general panic ensued, and all who could, left the town. A physician and a clergyman from Wheeling crossed over then aid, and found 7 dead, 10 in a state of collapse, and many others in the first stages of the disease, without nurses or physician. On Sunday others went over to their aid, and found 14 dead, none of them buried, and but few laid out. In one house a man and his wife dead in the same bed. Of about 50 remaining in the town, there were not enough well to afford aid to half the sick and dying. Up to the 11th inst 22 had died and but 8 remaining cases, all likely to do well. At Wheeling, Va. on the 8th, the Board of Health report 18 new cases and 3 deaths; On the 9th, 6 new cases and 6 deaths; On the 10th, 11 new cases and 3 deaths; On the 11th, 12 new cases, 10 of them are convalescent, and but 1 death. On the 12th, 2 cases and 1 death; On the 13th, 10 cases and 1 death; On the 14th, 6 cases and 3 deaths. At Lexington, Ky. during the week ending on the 7th inst. there were 50 deaths. At Steubenville it has ceased. ____________________________________________________________________ REPRINT POLICY: We encourage the circulation of the "Ancestry Daily News" via non- profit newsletters and lists providing that you credit the author, include any copyright information (Copyright 1998-2004, MyFamily.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries.), and cite the "Ancestry Daily News" (http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews ) as the source, so that others can learn about our free newsletter as well. Sent by E.W. Wallace