It happened in those days. Between the period you mentioned, and about the mid-1890s, epidemics of (especially) influenza (the flu) raged in the East. I happened to run onto the records and be commenting on a family named Hart that had three children die of influenza in on day. One of the older ladies in the Preston county (WV) court house once told me that about 60% of the county died of influenza within a 20 - 25 year period, just after the Civil War. Your period - depending on where your ancestors were - could have been during one of those. Joe H. -----Original Message----- From: mdgarret-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdgarret-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of doretj@juno.com Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:58 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Cc: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGARRET] epidemics The Jenkins family lost three and possibly four ancestors from August to October 1856. Does anyone have any corresponding losses in their tree? Has anyone found out if there were any epidemics in the area at the time? Thanks. Doret ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdU9VdpXcLUwU3rSrMLnn68 TrhDrdeLLLUb5adpwCR0bBHBSC0/ ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I found in one of the hochstetler family that they pretty much all died out in about a year.  that is including the parents, the kids and their families.  I can only guess it was the influenza that wiped them out. --- On Sun, 9/20/09, Joe & Erin Hartman <wegotrocks@verizon.net> wrote: From: Joe & Erin Hartman <wegotrocks@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] epidemics To: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 9:58 PM It happened in those days. Between the period you mentioned, and about the mid-1890s, epidemics of (especially) influenza (the flu) raged in the East.  I happened to run onto the records and be commenting on a family named Hart that had three children die of influenza in on day.  One of the older ladies in the Preston county (WV) court house once told me that about 60% of the county died of influenza within a 20 - 25 year period, just after the Civil War. Your period - depending on where your ancestors were - could have been during one of those. Joe H. -----Original Message----- From: mdgarret-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdgarret-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of doretj@juno.com Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:58 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Cc: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGARRET] epidemics The Jenkins family lost three and possibly four ancestors from August to October 1856.  Does anyone have any corresponding losses in their tree?  Has anyone found out if there were any epidemics in the area at the time? Thanks.  Doret ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdU9VdpXcLUwU3rSrMLnn68 TrhDrdeLLLUb5adpwCR0bBHBSC0/ ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In my dad's family, I think that there was 7 or 8 that were wiped out from diphtheria, and my dad was also almost a casualty. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crystal" <gallifray@yahoo.com> To: <mdgarret@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] epidemics I found in one of the hochstetler family that they pretty much all died out in about a year. that is including the parents, the kids and their families. I can only guess it was the influenza that wiped them out. --- On Sun, 9/20/09, Joe & Erin Hartman <wegotrocks@verizon.net> wrote: From: Joe & Erin Hartman <wegotrocks@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] epidemics To: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 9:58 PM It happened in those days. Between the period you mentioned, and about the mid-1890s, epidemics of (especially) influenza (the flu) raged in the East. I happened to run onto the records and be commenting on a family named Hart that had three children die of influenza in on day. One of the older ladies in the Preston county (WV) court house once told me that about 60% of the county died of influenza within a 20 - 25 year period, just after the Civil War. Your period - depending on where your ancestors were - could have been during one of those. Joe H. -----Original Message----- From: mdgarret-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdgarret-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of doretj@juno.com Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:58 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Cc: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGARRET] epidemics The Jenkins family lost three and possibly four ancestors from August to October 1856. Does anyone have any corresponding losses in their tree? Has anyone found out if there were any epidemics in the area at the time? Thanks. Doret ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdU9VdpXcLUwU3rSrMLnn68 TrhDrdeLLLUb5adpwCR0bBHBSC0/ ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====================================== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ ------------------------------------ If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Sonny O'Haver, mdgarret-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDGARRET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message