I found on a special census from 1880 schedule 5"persons who died during the year ending May31,1880" in Garrett County three daughters of George D Frantz,my ggrandfather who died in a two day period of scarlet fever they were age 13,11 and 4. My grandfather Benjamin w. Frantz  was only a few months old at the time and the family feared that he too would die.I am so glad he didn't.Check out this special census if you had someone die in that period,I hope this helps someone. The three sisters were buried at Blooming Rose cemetery all in the same grave. That must have been a very hard time for the family.             Tom Lewis REMEMBER, GOD LOVES YOU --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Carolyn Mellott <mrsmail@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Carolyn Mellott <mrsmail@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] epidemics To: mdgarret@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 6:18 PM 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 ====================================== 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

Mortality Schedules for Allegany Co., MD, 1850-1860 can be found on this page http://usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/vitals.htm Remember, Garrett County wasn't formed until 1872 The first listing under Deaths, contributed by Connie Beachy in 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "grampstom" <grampstom@bellsouth.net> To: <mdgarret@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] epidemics I found on a special census from 1880 schedule 5"persons who died during the year ending May31,1880" in Garrett County three daughters of George D Frantz,my ggrandfather who died in a two day period of scarlet fever they were age 13,11 and 4. My grandfather Benjamin w. Frantz was only a few months old at the time and the family feared that he too would die.I am so glad he didn't.Check out this special census if you had someone die in that period,I hope this helps someone. The three sisters were buried at Blooming Rose cemetery all in the same grave. That must have been a very hard time for the family. Tom Lewis REMEMBER, GOD LOVES YOU --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Carolyn Mellott <mrsmail@sbcglobal.net> wrote: