Dear Peggy, From what I have read cholera can afflict one person if he or she eats or drinks contaminated foods or beverages. Back in the days before public sanitation, sewers, etc. many people would contract it and it would turn into an epidemic. When I worked on the 1867-1885 death registers for the state of Michigan, I would see isolated cases of cholera listed as well as malaria, dysentery, summer complaint, lock jaw, and small pox as the cause of death. When sanitation came along as well as vaccines and many of these things became rare in the civilized countries. See following for info on cholera as well as epidemics in St. Louis: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/cholera_g.htm#What is cholera http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/events/epidemics.htm Georgia On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:11:07 EST Windrift17@aol.com writes: > A death record of an ancestor BERNARD LEMBECKE (died June 28, l862 > of > cholera) indicated burial in St. Vincent. Was there a cholera > epidemic at that > time?? Does this cemetery still exist? Where was it located? Has > it had a > name change?? > > Can anyone help me with this cemetery. Thank you Peggy N > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > A complete Genealogy just can't be...there's always more. > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!