Thanks, Vicky. This seems to be relevant to all of us researching Holt County families. Another possibility in doing geneology is weather and natural disasters - floods, etc. and fires. Does anyone know if there was anything like that in Holt County's past? Vicky Drake wrote: > Back in February I had asked if anyone on the list knew anything > about an epidemic in February March 1880 time period in the Holt > County area. > > I have found the following: > The Holt County (Missouri) Sentinel February 20, 1880 > Quite a number of the village children are still struggling with > the measles. > Few cases still of diptheria. The latter disease seems to assail its > victims with intense > malignancy an attacking being almost the same as death. > Sorry to note four death this week. One, a little son of Wm. > Griffith, living > eight miles northwest of us. The lad was but four years old and had been > sick but two > days with scarlet fever, terminating fatally Saturday morning. Word has > just reached > the city that a daughter of Mr. Griffith died on Monday morning. The > grevious (sic) > event following so suddenly the death of a son, makes it a seriously > bitter cup for the > stricken family. Schuyler Barrett, a boy about thirteen, died Thursday > evening, after > a week's struggle with diptheria. The family are temporarily here for the > winter, > having arranged to go upon a farm in the county in the spring. They > formerly resided > in Iowa. Mr. Lease's child died Sunday at their home in the north east > part of the city. > The funeral was preached at the Christian church. > > Vicky Drake > dvicky@primenet.com > > ==== MOHOLT Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237