John, I can understand not sending 10 pages worth of info. I do thank you for what you have sent. I believe my ancestor, who died in 1859, may of died from an epidemic. We have a sample of his handwriting and signature from 1855 and, an amendment to his will in 1859 shows a very shaky and disjointed signature. Thank you for taking the time to note some of the major epidemics. I noticed that there was a world-wide influenza epidemic for 1857-59. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillips, John" <John.Phillips@nuveen.com> To: <MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [MORAY-CGA] Epidemics & Weather Catastrophes > Pat, > > I found a hard copy of the timeline and I hope to type it up soon. It > only identified the 1849 St. Louis second cholera epidemic. I searched > some more to find out what I was remembering and found a list I > collected over the years of epidemics etc. Its 10 pages long so I don't > think it would be appreciated here as an attachment but I'll include a > few pages from the list that might be helpful. > > Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918 > > If you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors seemed > to disappear during a certain period in history, it may have been due to > an epidemic. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people and > therefore the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people > disappearing from records can be attributed to people dying during an > epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major > epidemics in the United States are listed below > > 1657 Boston: Measles > 1687 Boston: Measles > 1690 New York: Yellow Fever > 1713 Boston: Measles > 1729 Boston: Measles > 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza > 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox > 1739-40 Boston: Measles > 1747 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania & South Carolina: Measles > 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles > 1761-61 North America & West Indies: Influenza > 1772 North America: Measles > 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic > (unknown) > 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza > 1781-82 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) > 1788 Philadelphia & New York: Measles > 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" > 1793 Virginia: Influenza (kills 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) > 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow fever (one of worst) > 1783 Delaware (Dover): "extremely fatal" bilious disorder > 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown): many unexplained deaths > 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow fever > 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever > 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) > 1803 New York: Yellow Fever > 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads > 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) > 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera > 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus > 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) > 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever > 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza > 1848-49 North America: Cholera > 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever > 1850-51 North America: Influenza > 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans: 8,000 die in summer) > 1855 Nationwide (many parts): Yellow Fever > 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) > 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox > 1865-73 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, > Memphis, & Washington D.C.: a series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, > Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever > 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza > 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) > 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid > 1886: Jacksonville, Fl: Yellow Fever > 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized > in > World War I more died from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps > became death camps --with 80 percent death rate in some camps > ---------------- > Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: > > 1833 Columbus, Ohio > 1834 New York City > 1849 New York > 1851 Coles Co., Illinois > 1851 The Great Plains > 1851 Missouri > > Other epidemics in the US - mostly in "big" east coast cities: > > 1813: "spotted fever" which we know as cerebral > spinal meningitis--6,000 died. > > 1813 to ?: tuberculosis also called "consumption" > was on the rise. > > 1842-3: erysipelas [strep infection of skin and mucous > membranes > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff & Pat Carpenter Stano [mailto:carstano@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:20 AM > To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Epidemics & Weather Catastrophes > > Hi John, > > I'd appreciate learning about this info when you find it. Please post > it on > the website. I'm the original requestor for this info. I sure hope you > find it. > > Pat Stano-Carpenter > Marlboro, MA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phillips, John" <John.Phillips@nuveen.com> > To: <MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:01 AM > Subject: RE: [MORAY-CGA] Epidemics & Weather Catastrophes > > > > Barbee, > > > > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. > > > > I had a copy of a time line of happenings in Ray Co., MO that incl. > some > > of the epidemics through the ages of which there were records. I'll > see > > if I can track that down. > > > > The only people that I found in Marion Co., Oregon that might be > > relatives was the Hiram Taylors. Was your Julia related to that > family? > > I checked what info I had on Phillips in Oregon but didn't find anyone > > that early. I thought your family was the earliest. > > > > My family line is > > John Griffin Phillips > > s/o Jack Wesley Phillips > > s/o Armour Wesley Phillips > > s/o Joel Johnson Phillips > > s/o Squire Boone Phillips > > s/o George Phillips > > s/o John Phillips > > s/o James Phillips ( I wrote up a white paper on the John Phillips > > family that gave some strong indication that James and Mary Phillips > of > > Virginia were the parents of John. I believe I sent that to you some > > time back. I keep thinking I ought to do the DNA testing as I have a > > straight male line documented back to John and Amy - I just haven't > done > > it yet.) > > > > Thanks > > > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barbee Hodgkins [mailto:bhodgkin@oregonvos.net] > > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 10:59 PM > > To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Epidemics & Weather Catastrophes > > > > Hi John > > Appreciated the note about the cholera epidemic in Ray County MO. > John > > Phillips and wife Julia Taylor came to Oregon in 1852. There is a > > family story that they settled in the foothills of Marion County > Oregon > > away from the river because they feared disease. The other family > > story that I haven't tracked down is that: > > "The first night in Oregon they stayed with relatives in the > Willamette > > Valley and shot a deer from the front porch the next morning" Now who > > were the relatives that came earlier than 1852? > > Also wonder what John Mason, Mary G Paul's first husband died of only > > four years after the marriage? > > Barbee dau of > > John Sherman and Faith Wagner dau of > > Peter Edmund Wagner and Elizabeth Ann Phillips dau of > > Riley Polk Phillips and Elizabeth Abigail Rice son of > > John Phillips and Julia Ann Taylor son of > > Jesse Phillips and Mary (Polly) Reatherford son of > > John Phillips and Amai (unknown) son of > > a possible James Phillips and Mary > > > > On Nov 04, 2005, at 5:28 AM, Phillips, John wrote: > > > > > Pat, > > > > > > There supposedly was a cholera epidemic in Ray Co., Mo in 1854. > Both > > > George Phillips, his wife Mary G. Paul Phillips died 2 days apart in > > > June of 1854. There were also non-fatal attacks of cholera on a few > > of > > > the children but they seemed to have recovered. I have the doctor's > > > bills for the visits that were part of George's probate records. > > > > > > Sorry nothing more specific. > > > > > > John Phillips > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeff & Pat Carpenter Stano [mailto:carstano@comcast.net] > > > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:18 AM > > > To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [MORAY-CGA] Epidemics & Weather Catastrophes > > > > > > I have two questions. Would anyone know if there were any major > > > epidemics > > > and/or weather catastrophes that occurred in Ray County or MO in > > > general > > > during the years 1843 thru 1901? I am especially interested in Ray > > > County > > > for the year 1859. And, are there mortality schedules available for > > > Ray > > > County? Again, especially for the year 1859. > > > > > > Pat Stano-Carpenter > > > > > > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > > > The Ray County Historical Society maintains the Ray County Museum. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > > > Ray County Historical Society, PO Box 2, Richmond, MO 64085 > > > > > > > > bhodgkin@oregonvos.net > > > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > > Ray County Missouri was created in 1821 from Howard County. > > > > > > > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > > Ray County Genealogical Assn. > > 901 W. Royle > > Richmond, MO 60485 > > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > To contact MORAY-CGA List Manager, email > lisarps@aol.com {Lisa Smalley} > > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > The Ray County Historical Society maintains the Ray County Museum. >