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}

Thanks for the list of epidemics it is most helpful and is most likely an influencing factor in triggering the immigration patterns found in my families. On Nov 09, 2005, at 9:15 AM, Phillips, John wrote: > 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 > >