I had seen the same thing in Portsmouth, Ohio, looking for my dad's family. They were boatmen on the river, and cholera was a big deal there, too. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury" <elizhgene@gmail.com> To: "CAROLYN Gibbons" <cng42@embarqmail.com>, nccumber@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:04:45 PM Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] Cholera Epidemic 1849 It was, especially when the water was low and even if they got it cleaned up it came in again on ships! I found this looking for Thomas Farish who was a merchant in Pittsboro or I never would have seen this. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:40 AM, CAROLYN Gibbons via <nccumber@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I have been reading the local (Fayetteville) newspapers for quite a while. I have often seen articles about cholera in Wilmington; some that there is none, some about epidemics. From my reading, I chink cholera was an ongoing problem. > > Carolyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty Lee Streckfuss via" <nccumber@rootsweb.com> > To: FredandMaryFran@gmail.com, nccumber@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:12:41 AM > Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] Cholera Epidemic 1849 > > How blessed I am to be on this mailing list. Thank you. Bettylee STRECKFUSS > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 24, 2016, at 9:52 AM, FredandMaryFran Powell via <nccumber@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Eliz, feeling really _ignorant_, I am unable to locate the article on >> cholera. I tried to read every heading, but apparently >> have missed it. Is there any other clue you might provide? >> >> TIA >> >> Mary Fran >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Eliz Hanebury via <nccumber@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >>> While looking for an article I had noted but couldn't save I found the >>> LOC had the paper and while looking for said <G> article I saw this. >>> So many of us have ancestors and kin who disappear with no or not much >>> trace I thought this could be of interest >>> >>> >>> Wilmington journal., January 12, 1849, Image 4 >>> >>> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026536/1849-01-12/ed-1/seq-4/ >>> >>> Prayer On the Cholera. >>> >>> Bishop Potter of the Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania has prepared a >>> form of prayer to be used in all the churches of the diocese, while >>> the Asiatic Cholera is threatening us with its ravages. >>> >>> >>> Eliz >>> Not Today and Not without a Fight >>> (Anon) >>> >>> For all that has been, thanks. >>> For all that will be, yes. >>> (Dag Hammarskjold) >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NCCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message