This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ddekok140 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.tompkins/5033.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for sharing what you know of your grandfather's story. I looked him up in a 1908 Cornell alumni directory I acquired during my research. It shows him working for Westchester Lighting Co. in New Rochelle, N.Y., if that is of any interest to you. I would suspect he came down with typhoid from your story. Typhoid was an awful disease, and 28 Cornell students died. Do you recall your mother or grandmother ever mentioning anything about your grandfather's parents getting financial assistance from Andrew Carnegie to pay his medical bills from the epidemic? Carnegie, in part to mollify angry parents, offered to pay the bills (which could be substantial, as much as a year's wages for a workingman) of any Cornell student who had contracted the disease. If I run across anything that specifically mentions your grandfather, I'll pass it along. Thanks, David DeKok, ddekok@mac.com. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.