I thought this might interest someone. Adams County Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio volume 2; page 9 West Union was Plagued with Cholera (Editor's note: A news story published in the Adams County Democrat on August 7, 1851 and republished in The Peoples Defender on January 17, 1957, tells of the cholera plague during the middle of the last century in West Union and surrounding area.) " Need we offer an apology for not issuing our newspaper this week and last - whilst our fellow -citizens and neighbors are sick and dying all around us daily ? Every business, house and mechanic shop in our town, has for several days been closed - and we have been sick and have no heart to work. For a few hours at a time, our citizens cheer up, believing that the sickness is over, but all of a sudden we hear of new cases which keeps us almost continually despondent. Sunday, July 27, 1851 will never be forgotten by the citizens of West Union; there were, on that day, six burials at our public burying ground, five of whom were apparently in the enjoyment of good health on Friday evening: yea, some of them were well on Saturday . On Monday morning, our citizens commenced leaving town, and by Saturday night , fully two thirds of our population was off in different directions, during which time the disease raged with increased violence. "The following list embraces those who have died of cholera and other diseases in West Union and may be relied upon as emphatically correct: Frances and George Shinn, Mrs. Elizabeth Lytle, Francis A.G. Shinn, H.N. Cole, Mrs. Margaret Buchanan, Mrs. Mary Lafferty, John Buchanan, Thomas Prather, Wilson Prather, Ann Olivia Prather, Mary O. Prather, George Grant, Margaret McCaully, William Santee, Miss Caroline Lafferty, Mrs. Catherine McCauly, Louis Sanders, Alice Brooks Prather, Mrs. Jane Crawford, Mrs. Mary Hitchens, Frances H. Hayslip, Mrs. Margaret A. Hayslip, Andrew Haines, Cornelia Santee, Mrs. Elizabeth Meider, General Joseph Darlington, Mrs. Sanders and Robert Jackman, Esq. " The following persons died in this vicinity with cholera: Parker Y. Young, Miss Mary Young, Mrs. Mary Owen, Miss Elizannah Owen and ArthurMcFarland,Sr. " In this place on the 19th instant, Jeremiah Grant, aged 6 years, and on the 30th, Sophia Grant, aged 6 years. These children were twins - their parents being dead , they were living with their uncle, George Grant - they had the measles, which is what was suppose to have caused their deaths. " on the 14th ult.,(?) Mrs. Abigail Gray, aged 56 years. The deceased was a very pious and amiable lady, a kind neighbor and a good citizen. "Many extravagant reports have been put in circulation in regard to the spread of the cholera in our mist. The people in some parts of the county have it that the houses of the late W. Prather and Buchanan were shut up for several days and when opened, were found to be full o green flies, et cetra. We are glad to have the proud satisfaction of informing our brethren in the county that all such reports are false. Our citizens have acted very prudently, having seen that every house was properly ventilated, and every thing kept nice and clean. "We are requested to state, for the benefit of the subscribers of the Intelligencer, that in consequence of the death of Mr. Jackman, that publication will cease for the present.