There were 4 members of the May family Greenfield township died September/October 1860. I was told by a relative that it was dyptheria. I didn't notice this on previous message I received on epidemics. Does anyone have any info on this.. John May *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/23/98, at 7:54 PM, Paul F. Wilson wrote: >I was wondering if there might have been some kind of epidemic in Berne >Township around 1860-61. Two members of the Phillips family, ages 8 and 13, >died within a month of each other in Oct/Nov 1861. They are buried in the >Old Catholic/Phillips cemetery. Another family named McGaughey lost four >children, ages 2-15, within a week of each other. They are buried in the >same cemetery. There are a few other folks in this cemetery who died around >this time. Would the newspapers have reported something like this? > >Sheila Rider >North Carolina >-----Original Message----- >From: Amy Johnson Crow <ajcrow@ix.netcom.com> >To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com>; Carol Swinehart ><cshart@greenapple.com> >Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 8:01 PM >Subject: Re: Epidemics throughout history > > >>Here's two Fairfield Co epidemics listed in Graham's 1883 "History of >>Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio" -- >> >>Lancaster, 1823 -- typhoid (described as affecting everyone in the village >>of Lancaster except for Frederick Foster and Christian Weaver). >> >>East Lancaster, August 1850 -- Cholera. Originated in Columbus and spread >>by a traveller from there. Thrity people died in two weeks. >> >>I didn't see any mention of Perry Co epidemics, but will post them if I do. >>Hope this helps :-) >> >>Amy >> >>---------- >>> From: Carol Swinehart <cshart@greenapple.com> >>> To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Epidemics throughout history >>> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 6:08 PM >>> >>> Originally from: >>> >>> >Donna Ristenbatt >>> >>> >der@redrose.net >>> >>> >http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy >>> >>> >To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com >>> >>> >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 16:25:04 -500 >>> >>> >Subject: Possible Reasons for Disappearing Ancestors >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> >> "In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors >>disappeared >>> >>> >> during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have >>always >>> >>> >> had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the >>> >>> >> genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing >>from >>> >>> >> records can be traced to 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 Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles >>> >>> >> 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles >>> >>> >> 1761 North America & West Indies: Influenza >>> >>> >> 1772 North America: Measles >>> >>> >> 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): >>Epidem(unknown) >>> >>> >> 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) >>> >>> >> 1788 Philadelphia & NY: Measles >>> >>> >> 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" >>> >>> >> 1793 Virginia: Influenza (killed 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, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis & >>> >>> >> Washington DC: 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 from Influenza than wounds. US >>Army >>> >>> >> training camps became death camps - with 80% death rate in >>some camps. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: >>> >>> >> 1833 Columbus, OH >>> >>> >> 1834 New York City >>> >>> >> 1849 New York >>> >>> >> 1851 Coles Co, IL >>> >>> >> 1851 The Great Plains >>> >>> >> 1851 Missouri >>> >>> >>> Thought you all would be interested in this information. If you know of >>epidemics that occurred in Fairfield County - let us know. Perhaps six >>children in your ancestors family died on yellow fever within a few weeks >>or in the same year. I am sure the 1833 Chlorea epidemic in Columbus must >>have effected the people in Fairfield County. >>> >>> >>> Many of the canal workers died on Malaria here in Fairfield County. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com >>> >>> <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing >>> List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >>> >>> <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: >>> http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org >>> >>> <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: >>> </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html >>> >>> My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, >>> Spohn >>> >>> <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: >>> http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks >>> John May http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/y/John-May/