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 >