Can anyone tell me if there was some sort of illness that took place in 1870 in Knox Co. Checking the Bird Cemetery I found several of my Bishop family, and three of them died in 1870. Seems a little odd that three of the children would die the same year unless there was some sort of illness going around. Thanks for any help. Sue

----- Original Message ----- From: Sue <kskramer@wcoil.com> To: <OHKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:40 PM Subject: [OHKNOX] WHAT ILLNESS HAPPENED IN 1870 > Can anyone tell me if there was some sort of illness that > took place in 1870 in Knox Co. Checking the Bird Cemetery > I found several of my Bishop family, and three of them died in > 1870. Seems a little odd that three of the children would die > the same year unless there was some sort of illness going around. > Thanks for any help. > Sue > > > > ==== OHKNOX Mailing List ==== > This list is designed to provide a discussion forum for anyone who has an interest in Knox County Ohio. > To search this list go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter OHKNOX for the list name. > > Sue: I don't have any answers to your illness question, but I noticed that about the Bishops, also, and that they were all adults. I counted ten deaths in 1870 in that cemetery. I was wondering if you had a Clara Bishop in your family. Maiden name was Kinnard, probably born between 1890 to 1910? Thank you--Marilyn