I can't say what happened in this case but probably not an epidemic. I have looked at a number death records in Virginia from 1853 to 1896. I have seen many cases of entire families dying over a short period of time because of infectious diseases. Smallpox, Typhiod Fever, Bronchitis and Pneumonia are common reasons. John DMarTaylor@aol.com wrote: > > In recent research on my WHITEHILL family, I found many of them died around > the same time in 1815. The first death was my gggg-granduncle John Whitehill > on August 1, 1815. Then, my gggg-grandfather, James Whitehill, and four of his > young sons died within weeks. They were buried in Old Millcreek Cemetery near > Hookstown. > > John Whitehill - August 21, 1815 > James Whitehill - August 22, 1815 > Robert Whitehill - August 31, 1815 > David Whitehill - August 31, 1815 > Isaac Whitehill - September 1, 1815 > > I assume there must have been some kind of epidemic. Does anyone know what it > was? > > Diane > > ==== PABEAVER Mailing List ==== > To contact Patti Caldwell, Listmistress, click below: > mailto:impattic@mediaone.net > remember, "Please practice random acts of kindness"........