Sue, The town of Howard was besieged with an epidemic of what is believed to have been Typhoid during the year 1855. Many people died as a result of this terrible disease. I would not be surprised to learn it was elsewhere in the county. Our county newspaper files from January to November 1855 are sadly non-existent. Linn makes no mention of this epidemic. He does state that it was the year of the locusts; a hailstorm came on July 6th; July was a remarkably wet month. Other than that he is silent. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, BAHS Class of 2003 Student Representative, BASD Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"

Thanks for the information, Justin. Little bits of information like this make our ancestors seem more alive to us. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <JKHouser84@aol.com> To: <PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] 1855 - Epidemic??? Sue, The town of Howard was besieged with an epidemic of what is believed to have been Typhoid during the year 1855. Many people died as a result of this terrible disease. I would not be surprised to learn it was elsewhere in the county. Our county newspaper files from January to November 1855 are sadly non-existent. Linn makes no mention of this epidemic. He does state that it was the year of the locusts; a hailstorm came on July 6th; July was a remarkably wet month. Other than that he is silent. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, BAHS Class of 2003 Student Representative, BASD Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" ==== PACENTRE Mailing List ==== Commercial Advertising on this List, or E-mails expressly directing subscribers thereto, must be cleared with the listowner (JKHouser84@aol.com)