I'm searching mostly for information on two young girls that were wards of Dr. Cyrus F. KRAUSER. The girls names were Ida & Annie REYNOLDS possible ages 10 & 12 in 1873. I've been told that Dr. KRAUSER lived on Creek Road in Glen Moore Village, Chester Co. about 1873. Annie & Ida's parents are believed to be Catherine (MCCURDY b.1840) & Isaac D. REYNOLDS. Any information would be welcomed. Would there be mortality schedules for Chester & surrounding counties for the years 1800 thru 1880? If so, where would they be held? Thank you, Terry Searching for direct line MCCURDY. Surnames of females that married McCurdy men, Talbot or Kelly, Myers (pa), Summons (pa), Keyser, Habecker (pa), Hollinger (pa), Lewis (pa), Fox (pa), Henry, Jackson, Seidel, Aldom, Egan, Romig, Stetler, Shaw , Parker, Glinsky, Comfort (pa). Surnames of males who married McCurdy women, Reynolds (pa), Hoffecker (pa), Bitler (pa), Michener, Appert, Elliott, Albert. also searching for: ABORGAST(wv), ANDERSON (fl., wv), BITLER (pa), BERTOLDI (nj), CAPPER, CHANNELL (wv), CHAPMAN (wv), COGAR (wv), COLLINS, CONRAD (wv, fl, ca, DAHLSTROM, DODRILL (wv), ELLIOTT (pa), FOX (pa), GERHART (pa), GLINSKI (pa), GREGORY (wv), GROFF, HOVIS (mo), HUFF, HYER, HORCHLER (md), HOLSINGER, HINZMAN (wv), HERRLINGER (pa, ny), HINES, HICKS, HATHAWAY, HASSON (nj), HAMRICK (wv), HOFFECKER (pa), HENRY (pa), HABECKER (pa), HOLLINGER (pa), JACKSON (pa), JAMISON (wv,), KELLY (pa), KNIGHTSEY (wash.d.c.), KEYSER (pa), LYNCH, LOUGH, LONG, LEES (ma), LANTZ (wv), LEWIS (pa), MICHENER (pa), MACE (pa, wv, Ind.), MAUGER, MCATEE (wv), MCCURDY (pa), MILLER, MORRISON, MOYER (pa), MICK (wv), MCNUTT, MCCARTNEY, MUSGRAVE (wv), MUNYON (nj, pa), MYERS (pa), NOTTINGHAM, OGDEN (wv), PFADENHAUER, PEARMAN, REIDEL, REYNOLDS (pa), ROYER, ROMIG (pa, fla,), RICE (ca), REITNAUER (pa), RUSSEL, SHAW (va wv), SNODGRASS, SHOBE, SMYTH (ca), SMITH, SANFORD, SANDS, SEIDEL (pa), SUMMONS (pa), STETLER (pa), SWANSON, STETSON, TALBOT, THOMPSON, TRAXLER, VANCE, VANDEVENDER, WARE (wash.d.c., va, wv) WILLIAMS (wv).

I recently learned via the list that my gg grandfather John S. Hawk was in all likelyhood in business as a cabinet maker in Chambersburg from Sept 1830 until March of 1832. I am particularly interested to know if anyone has or knows of a source for pictures of the area of Chambersburg known as the diamond during or close to that period. I would doubt that many photographs would exist. That area was most probably burned in 1864; I have seen some pictures of the burned area but do not know if the specific area I'm interested in is shown. Perhaps some sketches or paintings exist which show the" northeast corner of the diamond, three doors from the Court House", which is where the cabinet makers shop was located. I'll look at Kittochtinny Hist Soc. the next time I'm there, but in the mean time, I'm asking the list. -- Bill Hawk

HHite94965@aol.com wrote: > I understand the Franklin Co. Courthouse was built in 1793. My GGG > Grandfather Jacob Grow was born 15 Sept. 1792....... > Ken, You need to go to the Kittochtinny Historical Society at the Old Jail in Chambersburg. They may have a church record for you. You can write to them at 175 E. King St. P.O. Box 733 Chambersburg PA 17201 be sure to include a sase. Nothing happens without one. you can call , but winter hours are in effect, so only Tues eves 5-8 pm or Wed or Thurs afternoons from 12 to 4. 717-264-1667. Happy Hunting Bill Hawk -- Bill Hawk whsaxman@philly.infi.net "It is indeed desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors"-Plutarch HAUCK,STUMP,HAWK,REGES,SPAHR,SENSENY,HUBER,MUSSELMAN,MELL,WOLF,STUTENROTH,WELLIVER,(PA 1751- now); KILLOUGH,MCCAUGHAN,RANKIN,CHESTNUTT,MCALLISTER (NIR>PA USA 1794-now)

>I understand the Franklin Co. Courthouse was built in 1793. My GGG >Grandfather Jacob Grow was born 15 Sept. 1792. I'm trying to get a birth >cert. for him. Was records kept before the courthouse was built? Does anyone >have a suggestion on were I could look? > >Ken Hite, Jr. >York, Pa. >HHite94965@aol.com Before the 1880s very few birth records were kept at the courthouse, if any. That as the "duty" of the local church. Any courthouse records were burned in 1864 by Confederate soldiers. Finding a birth record before that or up until around the 1880s will be tough! Church records are your best bet as well as any local newspapers. The State centralized birth and death records from 1906 to the present. Curt Sanders ************* ICQ# 10936209 AIM: K3URT http://www.paonline.com/csanders (Personal--genealogy & amateur radio service) http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/adams.htm (Adams Co., PA GENWEB Coordinator)

The surname DUNMIRE is connected to the Franklin County Courthouse and records. I would be very interested in anyone researching this name or willing to look up information . Ann agatha1@flash.net

I understand the Franklin Co. Courthouse was built in 1793. My GGG Grandfather Jacob Grow was born 15 Sept. 1792. I'm trying to get a birth cert. for him. Was records kept before the courthouse was built? Does anyone have a suggestion on were I could look? Ken Hite, Jr. York, Pa. HHite94965@aol.com

GLOSSARY OF DISEASES Outdated Term Current Term AMERICAN PLAGUE ? yellow fever APOPLEXY ? paralysis due to stroke BAD BLOOD ? Syphilis BILIOUSNESS ? liver disease symptoms Bilious is defined as having an undue amount of bile. Bilious fever is defined as a fever _supposed_ to be caused by a liver disorder. (It probably also has something to do with gallbladder disease.) BLOOD POISONING ? Septicemia (overwhelming bacterial BRAIN FEVER ? today known as meningitis BRIGHT'S DISEASE ? Glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation) CATALEPSY ? seizures/trances CHLOROSIS ? iron deficiency anemia CHOLERA ? an acute infectious disease characterized by severe diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps and prostration. The severe dehydration leads to shock and death. CONGESTIVE FEVER ? malaria CONSUMPTION ? Tuberculosis, pulmonary CRETINISM ? Hypothyroidism, congential DROPSY ? Congestive heart failure ??taken from an old "Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary" ? 'dropsy; from Hydrops, a condition rather than a disease. Morbid accumulation of water in the tissues and cavities.' It goes on to mention dropsy of the amnion, belly, brain, heart, chest, peritoneum, tubes (e.g. fallopian) and uterus. It could be congestive heart failure or just a general accumulation of fluid in unwanted places. (Not the bladder after too much beer though! #1? A condition rather than a disease. Morbid accumulation of water in the tissues and cavities. (chest=thorax) #2? a fever with vomiting of bile. (a symptom due to disordered condition of the liver. FATTY LIVER ? Cirrhosis GLANDULAR FEVER ? Mononucleosis GRIPPE ? an old term for influenza JAIL FEVER ? Typhus LOCK JAW ? Tetanus LUNG FEVER ? pneumonia LUNG SICKNESS ? Tuberculosis MILK SICK ? poisoning resulting from the drinking of milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as white snake root MORMAL ? gangreen PLAGUE/BLACK DEATH ? Bubonic Plague PODAGRA ? Gout POTTS DISEASE ? Tuberculosis of the spinal vertebrae QUINSY ? another name for tonsillitis; acute inflammation of the tonsil <& surrounding tissue>, usually forming an abscess. SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN ? cerebral hemorrhage/stroke VARIOLA ? smallpox WINTER FEVER ? pneumonia OLD DISEASES AND THEIR MODERN DEFINITIONS ? PART 2 [note: contributor's names in (_).] CAMP FEVER & JAIL FEVER, etc. ? TYPHUS & TYPHOID (Tom Lincoln): typhus was never seen (for example, in the Civil War) in the United States. Thus camp fever (in the U.S.) usually referred to TYPHOID. (D.G. Gardner): it was an American physician, William Gerhard, who first made clear the distinction between typhoid fever and (epidemic) typhus. [note: This was in 1830] It took 20?30 years for others. It must not have been uncommon in C19 America. "Since TYPHUS is to some extent a crowding disease??the lice that carry the germ can infect more people in cities, jails [why it was sometimes called Jail Fever], military camps [camp fever], and so forth, I have to believe that typhus was a problem during the Civil War. (Fred Rump): Typhus does not equal typhoid, of course, but it is common to confuse the two diseases due to the similar? ity in their names. The reservoir of typhoid fever is humans. Mode of transmission of typhoid fever is by food & water contaminated by feces and urine of patients and carriers. CANINE MADNESS ? Hydrophobia [morbid fear of water] CHLOROSIS ? Iron Deficiency anemia (Tom Lincoln): also a number of confounding diseases ?? like leukemia ?? that were not recognized at the time. COMMOTION ? Concussion CONSUMPTION ? Tuberculosis (Tom Lincoln): effect of the disease was that of wasting away. (George Thurston): TB, but also dysentery and other "wasting" diseases that rendered their victims a bag of bones. CORRUPTION ? Infection CORYZA ? A cold COSTIVENESS ? Constipation CRAMP COLIC ? Appendicitis CROUP ? Croup (still around) (George Thurston): a congested cough that babies get. DEATH FROM "TEETH" OR "TEETHING" (Tom Lincoln): Tooth infections with inflammation and cellu? litis were clearly important causes of illness and death before there was adequate dentistry.

(continued from last message) Furuncle. See boil. Gangrene. Death and decay of tissue in a part of the body??usually a limb??due to injury, disease, or failure of blood supply. Synonym: mortification. Gleet. See catarrh. Gravel. A disease characterized by multiple small calculi (stones or concretions of mineral salts) which are formed in the kidneys, passed along the ureters to the bladder, and expelled with the urine. Synonym: kidney stone. Hectic fever. A daily recurring fever with profound sweating, chills, and flushed appearance?? often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or septic poisoning. Hives. A skin eruption of wheals (smooth, slightly elevated areas on the skin) which is redder or paler than the surrounding skin. Often attended by severe itching, it usually changes its size or shape or disappears within a few hours. It is the dermal evidence of allergy. See the discussion under croup; also called cynanche trachealis. In the mid?nineteenth century, hives was a commonly given cause of death of children three years and under. Because true hives does not kill, croup was probably the actual cause of death in those children. Hospital fever. See typhus. Hydrocephalus. See dropsy. Hydrothorax. See dropsy. Icterus. See jaundice. Inanition. Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation. A condition characterized by marked weakness, extreme weight loss, and a decrease in metabolism resulting from severe and prolonged (usually weeks to months) insufficiency of food. Infection. The affection or contamination of a person, organ, or wound with invading, multiplying, disease?producing germs??such as bacteria, rickettsiae, viruses, molds, yeasts, and protozoa. In the early part of the last century, infections were thought to be the propagation of disease by effluvia (see above) from patients crowded together. "Miasms" were believed to be substances which could not be seen in any form??emanations not apparent to the senses. Such miasms were understood to act by infection. Inflammation. Redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissue to injurious agents. This mechanism serves as a localized and protective response to injury. The word ending ?itis denotes inflammation on the part indicated by the word stem to which it is attached??that is, appendicitis, pleuritis, etc. Microscopically, it involves a complex series of events, including enlargement of the sizes of blood vessels; discharge of fluids, including plasma proteins; and migration of leukocytes (white blood cells) into the inflammatory focus. In the last century, cause of death often was listed as inflammation of a body organ??such as, brain or lung??but this was purely a descriptive term and is not helpful in identifying the actual underlying disease. Intussusception. The slipping of one part within another, as the prolapse of one part of the intestine into the lumen of an immediately adjoining part. This leads to obstruction and often must be relieved by surgery. Synonym: introsusception. Jail fever. See typhus. Jaundice. Yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, and mucous membranes, due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood??often symptomatic of certain diseases, such as hepatitis, obstruction of the bile duct, or cancer of the liver. Synonym: icterus. Kidney stone. See gravel. Kings evil. A popular name for scrofula. The name originated in the time of Edward the Confessor, with the belief that the disease could be cured by the touch of the king of England. Lockjaw. Tetanus, a disease in which the jaws become firmly locked together. Synonyms: trismus, tetanus. Malignant fever. See typhus. Marasmus. Malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by an insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability. In the mid?nineteenth century, specific causes were associated with specific ages: In infants under twelve months old, the causes were believed to be unsuitable food, chronic vomiting, chronic diarrhea, and inherited syphilis. Between one and three years, marasmus was associated with rickets or cancer. After the age of three years, caseous (cheeselike) enlargement of the mesenteric glands (located in the peritoneal fold attaching the small intestine to the body wall) became a given cause of wasting. (See tabes mesenterica.) After the sixth year, chronic pulmonary tuberculosis appeared to be the major cause. Marasmus is now considered to be related to kwashiorkor, a severe protein deficiency. Meningitis. Inflammation of the meninges (the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord), especially of the pia mater and arachnoid??caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized high fever, severe headache, and stiff neck or back muscles. Synonym: brain fever. Morbus. Latin word for disease. In the last century, when applied to a particular disease, morbus was associated with some qualifying adjective or noun, indicating the nature or seat of such disease. Examples: morbus cordis, heart disease; morbus caducus, epilepsy or failing sickness. Neuralgia. Sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a sensory nerve. There are many causes: anemia, diabetes, gout, malaria, syphilis. Many varieties of neuralgia are distinguished according to the part affected??such as face, arm, leg. Paristhmitis. See quinsy. Petechial fever. See typhus. Phthisis. See consumption. Pleurisy. Inflammation of the pleura, the membranous sac lining the chest cavity, with or without fluid collected in the pleural cavity. Symptoms are chills, fever, dry cough, and pain in the affected side (a stitch). Pneumonia. Inflammation of the lungs with congestion or consolidation???caused by viruses, bacteria, or physical and chemical agents. Pus. A yellow?white, more or less viscid substance found in abscesses and sores, consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are formed and suspended by the process of inflammation. Putrid fever. See typhus. Putrid sore throat. Ulceration of an acute form, attacking the tonsils and rapidly running into sloughing of the fauces (the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading to the pharynx). Pyrexia. See dysentery. Quinsy. A fever, or a febrile condition. An acute inflammation of the tonsils, often leading to an abscess; peritonsillar abscess. Synonyms: suppurative tonsillitis, cynanche tonsillaris, paristhmitis, sore throat. Scarlatina. Scarlet fever. A contagious febrile disease, caused by infection with the bacteria group. A beta?hemolytic streptococci (which elaborate a toxin with an affinity for red blood cells) and characterized by a scarlet eruption, tonsillitis, and pharyngitis. Scrofula. Primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those in the neck. A disease of children and young adults, it represents a direct extension of tuberculosis into the skin from underlying lymph nodes. It evolves into cold abscesses, multiple skin ulcers, and draining sinus tracts. Synonym: king's evil. Septic. Infected, a condition of local or generalized invasion of the body by disease?causing microorganisms (germs) or their toxins. Ship fever. See typhus. Spotted fever. See typhus. Suffocation. The stoppage of respiration. In the nineteenth century, suffocation was reported as being accidental or homicidal. The accidents could be by the impaction of pieces of food or other obstacles in the pharynx or by the entry of foreign bodies into the larynx (as a seed, coin, or food). Suffocation of newborn children by smothering under bedclothes may have happened from carelessness as well as from intent. However, the deaths also could have been due to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), wherein the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant, while asleep, typically occurs between the ages of three weeks and five months and is not explained by careful postmortem studies. Synonyms of SIDS: crib death and cot death. It was felt that victims of homicidal suffocation were chiefly infants or feeble and infirm persons. Summer complaint. See cholera infantum. Suppuration. The production of pus. Tabes mesenterica. Tuberculosis of the mesenteric glands in children, resulting in digestive derangement and wasting of the body. Teething. The entire process which results in the eruption of the teeth. Nineteenth?century medical reports stated that infants were more prone to disease at the time of teething. Symptoms were restlessness, fretfulness, convulsions, diarrhea, and painful and swollen gums. The latter could be relieved by lancing over the protruding tooth. Often teething was reported as a cause of death in infants. Perhaps they became susceptible to infections, especially if lancing was performed without antisepsis. Another explanation of teething as a cause of death is that infants were often weaned at the time of teething; perhaps they then died from drinking contaminated milk, leading to an infection, or from malnutrition if watered?down milk was given. Tetanus. An infectious, often?fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium, Clostridium tetani, that enters the body through wounds; characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Synonyms: trismus, lockjaw. Thrush. A disease characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, tongue, and fauces caused by a parasitic fungus, Candida albicans. Thrush usually affects sick, weak infants and elderly individuals in poor health. Now it is a common complication from excessive use of broad?spectrum antibiotics or cortisone treatment. Synonyms: aphthae, sore mouth, aphthous stomatitis. Trismus nascentium or neonatorum. A form of tetanus seen only in infants, almost invariably in the first five days of life, probably due to infection of the umbilical stump. Typhoid fever An infectious, often?fatal, febrile disease, usually occurring in the summer months??characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which is usually introduced by food or drink. Symptoms include prolonged hectic fever, malaise, transient characteristic skin rash (rose spots), abdominal pain, enlarged spleen, slowness of heart rate, delirium, and low white?blood cell count. The name came from the disease's similarity to typhus (see below). Synonym: enteric fever. Typhus. An acute, infectious disease caused by several micro?organism species of Rickettsia (transmitted by lice and fleas) and characterized by acute prostration, high fever, depression, delirium, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body. The epidemic or classic form is louse borne; the endemic or murine is flea borne. Synonyms: typhus fever, malignant fever (in the 1850s), jail fever, hospital fever, ship fever, putrid fever, brain fever, bilious fever, spotted fever, petechial fever, camp fever. Virus. An ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals. In the early 1800s virus meant poison, venom, or contagion. Yellow fever. An acute, often?fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates??caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, especially Aledes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice, fever, and protein in the urine. In 1900 Walter Reed and others in Panama found that mosquitoes transmit the disease. Clinicians in. the late nineteenth century recognized "specific yellow fever" as being different from "malarious yellow fever." The latter supposedly was a form of malaria with liver involvement but without urine involvement. NOTES AND REFERENCES William Cullen, First Lines of the Practice of Physic with Practical and Explanatory Notes by John Rotheram (New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1801 ); Robert Hooper, Lexicon?Medicum or Medical Dictionary (New York: J. & J. Harper, 1826); Marshall Hail, The Principles of Diagnosis (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1835); Robley Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise Account of the Various Subjects and Terms (Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1844); Richard D. Hoblyn, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences (Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1865); William Aitken, The Science and Practice of Medicine, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1872); Richard Quain, ed., A Dictionary of Medicine (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883); Austin Flint, A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine (Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1884); George M. Gould, An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology, and Allied Sciences (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1901); Glentworth Reeve Butler, The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine (New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1903); The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 2d ed., unabridged (New York: Random House, 1987); Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1988). From the article "Disease and Death in the Nineteenth Century: A Genealogical Perspective", by James Byars Carter, M.D. Exerpted from a complete article on the subject from The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 76, (Dec 1988) pp 289?301.

(continued from last message) Cholera. An acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and now occasionally epidemic elsewhere??characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. It is caused by a potent toxin discharged by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which acts on the small intestine to cause secretion of large amounts of fluid. The painless, watery diarrhea and the passing of rice?water stool are characteristic. Great body?salt depletion occurs. Cholera is spread by feces?contaminated water and food. Major epidemics struck the United States in the years 1832, 1849, and 1866. In the 1830s the causes were generally thought to be intemperance in the use of ardent spirits or drinking bad water; uncleanness, poor living or crowded and ill?ventilated dwellings; and too much fatigue. By 1850 cholera was thought to be caused by putrid animal poison and miasma or pestilential vapor rising from swamps and marshes??or that it entered the body through the lungs or was transmitted through the medium of clothing. It was still believed that it attacked the poor, the dissolute, the diseased, and the fearful?? while the healthy, well?clad, well?fed, and fearless man escaped the ravages of cholera. Cholera infantum. A common, noncontagious diarrhea of young children, occurring in summer or autumn. In the nineteenth century it was considered indigenous to the United States; was prevalent during the hot weather in most of the towns of the middle and southern states, as well as many western areas; and was characterized by gastric pain, vomiting, purgation, fever, and prostration. It was common among the poor and in hand?fed babies. Death frequently occurred in three to five days. Synonyms: summer complaint, weaning brash, water gripes, choleric fever of children, cholera morbus. Chorea. Any of several diseases of the nervous system, characterized by jerky movements that appear to be well coordinated but are performed involuntarily, chiefly of the face and extremities. Synonym: Saint Vitus' dance. Chronic. Persisting over a long period of time as opposed to acute or sudden. This word was often the only one entered under "cause of death" in the mortality schedules. The actual disease meant by the term is open to speculation. Colic. Paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels. Infantile colic is benign paroxysmal abdominal pain during the first three months of life. Colic rarely caused death; but in the last century a study reported that in cases of death, intussusception (the prolapse of one part of the intestine into the lumen of an immediately adjoining part) occasionally occurred. Renal colic can occur from disease in the kidney, gallstone colic from a stone in the bile duct. Congestion. An excessive or abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part or blood vessel. In congestive fever (see text), the internal organs become gorged with blood. Consumption. A wasting away of the body; formerly applied especially to pulmonary tuberculosis. The disorder is now known to be an infectious disease caused by the bacterial species Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Synonyms: marasmus (in the mid?nineteenth century), phthisis. Convulsions. Severe contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremities, trunk, and head. See epilepsy. Coryza. See catarrh. Croup. Any obstructive condition of the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe), characterized by a hoarse, barking cough and difficult breathing occurring chiefly in infants and children. The obstruction could be caused by allergy, a foreign body, infection, or new growth (tumor). In the early?nineteenth century it was called cynanche trachealis. The crouping noise was similar to the sound emitted by a chicken affected with the pip, which in some parts of Scotland was called roup; hence, probably, the term croup. Synonyms: roup, hives, choak, stuffing, rising of the lights. Debility. Abnormal bodily weakness or feebleness; decay of strength. This was a term descriptive of a patient's condition and of no help in making a diagnosis. Synonym: asthenia. Diphtheria. An acute infectious disease caused by toxigenic strains of the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, acquired by contact with an infected person or a carrier of the disease. It was usually confined to the upper respiratory tract (throat) and characterized by the formation of a tough membrane (false membrane) attached firmly to the underlying tissue that would bleed if forcibly removed. In the nineteenth century the disease was occasionally confused with scarlet fever and croup. Dropsy. A contraction for hydropsy. Edema, the presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in intercellular tissue spaces or body cavities. Abdominal dropsy is ascites; brain dropsy is hydrocephalus; and chest dropsy is hydrothorax. Cardiac dropsy is a symptom of disease of the heart and arises from obstruction to the current of blood through the heart, lungs, or liver. Anasarca is general fluid accumulation throughout the body. Dysentery. A term given to a number of disorders marked by inflammation of the intestines (especially of the colon) and attended by pain in the abdomen, by tenesmus (straining to defecate without the ability to do so), and by frequent stools containing blood and mucus. The causative agent may be chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms. There are two specific varieties: (1) amebic dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; (2) bacillary dysentery caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella. Dysentery was one of the most severe scourges of armies in the nineteenth century. The several forms of dysentery and diarrhea accounted for more than one?fourth of all the cases of disease reported during the first two years of the Civil War. Synonyms: flux, bloody flux, contagious pyrexia (fever), frequent griping stools. Eclampsia. A form of toxemia (toxins??or poisons??in the blood) accompanying pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria (protein in the urine), by hypertension (high blood pressure), and by convulsions. In the last century, the term was used for any form of convulsion. Edema. See dropsy. Effluvia. Exhalations or emanations, applied especially to those of noxious character. In the mid?nineteenth century, they were called "vapours" and distinguished into the contagious effluvia, such as rubeolar (measles); marsh effluvia, such as miasmata; and those arising from animals or vegetables, such as odors. Emphysema, pulmonary. A chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs, characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs and accompanied by destruction of the tissue lining the walls of the air sacs. By 1900 the condition was recognized as a chronic disease of the lungs associated with marked dyspnea (shortness of breath), hacking cough, defective aeration (oxygenation) of the blood, cyanosis (blue color of facial skin), and a full and rounded or "barrel?shaped" chest. This disease is now most commonly associated with tobacco smoking. Enteric fever. See typhoid fever. Epilepsy. A disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petittnal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal). Synonyms: falling sickness, fits. Erysipelas. An acute, febrile, infectious disease, caused by a specific group ~4 streptococcus bacterium and characterized by a diffusely spreading, deep?red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes causing a rash with a well?defined margin. Synonyms: Rose, Saint Anthony's Fire (from its burning heat or, perhaps, because Saint Anthony was supposed to cure it miraculously). Flux. See dysentery. (continued in next message)

Received the following through Rootsweb......Same names although a different time frame. Thought I pass it along incase any of this sounds familiar. You will need to respond directly to Jan Curci concerning this information. thanks, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Curci <wmcurci@aol.com> To: <christopher_jan@msn.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 12:13 PM Subject: PML Search Result matching Leighty or Lichty or Leidig or Leidich or Laydig > ============================================================ > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ============================================================ > Source: GC-County of General<br>Quebec, Canada Query Forum > URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Canada/Quebec/General?read=2273 > Subject: c 1850 Grew (Giroux) Julius (Julien, Jules?) Quebec b. c1862 > > > Surname: Grew, Giroux, Grow, Gero, Gerow > ------------------------- > > My ancestor, Julius Grew (could be Jules or Julien Giroux or other French > spellings) was born in Quebec. Parents' given names are not known. > > He became a citizen September 1, 1880. He died December 31, 1891 of unknown > causes at the age of 40. He could have been older than 40, but we do not > have his exact birthdate. > > Here is what Julius Grew's naturalization paper says: > > On 1 September 1880 Julius Grew presented his petition for naturalization > to the court of common pleas of Somerset PA and having made proof that > he declared before the prothonotary of said on the 1 September 1880 his > > intention to become a citizen of the United States and that he was under > the age of 18 years when he arrived in this country and proven by Jonathan > D. Lichty that he has resided in the United States for 5 years and in the > state of Pennsylvania one year as prescribed by the act of congress and > having taken the oath presented he was by the order of the court admitted > a citizen of the United States. > > As far as we know he is the only "Grew" who came to Somerset Co. PA. He > married Catherine Lichty, the daughter of Jonathan D. Lichty. > > 1880 > > 0018 > > 1862 would be proof that his birth date was around 1860 or so. > > Any suggestions or leads would be most welcome to wmcurci@aol.com > > >

Ed Wright lives in Westminster, MD. As I recall, his Wrights came from eastern Maryland. He is the author/compiler of many books, so his books on Cumberland County should not be construed to suggest his own ancestral link with that county. Richard R. Weber ----- Original Message ----- From: <ACMBJC@aol.com> To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 2:06 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] Re: [PACUMBER]--F. Edward Wright/"Abstarcts of Cumberland Co.Church Records & Wills" > > > << > Regarding the post below, I am interested in the author, F. Edward Wright, > who compiled the records named below. I have a 2nd Gr-gm, Nancy WRIGHT b. > abt. 1776, Cumberland/Franklin Co., PA,>Allegheny Co., PA, ca. 1807 with my > 2nd Gr-gf, James THOMSON, and d. ca. 1815-1823, Allegheny Co., PA; place of > burial unknown. > > I anyone has information about the author, or the WRIGHT surname, I would > like to compare notes. > > Thank you for your time. > > Marybeth Corrigall > ACMBJC@aol.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > In a message dated 1/3/0 12:54:23 AM, Marilyn wrote: > > <<Hi, list: > I recently received copies of the "Cumberland County, PA, Church Records of > The 18th Century," by F. Edward Wright, Family Line Pub., Westminster, MD > 2117, 1994 > and > Abstracts of Cumberland County Wills 17509-1785 by F. Edward Wright, Willow > Bend Books, Westminster, MD 1992. > > I ordered these two books in error. If anyone is interested in purchasing > them, please contact me at mhersey@aol.com. They were $14 and $13.50. > > Marilyn Brown > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Need to find a location?? > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > >> > > </XMP> > >> >

MEDICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Most of the definitions of diagnoses in the glossary that follows are from medical dictionaries or medical texts compiled at different points in the nineteenth century. [see NOTES AND REFERENCES at end of article]. To determine which medical terms should be defined, the author has surveyed various mortality schedules, death certificates, and other medical sources of the nineteenth century. While he has tried to submit the best?possible interpretation of these terms, there are certainly other interpretations which may be valid. Glossary Abscess. A localized collection of pus buried in tissues, organs, or confined spaces of the body, often accompanied by swelling and inflammation and frequently caused by bacteria. The brain, lung, or kidney (for instance) could be involved. See boil. Addison's disease. A disease characterized by severe weakness, low blood pressure, and a bronzed coloration of the skin, due to decreased secretion of cortisol from the adrenal gland. Dr. Thomas Addison (1793?1860), born near Newcastle, England, described the disease in 1855. Synonyms: Morbus addisonii, bronzed skin disease. Ague. Malarial or intermittent fever characterized by paroxysms (stages of chills, fever, and sweating at regularly recurring times) and followed by an interval or intermission whose length determines the epithets: quotidian, tertian, quartan, and quintan ague (defined in the text). Popularly, the disease was known as "fever and ague," "chill fever," "the shakes," and by names expressive of the locality in which it was prevalent??such as, "swamp fever" (in Louisiana), "Panama fever," and "Chagres fever." Ague?cake. A form of enlargement of the spleen, resulting from the action of malaria on the system. Anasarca. Generalized massive dropsy. See dropsy. Aphthae. See thrush. Aphthous stomatitis. See canker. Ascites. See dropsy. Asthenia. See debility. Bilious fever. A term loosely applied to certain enteric (intestinal) and malarial fevers. See typhus. Biliousness. A complex of symptoms comprising nausea, abdominal discomfort, headache, and constipation??formerly attributed to excessive secretion of bile from the liver. Boil. An abscess of skin or painful, circumscribed inflammation of the skin or a hair follicle, having a dead, pus?forming inner core, usually caused by a staphylococcal infection. Synonym: furuncle. Brain fever. See meningitis, typhus. Bronchial asthma. A paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of breathing, characterized by spasm of the bronchial tubes of the lungs, wheezing, and difficulty in breathing air outward??often accompanied by coughing and a feeling of tightness in the chest. In the nineteenth century the direct causes were thought to be dust, vegetable irritants, chemical vapors, animal emanations, climatic influences, and bronchial inflammation??all of which were reasonable guesses. The indirect causes were thought to be transmissions by the nervous system or by the blood from gout, syphilis, skin disease, renal disease, or heredity. Only the latter cause was a reasonable assumption. Camp fever. See typhus. Cancer. A malignant and invasive growth or tumor (especially tissue that covers a surface or lines a cavity), tending to recur after excision and to spread to other sites. In the nineteenth century, physicians noted that cancerous tumors tended to ulcerate, grew constantly, and progressed to a fatal end and that there was scarcely a tissue they would not invade. Synonyms: malignant growth, carcinoma. Cancrum otis. A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer of the cheek and lip, rapidly proceeding to sloughing. In the last century it was seen in delicate, ill?fed, ill?tended children between the ages of two and five. The disease was the result of poor hygiene acting upon a debilitated system. It commonly followed one of the eruptive fevers and was often fatal. The destructive disease could, in a few days, lead to gangrene of the lips, cheeks, tonsils, palate, tongue, and even half the face; teeth would fall from their sockets, and a horribly fetid saliva flowed from the parts. Synonyms: canker, water canker, noma, gangrenous stomatitis, gangrenous ulceration of the mouth. Canker. An ulcerous sore of the mouth and lips, not considered fatal today. Synonym: aphthous stomatitis. See cancrum otis. Carcinoma. See cancer. Catarrh. Inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the air passages of the head and throat, with a free discharge. It is characterized by cough, thirst, lassitude, fever, watery eyes, and increased secretions of mucus from the air passages. Bronchial catarrh was bronchitis; suffocative catarrh was croup; urethral catarrh was gleet; vaginal catarrh was leukorrhea; epidemic catarrh was the same as influenza. Synonyms: cold, coryza. Childbirth. A cause given for many female deaths of the century. Almost all babies were born in homes and usually were delivered by a family member or a midwife; thus infection and lack of medical skill were often the actual causes of death. (continued in next message) Michael O. Reck - 2434 Forest Home Ave - Riverside, Oh. -45404-2410 E-mail: moreck@juno.com - moreck@netzero.net Researching: BAIR-BIRT-BOYD-BRANDON-CURTIS-DAVIDSON-FLETCHER-FRANTZ-HENNING-KOHR-LESHE R-MILLER-MUNCY-PEARSON-RECK-REIGLE-SHOOK-STOEVER-URMEY-ZELLER

Hello Fellow Listers: Recently a fellow by the name of Michael O. RECK of Riverside, Ohio posted a list of various "Old Diseases" to the Perry County, PA. List. THANK YOU MIKE! Seeing that this would be of interest to many of the other lists, I am copying them to this list and others. I hope that these lists and definitions may help someone understand what many of the "olden-day illnesses" were. Have a Happy New Year! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA.

HELP! I'm trying to find my great-grandmother Sara E. Crist Rhine Sowers. She was first married to Robert Rhine and lived in Juniata Co. Found her on 1910 census Lack Twp. Juniata Co. living with her daughter Ethel and son-in-law David Kennedy. Between 1910 and 1920 she married Henry G. Sowers and lived in Chambersburg. Found them on tax assessments until 1936 in Chambersburg. Can't seem to find when she died or where she is buried. A second cousin seems to think that she is buried in Chambersburg, but not sure where. Any one out there that can help, it will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance, Barb bsharar@pa.net

I have a copy of the Leedy Family History by Gordon M Connelly. On page 88 - David Leedy, tailor, born ca 1776 York Co PA died before 7 Oct 1850, Letterkenny Twp, Franklin Co, PA m Barbara ? -- children: John, Magdalena, Barbara & 3 more daughters Page 67 shows that David was the son of George Leedy (ca 1759-bef 27 Dec 1809) and that David's siblings included John (ca 1775 - aft Oct 1850) , Barbara (m. Joseph Maish), Magdalena (no further info), and Jacob (25 July 1795 - 7 Sept 1830) I don't know if this helps at all - I'm descended from George Leedy's uncle Samuel who married Catharine Weidner. This book is very large and has lots of info. Many of the Leedy families became Brethren. Sue in San Jose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Archer" <bcarcher@earthlink.net> To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL]Magdalena LIDY m. John LEITER > Ken, > > I have Magdalena LIDY m. John LEITER, the parents of my gggrandmother > Matilda Leiter Burke, b. June 8, 1803. > > Magdalena would have been b. abt. 1780, possibly in Washington Co., MD, > as John Leiter was a member of the family that founded Leitersburg. I > know nothing else about the LIDY/LEIDY family and would love to make a > connection. > > Barbara Archer > > ______________________________

Hi All! I'm trying to fill in some blanks for George CLARK who married Nancy LOVE and had a daughter Margaret. All I have are approximate birthdates of before 1769 for George and before 1773 for Nancy. They may have had at least two other children. Anything you can provide will be much appreciated. Thanks.

<< Regarding the post below, I am interested in the author, F. Edward Wright, who compiled the records named below. I have a 2nd Gr-gm, Nancy WRIGHT b. abt. 1776, Cumberland/Franklin Co., PA,>Allegheny Co., PA, ca. 1807 with my 2nd Gr-gf, James THOMSON, and d. ca. 1815-1823, Allegheny Co., PA; place of burial unknown. I anyone has information about the author, or the WRIGHT surname, I would like to compare notes. Thank you for your time. Marybeth Corrigall ACMBJC@aol.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 1/3/0 12:54:23 AM, Marilyn wrote: <<Hi, list: I recently received copies of the "Cumberland County, PA, Church Records of The 18th Century," by F. Edward Wright, Family Line Pub., Westminster, MD 2117, 1994 and Abstracts of Cumberland County Wills 17509-1785 by F. Edward Wright, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, MD 1992. I ordered these two books in error. If anyone is interested in purchasing them, please contact me at mhersey@aol.com. They were $14 and $13.50. Marilyn Brown ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== Need to find a location?? http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html >> </XMP> >>

Checked out your surnames. The more I checked, the more tangled the lines get! From Franklin County Wills: (abstracted by Marge Keefer Small c 1950) Book A, p 192. 7 Feb 1781. Letters of Adm. on the estate of George Grove granted to Eve Grove. Book C, p 189. Will of Henry Coover of Letterkenny Twp. w/w 10 Mar 1808, w/p 11 Dec 1809. Wife Eve household furniture and her maintainence. Daughter Barbara all my estate real and personal. Exec: Friend John Creamer, George Hetich. Wit: Philip Kyzer, George Groff. Adm granted to Philip Kyzer and Michael Grove, 14 Dec 1809. (It appears that Eve, widow of George Grove married second Henry Coover. cks) Book C, p 196. Will of Eve Cover, widow of Franklin County. w/w 23 Sep 1814, w/p 23 Nov 1814. Son John Grove, Son Michael Grove, Son George Grove, Son Jacob Grove, son William Grove, daughter Catherine Cremer. Grandson Daniel Brown. Barbarough Cover. (relationship not given, but probably her step-daughter, daughter of Henry Coover who died 1809 -see his will. cks) Exec: Mical Grove of Strassburg, Franklin County, PA. Wit: Johannes Sollenberger, William Patterson and David McKinnie. ( mu hisband had a Cremer line that married into the Coovers. They attended church at Pleasant Hall Lutheran so that may be a place to do additional checking. cks) Book C, p 571. Nov 21,___ (no year given but all others on page are 1821.) Adm of estate of Catherine Grove, formerly Catherine Lidey, granted to George Lidey. Sureties: John Keefer and Samuel Fisher. (this has to be a second marriage for Catherine if I understand the PA law at the time. There were lots of Keefers/Kiefers at this same church. cks) Book C, p 686. 6 Dec 1823. Letters of Adm on the estate of David Tieter granted to Daniel Tieter. Sureties: Jacob Liter and John Wolford. Book C, p 687. 6 Dec 1823. Letters of Adm on the estate of Peter Tieter granted to Daniel Tieter. Sureties: Jacob Tieter, John Wolford. Book C, p 815. Will of Jacob Leyter, Peters Twp. w/w 8 Sep 1826, w/p 6 Oct 1826. Wife Barbara. Children and their heirs: daughter Barbara Commora, son John Leyter, , daughter Elizabeth Teator, daughter Nancy Teator, daughter Wolford (sic), son Christian Leyter. Exec: Adam Reyter (sic- indexed as 'Leyter') . Wit: Josiah McDowell, David Leyter, James Dickey. Lancaster County Wills (Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834) April 2, 1769 August 2, 1769 CROW, PETER ("This should be GROE".) [Also by different hand spelling "Groh"] Wife. Elizabeth Groe. Children: Peter, John, Michael, Elizabeth , Freny, Mary and Eve. Ex. John Light and Isaac Groe. Bethel Twp. York County Wills April 3, 1802 March 2, 1805 Brown, Sebastian. Executor: Simon Friss. Hellam Township. Wife: Anna Mary Brown. Children: David, Mathias, Catharine m. Jacob Leidy, and Magdalena m. Hey Beam. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Archer <bcarcher@earthlink.net> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL]Magdalena LIDY m. John LEITER >Ken, > >I have Magdalena LIDY m. John LEITER, the parents of my gggrandmother >Matilda Leiter Burke, b. June 8, 1803. > >Magdalena would have been b. abt. 1780, possibly in Washington Co., MD, >as John Leiter was a member of the family that founded Leitersburg. I >know nothing else about the LIDY/LEIDY family and would love to make a >connection. > >Barbara Archer > >

I have seen Jacob Grow's name spelled both Groe and Groh. Jacob was born in 1792 in Franklin Co. . Catharine Leidy was named by his wife Mary Miller as being deceased in Franklin Co. in her War of 1812 Widows Pension App. but that doesn't mean she was or the spelling of the name is right. It's the only documentation I have so far on Catharine. Jacob married Mary Miller in Huntington Co. in 1819. He received 160 Acres from the War of 1812. Sound like we are close to connecting. Do you have any more info.??? Ken Hite, Jr. York, Pa. HHite94965@aol.com

BEVINS Baby Girl / b. May 24, 1879 / Franklin Co., PA Adopted by David and Sarah Heigly of Cumberland Co., PA May 24, 1879 may have been adoption date????? thanks....Susan