Hi Mary, Just want you to know that my Great Grandfather Robert DAWSON also caught the Measles right after he joined the army and was treated in army hospitals in three different states plus on the Steamer Baltic. I guess he was well enough to fight when he had too as his unit just kept going and he went too. After the war he rec'd a pension because he was never well again, and I have his Civil War papers where another exsoldier testified about him never being well, so his pension was granted. His papers talk about a chest (pulmonary)problem. Nowdays we don't think much about Measles being a really bad disease but it sure was back then. Many of these young soldiers were from farms and therefore not used to living in such close contact so when the measles hit the camp, it spread like wild fire. The men who had no immunity caught it really bad. I have read about this and I believe it. You and I were lucky that our Great Grandfathers were tough enough to survive as so many did not. I can't even find out his parents names but I wish you good luck on yours. Marjorie DAWSON THOMAS Battle Ground, Washington On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 18:47:36 -0600 "Robert Wright" <wrights_connection@email.msn.com> writes: >I am going to post my great grandfather again. I now have more >information >from his Civil War Pension Records. Be certain that the government was >just >a disagreeable back then as it is now. Poor man got measles on the >barge >down to the camp and was disabled the rest of his life. No wonder my >grandmother remembers her mother in law always saying "Scott fit in >the >rebellion" probably in answer to the question "What is wrong with >Scott?" >Scott Harrison Thomas was born 11-26-1835 at Pickaway Ohio. He lived >in Mt >Vernon Iowa at the time of his enlistment. Later he lived in Cedar >Rapids >Iowa and then in Paola, KS for 33 years and Garnett, KS for 22 years. >He >married Mary C. McLaughlin 3-28-1858 in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. She died >in >Anderson county KS in April 1904. He remarried one Sarah E. Nevens, >9-17-1906 in Pueblo CO. Probably needed someone to look after him. >His main >claim was that he had impaired sight which is consistent with >measles. >Any information on parents or siblings would be greatly appreciated. >Mary >Thomas Wright > > > > >==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: crb@ponyexpress.net > List Adm for THOMAS-L and THOMAS-D > Now with over 610 subscribers! > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.