Thank you, Peggy. It was just a thought that maybe all of them died and were buried without anyone to provide markers, since none of them show up in any of the Henderson County cemeteries. It is probably the case that the young women married and maybe the parents just got missed in the 1860 census. Maybe I will still find them. Could be the indexers just read the names wrong and I haven't hit on the right combination to pull them up. I have gone through the entire 1860 Henderson county census and they are not here in 1860 (unless they were just missed). Brec ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy S. Holley" <holleyps@yahoo.com> To: <TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENDER] History Question-Was there an epidemic in Henderson County in 1850s There was a cholera epidemic in 1849 in Tennessee. The Carroll Co 1850 mortality schedule still shows some deaths from cholera. There is a lot of scarlet fever among children in 1850 but not in anyone over 18. Someone will undoubtedly have the 1850 mortality schedule for Henderson Co. Afraid that is your best bet as those kinds of records weren't kept very often in the 1800s except in census years. PSH At 03:49 PM 4/23/2006, you wrote: >I have lost an entire family from the 1850 census. I may have found 2 of >the brothers in KY in 1860 but the parents and the three daughters are >missing. >It is possible that the parents died of old age or other "normal" cause >since they would have been in their late 50s and early sixties and the >daughters could be married and I just can't find them. >I was just wondering if there was a cholera or other epidemic in the 1850s >in Henderson county? >And if there was, is there someplace where victims would have been >recorded? >Thanks >Brec Morton > > >==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to >TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com ==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com