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

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