Jim: I really don't think there was a plague in McNairy Co. in the time frame you are talking about. We did have the big flu bug about 1916-1919, sometime in that time frame. There were a lot of people died from that. Pat Jim Arnold wrote: > My gr-gr grandparents lived in McNairy after their marriage in Madison Co. > in 1843. They were Volentine McMELLON (b: Abt. 1813 in TN) and Elizabeth > DOWNING (b: Abt. 1823 in TN) Their children were William Franklin (mine, b: > Nov 30, 1843 in Madison Co, TN), Sarah (b: Abt. 1846), and Ellen (b: Abt. > 1849). > > One of our elder cousins recalls hearing that William got on his horse and > rode to Texas when both parents and maybe both sisters died in a plague. He > was in the Texas cavalry by 1862, so I imagine it was around 1860. Does > anyone know anything about the McMILLANs or DOWNINGs, or about a plague in > McNairy? > > Jim