Generally a county court had to send the person to the state institution or county poor house. There might be a record in the court minutes. However, unless a fee was paid for a burial service, there is probably not a record of said death. When the railroads began spanning the nation after the Civil War, many people of Overton County went to New Mexico for TB treatment. I have visited kin folks there who left as late as the 1930's. Alpine Institute's abandoned campus in Overton County was turned into a TB hospital in the 1940's - 1960's. The advent of powerful antibiotics eventually caused the closing of the hospital. The buildings are still standing today. Gary D. Norris > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:36:39 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] TB > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 05:36:54 -0700 > > Your right here..And in some cases a person was put in an institution where > they were sometimes buried in a cemetery without a marker..This happened to > an ancestor of mine. > > Rebecca > > In a message dated 3/13/03 6:09:05 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: >> Also, TB was a big killer of veterans > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATOR: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

TB is still an active disease today. It is often treatable, however newer strains are popping up and immediate treatment is necessary. Some professions screen for TB others do not. In the early days, unpastorized milk was one of the biggest ways of transmission. An almost silent killer. X-ray machines were transported across the State of TN by the Tennessee Department of Public Health in a specially equipped bus until just a few years ago. Now the new scratch test is used. Note: After World War I, many returning medics were given permission by the State of Tennessee as Department of Public Health Doctors. This helped rebuild the medical personal shortage. Their primary purpose was to set up screening for contagious disease including TB. They also gave immunization shots, and preschool screening. These men provided a very needed service during and after World War II when medical personal were on the front. Today the public health professionals must be qualified like other health care professionals. Leota ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Norris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] TB Generally a county court had to send the person to the state institution or county poor house. There might be a record in the court minutes. However, unless a fee was paid for a burial service, there is probably not a record of said death. When the railroads began spanning the nation after the Civil War, many people of Overton County went to New Mexico for TB treatment. I have visited kin folks there who left as late as the 1930's. Alpine Institute's abandoned campus in Overton County was turned into a TB hospital in the 1940's - 1960's. The advent of powerful antibiotics eventually caused the closing of the hospital. The buildings are still standing today. Gary D. Norris > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:36:39 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] TB > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 05:36:54 -0700 > > Your right here..And in some cases a person was put in an institution where > they were sometimes buried in a cemetery without a marker..This happened to > an ancestor of mine. > > Rebecca > > In a message dated 3/13/03 6:09:05 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: >> Also, TB was a big killer of veterans > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATOR: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES Many subscriber Delete a message based on subject lines. GIVE YOURS ONE! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237