I will go along with that. Both my son and my grandson had crossed eyes when they were small. My son had corrective surgery and my grandson's straightened witht use of glasses. I only have two children, so I would say the odds are pretty great in our family. It just interested me that a genetics and biology were injected in the conversation, but genes are the basis for genealogy. Thanks for the information. It was interesting and at least got some of us to think. Cindy Yocum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > It has a lot to do with Genealogy . Diseases and the weather and wars > have a great deal to do with where folks lived and why they chose to > move. > While editing photographs of children in Fannin County I noted that > there are many many of them with Crossed eyes. I was asking if any one > had noted if there was a reason. I know people are born with crossed > eyes but personally have only known 1 person born that way. Due to the > large no's of people in the late 1800's in photographs , they represent > a lot larger number percentage wise in a class picture for instance. So > what caused so very many back then? Can it be caused by a disease? or > only at birth? If so why has it decreased. > Things like that are part of their history . Why it happened would be > nice to know. > Where your Fannin County ancestors lived in the county BEFORE the > railroads, had to do purely with health. All of the early settlements > that stayed together for at least 10 years were located so they werent > right on top of a wet place and had north and south breezes crossing a > slight rise. Out of the flood plains. > When the spot for Bonham was worked out it was noted it was Not a very > healthy area but the rule was still to place a county seat only near the > center of the county -no more than a half days ride for anyone. This was > hard to do because the Bois d'arc flooded and cut the county in half a > lot. > Sure enough when a few people got ill they would send them quickly out > to a farm on higher ground as they thought that was the only way to get > them well. > It is that reason that the Russell Heights area ended up in the hands > of the rich. You will note the area around Gates Hill Cemetery - the > African American cemetery for Bonham is in a low area that experienced > flooding and was toward the Bois d'arc marshes that used to happen > before the dam was built in Denison to control the Red River . > Some places like Ragsdale , ended up dying out anyway except as a > country school area. Early on it had a good sized population and was > fairly safe from flooding but a horrible epidemic killed almost a third > of the citizens. Their bodies carried all the way south of where > Monkstown was to be later and buried quickly in a forrest. They didn't > come back to mark the graves for many years. Few ended up being marked > and today no one knows exactly where it was located. > Comparing diseases today and yesterday are important. also where folks > lived and how they responded to the situation another. > Watching history you can even see why folks never lived in certain > areas . No houses show up in some of the areas until after the 1930's. > The reason--- little > 'tornado alleys' that repeated the pattern of a tornado track too many > times to be just coincidence. > Her answer to my question feeds my curiosity very well, maybe there > were more children with crossed eyes because they run in families and > the families were larger and more branches of the families concentrated > in one area. Fannin county was quite a web of intermarriage sometimes so > it spreads the genes. > And just maybe I am spending too much time thinking about it. > But I'm still waiting for a tornado to hit just the right houses > that were built where folks probably shouldn't build them. > Bet yall didn't know your ancestors were so very intertaining to me. > On lots of subjects. > Susan > > > > > Cynthia Yocum wrote: > > > > What does this have to do with Fannin Co. Genealogy? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Pantrees@cs.com> > > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:46 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > > > > > Yes, children are borned crosseyed today. Thank God we have good Doctors > > > that know how to correct them. My granddaughter had surgery and wore > > glasses > > > to correct hers. > > > A little over thirty years ago a neighbor's daughter had surgery and > > glasses > > > also. I am not a Doctor but found out by experience. > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Your listowner Susan Hawkins & > she can be reached at owner-TXFANNIN@lists.rootsweb.com > >

Also a lack of FOLIC ACID has been a cause of many neural related diseases. If you find an area like the valley that has deficiencies in the soil or crops, this may be another cause of these types of illnesses. Treatable by a simple method. However there are all sorts of other causes, this is just submitted as a possible help. John Philip Adams -----Original Message----- From: Cynthia Yocum [mailto:cayocum@swbell.net] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:30 AM To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic I will go along with that. Both my son and my grandson had crossed eyes when they were small. My son had corrective surgery and my grandson's straightened witht use of glasses. I only have two children, so I would say the odds are pretty great in our family. It just interested me that a genetics and biology were injected in the conversation, but genes are the basis for genealogy. Thanks for the information. It was interesting and at least got some of us to think. Cindy Yocum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > It has a lot to do with Genealogy . Diseases and the weather and wars > have a great deal to do with where folks lived and why they chose to > move. > While editing photographs of children in Fannin County I noted that > there are many many of them with Crossed eyes. I was asking if any one > had noted if there was a reason. I know people are born with crossed > eyes but personally have only known 1 person born that way. Due to the > large no's of people in the late 1800's in photographs , they represent > a lot larger number percentage wise in a class picture for instance. So > what caused so very many back then? Can it be caused by a disease? or > only at birth? If so why has it decreased. > Things like that are part of their history . Why it happened would be > nice to know. > Where your Fannin County ancestors lived in the county BEFORE the > railroads, had to do purely with health. All of the early settlements > that stayed together for at least 10 years were located so they werent > right on top of a wet place and had north and south breezes crossing a > slight rise. Out of the flood plains. > When the spot for Bonham was worked out it was noted it was Not a very > healthy area but the rule was still to place a county seat only near the > center of the county -no more than a half days ride for anyone. This was > hard to do because the Bois d'arc flooded and cut the county in half a > lot. > Sure enough when a few people got ill they would send them quickly out > to a farm on higher ground as they thought that was the only way to get > them well. > It is that reason that the Russell Heights area ended up in the hands > of the rich. You will note the area around Gates Hill Cemetery - the > African American cemetery for Bonham is in a low area that experienced > flooding and was toward the Bois d'arc marshes that used to happen > before the dam was built in Denison to control the Red River . > Some places like Ragsdale , ended up dying out anyway except as a > country school area. Early on it had a good sized population and was > fairly safe from flooding but a horrible epidemic killed almost a third > of the citizens. Their bodies carried all the way south of where > Monkstown was to be later and buried quickly in a forrest. They didn't > come back to mark the graves for many years. Few ended up being marked > and today no one knows exactly where it was located. > Comparing diseases today and yesterday are important. also where folks > lived and how they responded to the situation another. > Watching history you can even see why folks never lived in certain > areas . No houses show up in some of the areas until after the 1930's. > The reason--- little > 'tornado alleys' that repeated the pattern of a tornado track too many > times to be just coincidence. > Her answer to my question feeds my curiosity very well, maybe there > were more children with crossed eyes because they run in families and > the families were larger and more branches of the families concentrated > in one area. Fannin county was quite a web of intermarriage sometimes so > it spreads the genes. > And just maybe I am spending too much time thinking about it. > But I'm still waiting for a tornado to hit just the right houses > that were built where folks probably shouldn't build them. > Bet yall didn't know your ancestors were so very intertaining to me. > On lots of subjects. > Susan > > > > > Cynthia Yocum wrote: > > > > What does this have to do with Fannin Co. Genealogy? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Pantrees@cs.com> > > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:46 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > > > > > Yes, children are borned crosseyed today. Thank God we have good Doctors > > > that know how to correct them. My granddaughter had surgery and wore > > glasses > > > to correct hers. > > > A little over thirty years ago a neighbor's daughter had surgery and > > glasses > > > also. I am not a Doctor but found out by experience. > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Your listowner Susan Hawkins & > she can be reached at owner-TXFANNIN@lists.rootsweb.com > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== Your listowner Susan Hawkins & she can be reached at owner-TXFANNIN@lists.rootsweb.com

For those interested who would like to learn more about this topic there is a message list accessible at the following URL. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Medical_Genealogy/MEDICAL-P EDIGREE.html This is a very informative list. Don Coatney ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.net> To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: RE: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic Also a lack of FOLIC ACID has been a cause of many neural related diseases. If you find an area like the valley that has deficiencies in the soil or crops, this may be another cause of these types of illnesses. Treatable by a simple method. However there are all sorts of other causes, this is just submitted as a possible help. John Philip Adams -----Original Message----- From: Cynthia Yocum [mailto:cayocum@swbell.net] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:30 AM To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic I will go along with that. Both my son and my grandson had crossed eyes when they were small. My son had corrective surgery and my grandson's straightened witht use of glasses. I only have two children, so I would say the odds are pretty great in our family. It just interested me that a genetics and biology were injected in the conversation, but genes are the basis for genealogy. Thanks for the information. It was interesting and at least got some of us to think. Cindy Yocum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > It has a lot to do with Genealogy . Diseases and the weather and wars > have a great deal to do with where folks lived and why they chose to > move. > While editing photographs of children in Fannin County I noted that > there are many many of them with Crossed eyes. I was asking if any one > had noted if there was a reason. I know people are born with crossed > eyes but personally have only known 1 person born that way. Due to the > large no's of people in the late 1800's in photographs , they represent > a lot larger number percentage wise in a class picture for instance. So > what caused so very many back then? Can it be caused by a disease? or > only at birth? If so why has it decreased. > Things like that are part of their history . Why it happened would be > nice to know. > Where your Fannin County ancestors lived in the county BEFORE the > railroads, had to do purely with health. All of the early settlements > that stayed together for at least 10 years were located so they werent > right on top of a wet place and had north and south breezes crossing a > slight rise. Out of the flood plains. > When the spot for Bonham was worked out it was noted it was Not a very > healthy area but the rule was still to place a county seat only near the > center of the county -no more than a half days ride for anyone. This was > hard to do because the Bois d'arc flooded and cut the county in half a > lot. > Sure enough when a few people got ill they would send them quickly out > to a farm on higher ground as they thought that was the only way to get > them well. > It is that reason that the Russell Heights area ended up in the hands > of the rich. You will note the area around Gates Hill Cemetery - the > African American cemetery for Bonham is in a low area that experienced > flooding and was toward the Bois d'arc marshes that used to happen > before the dam was built in Denison to control the Red River . > Some places like Ragsdale , ended up dying out anyway except as a > country school area. Early on it had a good sized population and was > fairly safe from flooding but a horrible epidemic killed almost a third > of the citizens. Their bodies carried all the way south of where > Monkstown was to be later and buried quickly in a forrest. They didn't > come back to mark the graves for many years. Few ended up being marked > and today no one knows exactly where it was located. > Comparing diseases today and yesterday are important. also where folks > lived and how they responded to the situation another. > Watching history you can even see why folks never lived in certain > areas . No houses show up in some of the areas until after the 1930's. > The reason--- little > 'tornado alleys' that repeated the pattern of a tornado track too many > times to be just coincidence. > Her answer to my question feeds my curiosity very well, maybe there > were more children with crossed eyes because they run in families and > the families were larger and more branches of the families concentrated > in one area. Fannin county was quite a web of intermarriage sometimes so > it spreads the genes. > And just maybe I am spending too much time thinking about it. > But I'm still waiting for a tornado to hit just the right houses > that were built where folks probably shouldn't build them. > Bet yall didn't know your ancestors were so very intertaining to me. > On lots of subjects. > Susan > > > > > Cynthia Yocum wrote: > > > > What does this have to do with Fannin Co. Genealogy? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Pantrees@cs.com> > > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:46 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > > > > > Yes, children are borned crosseyed today. Thank God we have good Doctors > > > that know how to correct them. My granddaughter had surgery and wore > > glasses > > > to correct hers. > > > A little over thirty years ago a neighbor's daughter had surgery and > > glasses > > > also. I am not a Doctor but found out by experience. > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Your listowner Susan Hawkins & > she can be reached at owner-TXFANNIN@lists.rootsweb.com > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== Your listowner Susan Hawkins & she can be reached at owner-TXFANNIN@lists.rootsweb.com ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== He who dies with the most ancestors wins!