E Jost & others, >>Yellow fever is mosquito-borne, therefore unlikely in January.<< Good point! I knew there was some reason for it not being yellow fever! >>>How old were Nancy, Jemima, Betsey?<<< Sadly, they were young, as close as I can figure, (still working on details)- if I have the correct Whitingham VR, & tombstones are difficult to read. Nancy- Jul 4, 1789-Jan 9, 1794 = 4 & 1/2(VR)-tombstone reads age 9 yrs (these next two share the same stone ) Betsey- Jul 30, 1792-Jan 11, 1794 = 1 & 1/2(VR)-tombstone reads age 6 yrs Jemima- Sep 15, 1784-Jan 11, 1794 = 9 & 1/2(VR)-tombstone reads age 9 yrs They lay with their mother, Lucy (__) Clark, whose stone too weatherd and has a plot between it and Nancy's. My belief is that the space was for Wm Clark who married again and is buried in Cuttings with the second wife and some other children. Has Davidson cemetery been transcribed? Anyone have a copy? Also, does anyone have anybody in Davidson cemetery that died about the same time frame? -there's still a lot of work to do! Thanks again, Sue - - - On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:08 , Ladybug <eblainejost@sbcglobal.net> sent: >The epidemics during that season (winter) would include influenza, >smallpox, diphtheria. Chickenpox killed as well, most often because of >bacterial superinfection. In addition to diphtheria, bacterial diseases >that were frequent killers, especially in winter, included many >streptococcal diseases like scarlet fever, different types of >meningitis. Yellow fever is mosquito-borne, therefore unlikely in January. > >Epidemics of diphtheria tragically were not rare. > >How old were Nancy, Jemima, Betsey? >E Jost ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/