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From: "Lynn Clarke" <>
Subject: [IADAVIS-L] Epidemics?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:20:10 -0500

I recieved this reference from a listmember who found it in a book:
Charles Clark, m, 33, farmer, born Indiana, R/E Owner; Dianah, f, age 22,
born Illinois; Ann, f, age 8, born Indiana; Emma, f, age 5, born Indiana;
Moses E., m., age 2, born Iowa. Ann and Emma attended school during the year.

I have the obit for Dianah Clark stating that her and Charles had 10 children, only 5 remaining. None of these children are mentioned in the obit. I'm starting to wonder if an illness took them all.
I have a list (I will post it for you all) of epidemics around the world in various years. I see smallpox, cholera, and typhus around the Civil War era. Would there be a list of people that could have died of these diseases? I also wondered if it could have been the war that took there lives but I don't know how hard Davis County was hit in the war. This is the first record that I have found that mentions these children.
Opinions??
You are a great bunch! I wish all the lists were this helpful!
Lynn Clarke-Dallas, TX US
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My website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clarke

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