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From: "Mary Miller" <>
Subject: Re: [KYBATH] 1853 disease or epidemic in Bath County
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 20:48:39 -0600
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I have a timeline for one of my relations and it says, among a lot of other
information, that there was a third cholera pandemic in the period of
1852-1859. I had an ancestor die of cholera in Paris, Bourbon County during
that time period. Bourbon isn't far from Bath. That is
www.ourtimelines.com. Mary Miller

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia Hobson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [KYBATH] 1853 disease or epidemic in Bath County


> Despite the fact that there may not have been a recognized or recorded
> epidemic, the loss of 3 children in one year does argue for some sort of
> communicable disease. Measles, mumps, thyphoid & scarlet fever could all
be
> quickly fatal. TB usually took longer and spread more erratically.
> All these diseases could occur without ringing any "epidemic" alarm bells,
> however devastating they were to the family.
> Newspaper or church records might shed some light, if available.
> Pat
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Warner" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:08 PM
> Subject: [KYBATH] 1853 disease or epidemic in Bath County
>
>
> > Does anyone know of a epidemic that may have hit Bath County in 1853.
My
> GG-Grandfather Jonas Warner lost 3 kids in 1853.
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> > Darrell
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> > See my family tree at
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~warner/surnames.htm
> > Warner Graveyard is posted at
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~warner/wargrave.html
> > I have my obituaries posted at
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~warner/bath-paper-obits.htm
> > My family obituaries are posted at
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~warner/obitpage.htm
> > I keep copies of all the death certificates at
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~warner/deathpage.htm
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