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From: Mildred Prather <>
Subject: Re: History of Madison Twp.
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 00:53:42 -0600


Hello Again Louise, After reading about the cholera in 1833 and seeing
that so many of the MYERS family died in 1850, I am wondering if there was
another epidemic in 1850?

At 09:24 AM 12/4/98 PST, you wrote:
>December 4, 1998, Brief summary of Chapter 9 from the book entitled,
History of Madison Township including Groveport and Canal Winchester,
Franklin County, Ohio" by George F. Bareis. (Summary by Louise Keller
Schlaff)
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> CHOLERA IN 1833
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>In the latter part of June, 1833, a man traveling by canal boat from
Cleveland, stopped off at the road crossing the canal about a mile and
one-half west of Winchester, and went to the residence of a Mr.
Woodcock--who lived near where the toll gate used to be kept on the
Columbus and Winichester pike, now owned by Mr. Judy--and at his request
Mrs. Woodcock did some washing for him, and it supposed that the clothes
were infected with cholera. Mr. Woodcock went to George's cree to fish
while his wife did the washing: he soon after returned and drank freely of
buttermilk. In a very short time afterwards he took violently sick, his
family and near neighbors thinking from the effect of the buttermilk. At
that time this was one of the most thickly settled neighborhoods in the
township, and of course everybody was alway ready to lend a helping hand
when theyhad to depend on each other. It was not long until nearly the whol
neighborhood had gathered to lend what assistance they might,!
> none dreaming of the dread pestilence so soon to enter their homes. Mr.
Woodcock soon died, and only a few hours afterwards his wife died also. Dr.
Wiley, who lived in the Wheeler houose, now owned by J. M. Lehman,
expressed the opinion that they had died of cholera. Nearly all present
thought it precautionary to leave at once, and suited their actions to
their feelings. But it was too late. Within the next few weeks some 30 or
more persons died in this neighborhood alone. Nearly all died in a few
hours after being attacked. Among those who died are the following:Wm.
Woodcock, a cooper by trade, and his wife; Walter Hughes, and his son
Walter, who lived in a log house just south of the road and opposite the
residence of Geo. Keichle; Henry Schoonover and son Perry aged 7 years, who
lived in a log house on the bank of Walnut creek, just back of Chaney's
tract. now occupied by Mr. Bitler; John Schoonover, who lived 200 or 300
yards south of his brother Henry; Wm. Davis and wife!
>, Geo. W. Drain, Benj. Boyd and his wife Polly and two children, I
>h of Union Grove Cemetery, which house was afterwards removed to the first
lock west of Winchester, where it stood many years and was finally consumed
by fire. Mrs. Isaac McCormack, Evans McCormack, Thompson Cross, wife and
son, who lived in a log cabin that stood near where D.H. Tallman now lives;
a Mr. Cox, who lived in a log house on the Amos Painter farm: a Mr. Gale,
who lived about one hundred yards south of the canal, on the east side of
the Oregon road, and Mrs. WM. Smith, who lived in the old brick house on
the Jerry Alspach farm. She was the last victin. Mr. Martin, in his history
referring to this epidemic, writes: "In the summer of 1833 the cholera made
its first appearance in Franklin county. It first broke out in the early
part of the summer, in a neighborhood on the canal, in Madison Township,
where it proved very fatal, but was confined to the space of a few miles
only. On the 14th of July it made its first appearance in Columbus, and
continued until about Octob!
>er....
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>In the latter part of August, 1854, there were three deaths in Winchester
supposed to have been by cholera. Two strangers came on a boat; one of them
died the next morning and the other soon after; the third one was Dutch
Philip (Philip Bourne); he lived in the house now occupied by Mrs.
McFadden; it was then plastered on the outside and painted to represent
variegated marble, and in consequence was called the "calico house.: The
two strangers died in the old Bartlit store building near the canal bridge,
in which Jacob Direling then kept a tavern.
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>(Writer's Note: Copy this. It is first in a series of articles about
Madison Township. Louise Keller Schlaff)
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Mildred Prather
Columbia, MO

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