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Subject: Re: OHGALLIA-D Digest V05 #198
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 01:04:25 EDT
Henny,
That was the problem as many were young people. My father was
only 39 when he died. Lots of young and old died from the 1918
Influenza. My mother was only 33 and was left with 3 children to
take care of. She moved back to her home town and got one of the
jobs women could get in those days - telephone operator.
Tom
In a message dated 5/6/2005 10:00:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
> Tom, my grandfather nearly died in that epidemic at the age of 32.
> Thankfully, he lived until 1971. Henny
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> Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: OHGALLIA-D Digest V05 #152
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>
> >In a message dated 4/10/2005 6:01:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > writes:
> >
> >>Karen Nance a Historical Preservationist had a very informative talk on
> >>Slavery &Agriculture in the Ohio Valley and Sheri Pettit, Genealogy
> >>Specialist
> >>at the Boyd Co. Library gave us insight to the 1918 Flu Epidemic that was
> >>a
> >>world wide event not something that was locally. ( I just want to
> >>apologize to
> >>Sheri for missing the last part of her talk)
> >>
> >------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Hi,
> >For me this is not just an abstract thing as the 1918 Influenza epidemic
> >took
> >my father in January of 1918. I was only 18 months old at the time so I
> >don't
> >remember it at all. The doctors were out on calls day &night. They slept
> >in
> >their cars and ate whenever they got the chance. As many as 20 million
> >people
> >died during the epidemic all over the world. Since so many men were in the
> >Military and moved around it was ideal for the Flu to spread. Many camps
> >had to
> >shut down because of it. Many families lost one or two people or more. The
> >hospitals were full so many could not get into hospitals. There were no
> >antibiotics to use so it was just by chance that some survived the high
> >fever that went
> >with the Flu.
> >Tom Powell
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