Highland County OhArchives Obituaries.....Gordon Family, No First Names July 1851 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com September 14, 2006, 3:06 pm From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” “CHOLERA. This dreaded disease is prevailing in the western part of this county. At Dodsonvill, and immediate vicinity, there have been ten fatal cases. Six of the Gordon family, Rev. Mr. Daggy, widow Ellis, and two others, have fallen victims. In the neighborhood of Pricetown, there were several cases, only two of which, so far as we heard, proved fatal. There have been several cases in the neighborhood of Lynchburg, 3 of which proved fatal. There is considerable alarm in the infected districts. We can only recommend cleanliness, care as to diet and exposure in the night air, cheerfulness and equanimity of temperment. We believe it is well established that excitement and alarm predisposes to the disease – Hillsborough Gaz.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/highland/obits/gordonfa613nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb