OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-BMD Project Mailing List Issue 36 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-BMD-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 36 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Ross Co. Obituary (Beechler) [Archives ] #2 Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Gole) [Archives ] #3 Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Buchanan) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Lafferty) [Archives ] #5 Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Buchanan) [Archives ] #6 Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Prather) [Archives ] #7 Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Prather) [Archives ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-BMD-D, send a message to OH-BMD-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the OH-BMD-D list administrator, send mail to OH-BMD-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: 17 Feb 2006 14:48:04 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217144804.23712.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Ross Co. Obituary (Beechler) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Beechler, Erskie November 21, 1976 ************************************************ 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 2:48 pm >From the 22 Nov. 1976 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times": "DEATHS. BEECHLER. Erskie Beechler, 85, 634 S. Washington st., Greenfield, died 8:45 a.m. Sunday at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Chillicothe. Born Nov. 8, 1892, in Ross County, he was the son of Watt and Rachel E. Cox Beechler. Mr. Beechler served in the Army in World War I. He is survived by his second wife, the former Hazel Hester, whom he married in 1964. Also surviving are four sons, Raymond W. Beechler, Frankfort Rt. 2; Erskie Beechler Jr., Greenfield; Lawrence Edward Beechler, Springfield, and John Robert Beechler, Springfield; six daughters, Mrs. Seymore (Erma) Radcliff, Greenfield; Mrs. John (Virginia) Jarrels, Springfield; Mrs. Carl (Jessie) McCoy, Wellston Rt. 2; Mrs. James (Martha) Null, Springfield; Mrs. Mary Brickman, Springfield, and Mrs. Dorothy Parks, Springfield; 37 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Ernest Beechler, Bainbridge Rt. 1; Oscar Beechler, Lyndon Rt. 1; Edward Beechler, Lyndon Rt. 1, and Walter Beechler, Pleasant Lake, Ind., and five sisters, Miss Anna Beechler, South Salem; Mrs. Ed (Gladys) Wisecup, Lyndon Rt. 1; Mrs. Mary Skaggs, Bainbridge, Mrs. Art Ward, Lyndon Rt. 1, and Mrs. Frank (Sarah) Newell, Greenfield. His first wife, Mrs. Margaret J. Beechler, died in 1961. Also predeceasing Mr. Beechler in death were three grandchildren, two sisters and one brother. Funeral service for Mr. Beechler will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian Baptist Church. Rev. Eugene Fligor and Rev. Robert Combs will officiate and burial will be in the Good Hope Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Murray's Funeral Home, Greenfield." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/obits/beechler178nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 17 Feb 2006 15:09:30 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217150930.16527.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Gole) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Gole, H. N. July 9, 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 3:09 pm >From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” Additional Comments: This newspaper issue is on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio, on microfilm roll # 34942. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/gole179nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: 17 Feb 2006 15:14:04 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217151404.15201.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Buchanan) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Buchanan, Margaret July 10, 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 3:14 pm From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat”, West Union, Ohio: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” Additional Comments: This newspaper issue is on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio, on microfilm roll # 34942. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/buchanan180nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: 17 Feb 2006 15:16:18 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217151618.30428.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Lafferty) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Lafferty, Mary July 11, 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 3:16 pm From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat”, West Union, Ohio: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” Additional Comments: This newspaper issue is on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio, on microfilm roll # 34942. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/lafferty181nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: 17 Feb 2006 15:19:32 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217151932.12169.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Buchanan) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Buchanan, John July 12, 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 3:19 pm From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat”, West Union, Ohio: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” Additional Comments: This newspaper issue is on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio, on microfilm roll # 34942. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/buchanan182nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: 17 Feb 2006 15:22:39 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217152239.26456.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Prather) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Prather, Thomas July 13, 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 3:22 pm From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat”, West Union, Ohio: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” Additional Comments: This newspaper issue is on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio, on microfilm roll # 34942. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/prather183nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: 17 Feb 2006 15:33:42 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060217153342.12199.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Adams Co. Obituary (Prather) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Prather, Wilson July 14, 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 W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 17, 2006, 3:33 pm From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat”, West Union, Ohio: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” Additional Comments: This newspaper issue is on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio, on microfilm roll # 34942. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/prather184nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-BMD-D Digest V06 Issue #36 ************************************