HARDEMAN COUNTY TN - OBITUARIES - Diptheria outbreak 1876
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The Bolivar Bulletin
Thursday, September 14, 1876

HILLYARD - Saturday, Sept 9th, at 6 o'clock p.m., Lucy Hillyard, daughter of
F.R. and M.E. Mayo.  Aged 6 years, 10 months, and 10 days.

HUBBARD - September 12th, 1876, Milton Emile, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M.
Hubbard, aged 5 years and 4 months.

WILKERSON - August 29th, Slater Dugan, infant son of Sally I. and P. F.
Wilkerson.  Aged 2 years and 3 months

WILLIAMS - September 9th, Nannie L. Williams, adopted daughter of Mr. James
Pankey.  Aged 13 years.

    All of the above little ones have been removed from our midst by the
terrible disease known as diptheria.  The little, trembling dew-drops
lingered for a season upon the lap of earth, and then exhaled themselves to
reappear and live forever in that land of fadeless bloom.