Re: Multiple Child Deaths in Adams
FOOTE LINCOLN
Posted By: Jeri Moriarty (email) In Response To: Multiple Child Deaths in Adams (Laura Lincoln)
Date: 6/12/2014 at 07:38:28
There was a worldwide Spanish flu epidemic in 1889-1890.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_flu_pandemic
Typhoid and smallpox outbreaks were also common at this time. Have you tried searching the Adams county news archives to see if they mention an epidemic or possibly have obituaries for these ancestors?
http://adamscountyia.newspaperarchive.com/
I've found some very helpful info in these archives. Good luck!
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