Sooo. I was just searching some obituaries for something unrelated, and came across one that reads as follows:
July 8, 1852
On Thursday, the 17th ult.(June, 1852), at Martha Furnace, ANN ELIZA ADAMS, daughter of Zephaniah and Eleanor Adams, in the 21st year of her age. This is the first fatal case of the prevailing Billious Fever at this place(Martha Furnace). Miss Adams was justly beloved for her many amiable qualities. In her career, she happily exhibited all of the merry cheerfulness of the lark, softened by the gentle spirit of the dove. Her death, sudden and unlooked for, has spread a deep gloom over her wide circel of relatives and friends. M.
Does anyone know anything about the "Billious Fever" at Martha? Was it an epidemic like the Yellow Fever? (To clarify, I mean, was there an epidemic at Martha? I realize billious fever is catch-all term that included the Yellow Fever)
I'd be interested to read more about it.
July 8, 1852
On Thursday, the 17th ult.(June, 1852), at Martha Furnace, ANN ELIZA ADAMS, daughter of Zephaniah and Eleanor Adams, in the 21st year of her age. This is the first fatal case of the prevailing Billious Fever at this place(Martha Furnace). Miss Adams was justly beloved for her many amiable qualities. In her career, she happily exhibited all of the merry cheerfulness of the lark, softened by the gentle spirit of the dove. Her death, sudden and unlooked for, has spread a deep gloom over her wide circel of relatives and friends. M.
Does anyone know anything about the "Billious Fever" at Martha? Was it an epidemic like the Yellow Fever? (To clarify, I mean, was there an epidemic at Martha? I realize billious fever is catch-all term that included the Yellow Fever)
I'd be interested to read more about it.