Cholera

This page last updated October 4, 2005

Although Cholera has been in existence longer, for our purposes the major epidemics were the years 1831-1832 and 1848-the 1870's. Cholera is contracted mainly by contact with unclean water supplies. When at it's height, people died in massive numbers. Many were buried in mass graves in the Southern part of Indiana into Kentucky. The fear of transmission to others was so great, the dead were buried immediately with little or no ceremony whatsoever. This disease appears to have hit Owen and Morgan Counties during the years of 1849-1850, although it was not restricted to those years.

The listings below show: Name/Date/Area/Submitter

Name	Date of Death	Town/Twp	County	Submitted by
William HUTTON	1850	Montgomery twp	OWEN	Judy Bisig
William KERR	3-4-1850	Lafayette twp	OWEN	Richard Carr
Margaret KERR	5-27-1850	Lafayette twp	OWEN	Richard Carr
Elizabeth HONEYCUTT	June 1850	Washington twp	OWEN	Debbie Jennings
Emmeline HONEYCUTT	June 1850	Washington twp	OWEN	Debbie Jennings
Martheny HONEYCUTT	June 1850	Washington twp	OWEN	Debbie Jennings
Elizabeth WRIGHT	September 1850	Adams twp	MORGAN	Debbie Jennings