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