Mike and his wife Mary died one day apart from Influenza pneumonia, the Spanish Flu that invaded this country brought here in the aftermath of World War I.
The plague emerged in two phases. In late Spring of 1918, the first phase, known as the "three-day fever," appeared without warning. Few deaths were reported. Victims recovered after a few days. When the disease surfaced again that Fall, it was far more severe. Scientists, doctors, and health officials could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding treatment and defying control. Some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others succumbed after a few days; their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death.
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Son of Mary Jane Erwin Yankie who was born April 28, 1856, in Mississippi and died in March, 1903. She is buried in Yazoo County, Mississippi. (Her G Granddaughter, Nancy Yankie Sidarous)
The plague emerged in two phases. In late Spring of 1918, the first phase, known as the "three-day fever," appeared without warning. Few deaths were reported. Victims recovered after a few days. When the disease surfaced again that Fall, it was far more severe. Scientists, doctors, and health officials could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding treatment and defying control. Some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others succumbed after a few days; their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death.
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Son of Mary Jane Erwin Yankie who was born April 28, 1856, in Mississippi and died in March, 1903. She is buried in Yazoo County, Mississippi. (Her G Granddaughter, Nancy Yankie Sidarous)
Mike and his wife Mary died one day apart from Influenza pneumonia, the Spanish Flu that invaded this country brought here in the aftermath of World War I.
The plague emerged in two phases. In late Spring of 1918, the first phase, known as the "three-day fever," appeared without warning. Few deaths were reported. Victims recovered after a few days. When the disease surfaced again that Fall, it was far more severe. Scientists, doctors, and health officials could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding treatment and defying control. Some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others succumbed after a few days; their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death.
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Son of Mary Jane Erwin Yankie who was born April 28, 1856, in Mississippi and died in March, 1903. She is buried in Yazoo County, Mississippi. (Her G Granddaughter, Nancy Yankie Sidarous)
The plague emerged in two phases. In late Spring of 1918, the first phase, known as the "three-day fever," appeared without warning. Few deaths were reported. Victims recovered after a few days. When the disease surfaced again that Fall, it was far more severe. Scientists, doctors, and health officials could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding treatment and defying control. Some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others succumbed after a few days; their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death.
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Son of Mary Jane Erwin Yankie who was born April 28, 1856, in Mississippi and died in March, 1903. She is buried in Yazoo County, Mississippi. (Her G Granddaughter, Nancy Yankie Sidarous)
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