died of Cholera
From the Mendon cemetery record, 1890 edition:
"In July 1832, the cholera scourge visited the little hamlet being brought by a stage driver from Rochester. From July 24th to August 16th there were fourteen deaths: twelve of the victims were buried in the Mendon Cemetery and two on Taylor Street, the ratio of deaths to the number of inhabitants of the place being one to every fourteen. During this epidemic the greatest excitement prevailed throughout the community, and the people were frequently awakened at night by the sound of the workman's hammer upon the coffin of a victim who had probably been taken during the day previous."
From the Mendon cemetery record, 1890 edition:
"In July 1832, the cholera scourge visited the little hamlet being brought by a stage driver from Rochester. From July 24th to August 16th there were fourteen deaths: twelve of the victims were buried in the Mendon Cemetery and two on Taylor Street, the ratio of deaths to the number of inhabitants of the place being one to every fourteen. During this epidemic the greatest excitement prevailed throughout the community, and the people were frequently awakened at night by the sound of the workman's hammer upon the coffin of a victim who had probably been taken during the day previous."
died of Cholera
From the Mendon cemetery record, 1890 edition:
"In July 1832, the cholera scourge visited the little hamlet being brought by a stage driver from Rochester. From July 24th to August 16th there were fourteen deaths: twelve of the victims were buried in the Mendon Cemetery and two on Taylor Street, the ratio of deaths to the number of inhabitants of the place being one to every fourteen. During this epidemic the greatest excitement prevailed throughout the community, and the people were frequently awakened at night by the sound of the workman's hammer upon the coffin of a victim who had probably been taken during the day previous."
From the Mendon cemetery record, 1890 edition:
"In July 1832, the cholera scourge visited the little hamlet being brought by a stage driver from Rochester. From July 24th to August 16th there were fourteen deaths: twelve of the victims were buried in the Mendon Cemetery and two on Taylor Street, the ratio of deaths to the number of inhabitants of the place being one to every fourteen. During this epidemic the greatest excitement prevailed throughout the community, and the people were frequently awakened at night by the sound of the workman's hammer upon the coffin of a victim who had probably been taken during the day previous."
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William H. Backus, died August 16, 1832, aged 19 yrs.
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