William Glover Acheson died shortly after arriving with his family in Muscatine, Iowa of cholera in the epidemic that hit the city in July 1854 along with his father, David Ramsey Acheson, sister, Margaret Ann Acheson and uncle & aunt, Humphrey & Betsey Acheson.
"In Illinois the party separated. David Baird and most of his family stopped in Fulton (?) County. John and James with their families lived together in Mercer County. The Achesons did not stop but continued on their way, crossing the Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa.
Here they were exposed to cholera and some of the party became ill. A kind-hearted woman who did not fear the disease, took them in and helped them care for the sick. The father, David Acheson, his brother, Humphrey, son, William, and Margaret, the youngest daughter, died. The aunt had much of the responsibility of nursing, for the mother was also dangerously ill. When the latter had recovered, and no new cases had developed for a time, someone remarked that the rest of the party seemed to be safe from the cholera. But that very evening, the aunt, Mrs. Humphrey Acheson spoke of a slight headache. By 11 she was seriously ill and before morning she had passed to her eternal home." Source: Baird Family History 1932
William Glover Acheson died shortly after arriving with his family in Muscatine, Iowa of cholera in the epidemic that hit the city in July 1854 along with his father, David Ramsey Acheson, sister, Margaret Ann Acheson and uncle & aunt, Humphrey & Betsey Acheson.
"In Illinois the party separated. David Baird and most of his family stopped in Fulton (?) County. John and James with their families lived together in Mercer County. The Achesons did not stop but continued on their way, crossing the Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa.
Here they were exposed to cholera and some of the party became ill. A kind-hearted woman who did not fear the disease, took them in and helped them care for the sick. The father, David Acheson, his brother, Humphrey, son, William, and Margaret, the youngest daughter, died. The aunt had much of the responsibility of nursing, for the mother was also dangerously ill. When the latter had recovered, and no new cases had developed for a time, someone remarked that the rest of the party seemed to be safe from the cholera. But that very evening, the aunt, Mrs. Humphrey Acheson spoke of a slight headache. By 11 she was seriously ill and before morning she had passed to her eternal home." Source: Baird Family History 1932
Family Members
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Sarah Acheson Wilson
1823–1873
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Mary C. Acheson Baird
1825–1896
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John Law Acheson
1827–1902
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James Ramsey Acheson
1828–1913
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Ann Elizabeth "Eliza" Acheson Sawyer
1832–1911
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Esther Jane Acheson
1837–1857
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Martha Acheson
1840–1842
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Robert Johnston Acheson
1843–1871
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Anderson David "A. D." Acheson
1843–1918
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Samuel Wallace Atcheson
1847–1904
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Margaret Ann Acheson
1852–1854
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