When the 1900 census was taken for Taylor, Harrison Co., Iowa, Julia - listed as Ellen, age 26, was living with her husband John, age 31, who worked as an engineer, and their children Ivan (age 8), Berdena (age 4), and Dewey (age 1).
Nearby neighbors, listed directly underneath their household were Julia's widowed mother, Eliza Boyd (age 61) and her brothers William (age 40) and Frank A. (age 23), as well as Julia's husband's family, listed as A. Minor Snyder (age 53) and wife Charlotte (age 52) and children Emma (age 29), William (age 26) and Minnie (age 19).
Omaha Daily Bee, July 9, 1908:
Council Bluffs News - Mrs. Ella Synder, wife of J. F. Snyder, 1946 Avenue E, died yesterday morning from smallpox. The funeral which was private, owing to the nature of the disease, was held yesterday afternoon, burial being in Fairview cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Snyder leaves seven young children. The entire family was stricken with the disease.
Omaha Daily Bee, July 13, 1908:
Council Bluffs News - Frank Boyd, aged 31 years, died shortly after 11 o'clock Friday night at his home [unreadable] Avenue C, from smallpox. His death was the second from this disease in Council Bluffs within a week. His sister, Mrs. J. F. Snyder, 2946 Avenue E, died of the confluent form of the disease last Tuesday morning.
Boyd, who was a single man, was buried in Fairview cemetery within two hours after his death. He leaves a mother, two brothers and one sister.
Boyd was the man who becoming delirious from the effects of smallpox, escaped from quarantine and ran wildly about the [unreadable] part of the city for several hours before he was captured and returned to [unreadable].
When the 1900 census was taken for Taylor, Harrison Co., Iowa, Julia - listed as Ellen, age 26, was living with her husband John, age 31, who worked as an engineer, and their children Ivan (age 8), Berdena (age 4), and Dewey (age 1).
Nearby neighbors, listed directly underneath their household were Julia's widowed mother, Eliza Boyd (age 61) and her brothers William (age 40) and Frank A. (age 23), as well as Julia's husband's family, listed as A. Minor Snyder (age 53) and wife Charlotte (age 52) and children Emma (age 29), William (age 26) and Minnie (age 19).
Omaha Daily Bee, July 9, 1908:
Council Bluffs News - Mrs. Ella Synder, wife of J. F. Snyder, 1946 Avenue E, died yesterday morning from smallpox. The funeral which was private, owing to the nature of the disease, was held yesterday afternoon, burial being in Fairview cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Snyder leaves seven young children. The entire family was stricken with the disease.
Omaha Daily Bee, July 13, 1908:
Council Bluffs News - Frank Boyd, aged 31 years, died shortly after 11 o'clock Friday night at his home [unreadable] Avenue C, from smallpox. His death was the second from this disease in Council Bluffs within a week. His sister, Mrs. J. F. Snyder, 2946 Avenue E, died of the confluent form of the disease last Tuesday morning.
Boyd, who was a single man, was buried in Fairview cemetery within two hours after his death. He leaves a mother, two brothers and one sister.
Boyd was the man who becoming delirious from the effects of smallpox, escaped from quarantine and ran wildly about the [unreadable] part of the city for several hours before he was captured and returned to [unreadable].
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