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Vickie Amberg

Birth
Death
15 Nov 1878
Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
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The publication date of the Hickman Courier is incorrect. It should be 15 Nov 1878.
Contributor: R.Young (47505617)

***ASSUMMED*** Burial as a victim of the yellow fever epidemic of 1878.

Yellow fever is an acute systemic illness - a hemorrhagic fever - caused by the Flavivirus. Acute means it comes on (onset) rapidly, while systemic means it affects the whole body. In severe cases yellow fever causes a high fever, bleeding into the skin and the death of cells in the liver and kidney. Liver damage results in severe jaundice - yellowing of the skin; hence the name "yellow fever".
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The Hickman Courier newspaper, Hickman, Fulton County, KY
13 September 1878; Page 5, Column 1

THE EPEDEMIC

Total Number of Deaths 153
The Tribulations of a Long Suffering and Grateful People

The following is a correct list of the dead, which we obtain from Mr. Ed. Case, who had the fever early and kept a daily record during the epidemic.

List of the Dead:

Sept. 25 - Miss Vickie Amberg, Jos. Amberg, Michael O'Neal
The publication date of the Hickman Courier is incorrect. It should be 15 Nov 1878.
Contributor: R.Young (47505617)

***ASSUMMED*** Burial as a victim of the yellow fever epidemic of 1878.

Yellow fever is an acute systemic illness - a hemorrhagic fever - caused by the Flavivirus. Acute means it comes on (onset) rapidly, while systemic means it affects the whole body. In severe cases yellow fever causes a high fever, bleeding into the skin and the death of cells in the liver and kidney. Liver damage results in severe jaundice - yellowing of the skin; hence the name "yellow fever".
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The Hickman Courier newspaper, Hickman, Fulton County, KY
13 September 1878; Page 5, Column 1

THE EPEDEMIC

Total Number of Deaths 153
The Tribulations of a Long Suffering and Grateful People

The following is a correct list of the dead, which we obtain from Mr. Ed. Case, who had the fever early and kept a daily record during the epidemic.

List of the Dead:

Sept. 25 - Miss Vickie Amberg, Jos. Amberg, Michael O'Neal


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