Richard Paul Culler, richardpculler at msn dot com, provided the following information:
His full name was Burton Blaine Brandt, went by "Bert", born April 30, 1884 in Loudon Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio, and died December 21, 1892 in Carroll Co., Ohio.
This was in the Carroll Chronicle, Carrollton, Ohio, Friday, December 30, 1892.
The diphtheritic scourge is having a fatal run in the little town of Kilgore. Of the 40 families who live there, there were only four that are not or had not been afflicted. "You couldn't see a child out on the streets last week," said our informant. There were five deaths in one week -- four from this disease. D. B. Miller's youngest son, aged two years, (Waldo), died on the 24th and was buried on Christmas day. A daughter of P. E. Miller, aged 7 years, (Thurza) died about the same time. They were brother's children. Both were buried the same afternoon--one at one o'clock and the other at three. J. B. Brandt's son, Bert, aged seven years, died on the 21st and was buried on the 22d.
Information researched by Richard Paul Culler of Carrollton, Ohio.
His full name was Burton Blaine Brandt, went by "Bert", born April 30, 1884 in Loudon Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio, and died December 21, 1892 in Carroll Co., Ohio.
This was in the Carroll Chronicle, Carrollton, Ohio, Friday, December 30, 1892.
The diphtheritic scourge is having a fatal run in the little town of Kilgore. Of the 40 families who live there, there were only four that are not or had not been afflicted. "You couldn't see a child out on the streets last week," said our informant. There were five deaths in one week -- four from this disease. D. B. Miller's youngest son, aged two years, (Waldo), died on the 24th and was buried on Christmas day. A daughter of P. E. Miller, aged 7 years, (Thurza) died about the same time. They were brother's children. Both were buried the same afternoon--one at one o'clock and the other at three. J. B. Brandt's son, Bert, aged seven years, died on the 21st and was buried on the 22d.
Information researched by Richard Paul Culler of Carrollton, Ohio.
Richard Paul Culler, richardpculler at msn dot com, provided the following information:
His full name was Burton Blaine Brandt, went by "Bert", born April 30, 1884 in Loudon Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio, and died December 21, 1892 in Carroll Co., Ohio.
This was in the Carroll Chronicle, Carrollton, Ohio, Friday, December 30, 1892.
The diphtheritic scourge is having a fatal run in the little town of Kilgore. Of the 40 families who live there, there were only four that are not or had not been afflicted. "You couldn't see a child out on the streets last week," said our informant. There were five deaths in one week -- four from this disease. D. B. Miller's youngest son, aged two years, (Waldo), died on the 24th and was buried on Christmas day. A daughter of P. E. Miller, aged 7 years, (Thurza) died about the same time. They were brother's children. Both were buried the same afternoon--one at one o'clock and the other at three. J. B. Brandt's son, Bert, aged seven years, died on the 21st and was buried on the 22d.
Information researched by Richard Paul Culler of Carrollton, Ohio.
His full name was Burton Blaine Brandt, went by "Bert", born April 30, 1884 in Loudon Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio, and died December 21, 1892 in Carroll Co., Ohio.
This was in the Carroll Chronicle, Carrollton, Ohio, Friday, December 30, 1892.
The diphtheritic scourge is having a fatal run in the little town of Kilgore. Of the 40 families who live there, there were only four that are not or had not been afflicted. "You couldn't see a child out on the streets last week," said our informant. There were five deaths in one week -- four from this disease. D. B. Miller's youngest son, aged two years, (Waldo), died on the 24th and was buried on Christmas day. A daughter of P. E. Miller, aged 7 years, (Thurza) died about the same time. They were brother's children. Both were buried the same afternoon--one at one o'clock and the other at three. J. B. Brandt's son, Bert, aged seven years, died on the 21st and was buried on the 22d.
Information researched by Richard Paul Culler of Carrollton, Ohio.
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