Biography:
Mollie Shirley was one of the victims of the cholera outbreak that struck the New Elizabeth (soon to be known as Lizton) community in August and September of 1873. The following account is from an article "Plague of New Elizabeth" by Don and Ruth Hall in the Sept. 1974 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History:
"... As a storekeeper and former trustee of Union Township, George Shirley naturally was one of the town's more prosperous citizens; and if New Elizabeth had had a social register, his eighteen year old wife, the former Mollie Wilkinson who was reared between Danville and New Elizabeth, surely would have been listed near the top. Being Baptists she and her husband had a good excuse to leave New Elizabeth to attend the Baptist Association's Sunday meeting at Abner's Creek a short distance north of Danville. They went to Danville on Saturday, September 6, and stayed at the fine home of George's brother, John. The ride out to Abner's Creek and back on Sunday was a happy one. New Elizabeth had become a dreary place to live. The Shirleys stayed Sunday night in Danville where the young woman became ill. Danville's best physicians, including Dr. W. J. Hoadley, who was George and John Shirley's brother-in-law, and Dr. Lockhart watched her until she died early Monday afternoon. According to the doctors, Mrs. Shirley had a 'pretty fair case of cholera,' one she had brought from New Elizabeth. While the physicians could do nothing for her, they undoubtedly did all they could to make certain that cholera did not spread to other members of the family or to Danville residents. Mollie Shirley was buried in the graveyard at Abner's Creek - probably at night. She and Dr. Dicks were the only victims of New Elizabeth's epidemic not laid to rest in the Vieley cemetery."
George Shirley and Mollie Wilkinson were married in Hendricks County on Feb. 5, 1873.
Mollie Shirley was one of the victims of the cholera outbreak that struck the New Elizabeth (soon to be known as Lizton) community in August and September of 1873. The following account is from an article "Plague of New Elizabeth" by Don and Ruth Hall in the Sept. 1974 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History:
"... As a storekeeper and former trustee of Union Township, George Shirley naturally was one of the town's more prosperous citizens; and if New Elizabeth had had a social register, his eighteen year old wife, the former Mollie Wilkinson who was reared between Danville and New Elizabeth, surely would have been listed near the top. Being Baptists she and her husband had a good excuse to leave New Elizabeth to attend the Baptist Association's Sunday meeting at Abner's Creek a short distance north of Danville. They went to Danville on Saturday, September 6, and stayed at the fine home of George's brother, John. The ride out to Abner's Creek and back on Sunday was a happy one. New Elizabeth had become a dreary place to live. The Shirleys stayed Sunday night in Danville where the young woman became ill. Danville's best physicians, including Dr. W. J. Hoadley, who was George and John Shirley's brother-in-law, and Dr. Lockhart watched her until she died early Monday afternoon. According to the doctors, Mrs. Shirley had a 'pretty fair case of cholera,' one she had brought from New Elizabeth. While the physicians could do nothing for her, they undoubtedly did all they could to make certain that cholera did not spread to other members of the family or to Danville residents. Mollie Shirley was buried in the graveyard at Abner's Creek - probably at night. She and Dr. Dicks were the only victims of New Elizabeth's epidemic not laid to rest in the Vieley cemetery."
George Shirley and Mollie Wilkinson were married in Hendricks County on Feb. 5, 1873.
Biography:
Mollie Shirley was one of the victims of the cholera outbreak that struck the New Elizabeth (soon to be known as Lizton) community in August and September of 1873. The following account is from an article "Plague of New Elizabeth" by Don and Ruth Hall in the Sept. 1974 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History:
"... As a storekeeper and former trustee of Union Township, George Shirley naturally was one of the town's more prosperous citizens; and if New Elizabeth had had a social register, his eighteen year old wife, the former Mollie Wilkinson who was reared between Danville and New Elizabeth, surely would have been listed near the top. Being Baptists she and her husband had a good excuse to leave New Elizabeth to attend the Baptist Association's Sunday meeting at Abner's Creek a short distance north of Danville. They went to Danville on Saturday, September 6, and stayed at the fine home of George's brother, John. The ride out to Abner's Creek and back on Sunday was a happy one. New Elizabeth had become a dreary place to live. The Shirleys stayed Sunday night in Danville where the young woman became ill. Danville's best physicians, including Dr. W. J. Hoadley, who was George and John Shirley's brother-in-law, and Dr. Lockhart watched her until she died early Monday afternoon. According to the doctors, Mrs. Shirley had a 'pretty fair case of cholera,' one she had brought from New Elizabeth. While the physicians could do nothing for her, they undoubtedly did all they could to make certain that cholera did not spread to other members of the family or to Danville residents. Mollie Shirley was buried in the graveyard at Abner's Creek - probably at night. She and Dr. Dicks were the only victims of New Elizabeth's epidemic not laid to rest in the Vieley cemetery."
George Shirley and Mollie Wilkinson were married in Hendricks County on Feb. 5, 1873.
Mollie Shirley was one of the victims of the cholera outbreak that struck the New Elizabeth (soon to be known as Lizton) community in August and September of 1873. The following account is from an article "Plague of New Elizabeth" by Don and Ruth Hall in the Sept. 1974 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History:
"... As a storekeeper and former trustee of Union Township, George Shirley naturally was one of the town's more prosperous citizens; and if New Elizabeth had had a social register, his eighteen year old wife, the former Mollie Wilkinson who was reared between Danville and New Elizabeth, surely would have been listed near the top. Being Baptists she and her husband had a good excuse to leave New Elizabeth to attend the Baptist Association's Sunday meeting at Abner's Creek a short distance north of Danville. They went to Danville on Saturday, September 6, and stayed at the fine home of George's brother, John. The ride out to Abner's Creek and back on Sunday was a happy one. New Elizabeth had become a dreary place to live. The Shirleys stayed Sunday night in Danville where the young woman became ill. Danville's best physicians, including Dr. W. J. Hoadley, who was George and John Shirley's brother-in-law, and Dr. Lockhart watched her until she died early Monday afternoon. According to the doctors, Mrs. Shirley had a 'pretty fair case of cholera,' one she had brought from New Elizabeth. While the physicians could do nothing for her, they undoubtedly did all they could to make certain that cholera did not spread to other members of the family or to Danville residents. Mollie Shirley was buried in the graveyard at Abner's Creek - probably at night. She and Dr. Dicks were the only victims of New Elizabeth's epidemic not laid to rest in the Vieley cemetery."
George Shirley and Mollie Wilkinson were married in Hendricks County on Feb. 5, 1873.
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Mollie, wife of G. W. Shirley
died Sep. 7, 1873
aged 18 y, 8 m, 12 d
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