Notes by Colleen Brown: The dreaded word "Cholera" marks Union Township's first established cemetery (Vieley). The epidemic struck New Elizabeth (Lizton) August 22, 1873.
The first victim was Mrs. William (Fannie) Davis on Friday, Aug 22, 1873, in the early evening at age 18. She had taken ill about one o'clock in the afternoon and died about five in the evening. Her child died just eighteen hours after it was attacked.
Benjamin Hedges and two children died in an old house south of Main Street. Neighbors burned the Hedges house and moved the widow into the William Davis house where another daughter died.
There were no new cases after September 13, 1873. The three week epidemic resulted in twenty-three deaths. David V. Leak and Jesse Vieley dug most of the graves. All except the town doctor, Dr. Dicks, and Mrs. George Shirley were buried in the Vieley Cemetery just east of Lizton
****10 percent of the population of New Elizabeth (200) died. Death or flight from the disease took all but five of the 75 families from the town****
Notes by David Smith: The 1870 Census shows the family consisting of Benjamin (age 75), wife Harriet (age 34), daughters Laura (age 7), Elizabeth (age 4), Alice (age 2) and Milton B. (age 8 months) and a female Matilda Lewis (age 13). The 1880 Census shows Harriett Hedges (age 45) with daughters Elizabeth (age 16) and Alice (age 14) and son Milton (age 10). Thus it appears Elizabeth did not die in the cholera epidemic but Laura Hedges did.
The first victim was Mrs. William (Fannie) Davis on Friday, Aug 22, 1873, in the early evening at age 18. She had taken ill about one o'clock in the afternoon and died about five in the evening. Her child died just eighteen hours after it was attacked.
Benjamin Hedges and two children died in an old house south of Main Street. Neighbors burned the Hedges house and moved the widow into the William Davis house where another daughter died.
There were no new cases after September 13, 1873. The three week epidemic resulted in twenty-three deaths. David V. Leak and Jesse Vieley dug most of the graves. All except the town doctor, Dr. Dicks, and Mrs. George Shirley were buried in the Vieley Cemetery just east of Lizton
****10 percent of the population of New Elizabeth (200) died. Death or flight from the disease took all but five of the 75 families from the town****
Notes by David Smith: The 1870 Census shows the family consisting of Benjamin (age 75), wife Harriet (age 34), daughters Laura (age 7), Elizabeth (age 4), Alice (age 2) and Milton B. (age 8 months) and a female Matilda Lewis (age 13). The 1880 Census shows Harriett Hedges (age 45) with daughters Elizabeth (age 16) and Alice (age 14) and son Milton (age 10). Thus it appears Elizabeth did not die in the cholera epidemic but Laura Hedges did.
Notes by Colleen Brown: The dreaded word "Cholera" marks Union Township's first established cemetery (Vieley). The epidemic struck New Elizabeth (Lizton) August 22, 1873.
The first victim was Mrs. William (Fannie) Davis on Friday, Aug 22, 1873, in the early evening at age 18. She had taken ill about one o'clock in the afternoon and died about five in the evening. Her child died just eighteen hours after it was attacked.
Benjamin Hedges and two children died in an old house south of Main Street. Neighbors burned the Hedges house and moved the widow into the William Davis house where another daughter died.
There were no new cases after September 13, 1873. The three week epidemic resulted in twenty-three deaths. David V. Leak and Jesse Vieley dug most of the graves. All except the town doctor, Dr. Dicks, and Mrs. George Shirley were buried in the Vieley Cemetery just east of Lizton
****10 percent of the population of New Elizabeth (200) died. Death or flight from the disease took all but five of the 75 families from the town****
Notes by David Smith: The 1870 Census shows the family consisting of Benjamin (age 75), wife Harriet (age 34), daughters Laura (age 7), Elizabeth (age 4), Alice (age 2) and Milton B. (age 8 months) and a female Matilda Lewis (age 13). The 1880 Census shows Harriett Hedges (age 45) with daughters Elizabeth (age 16) and Alice (age 14) and son Milton (age 10). Thus it appears Elizabeth did not die in the cholera epidemic but Laura Hedges did.
The first victim was Mrs. William (Fannie) Davis on Friday, Aug 22, 1873, in the early evening at age 18. She had taken ill about one o'clock in the afternoon and died about five in the evening. Her child died just eighteen hours after it was attacked.
Benjamin Hedges and two children died in an old house south of Main Street. Neighbors burned the Hedges house and moved the widow into the William Davis house where another daughter died.
There were no new cases after September 13, 1873. The three week epidemic resulted in twenty-three deaths. David V. Leak and Jesse Vieley dug most of the graves. All except the town doctor, Dr. Dicks, and Mrs. George Shirley were buried in the Vieley Cemetery just east of Lizton
****10 percent of the population of New Elizabeth (200) died. Death or flight from the disease took all but five of the 75 families from the town****
Notes by David Smith: The 1870 Census shows the family consisting of Benjamin (age 75), wife Harriet (age 34), daughters Laura (age 7), Elizabeth (age 4), Alice (age 2) and Milton B. (age 8 months) and a female Matilda Lewis (age 13). The 1880 Census shows Harriett Hedges (age 45) with daughters Elizabeth (age 16) and Alice (age 14) and son Milton (age 10). Thus it appears Elizabeth did not die in the cholera epidemic but Laura Hedges did.
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