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Lydia Parkhurst Griffis

Birth
Butler County, Ohio, USA
Death
Sep 1859 (aged 41–42)
Wayne County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Cremated, Other. Specifically: Multiple bodies were burned at once due to the contagen of the disease so no one is sure what happened to any of the ashes. Add to Map
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Lydia and 2 of her daughters, Sophia and Mary, died in close proximity of each other from Typhoid Fever in 1859. I have read that at that time since the disease was highly contagious that they burned the bodies of those who died from it.

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 about Lydia Griffis
Name: Lydia Griffis
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 42
Death Date: Sep 1859
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: Walnut, Wayne, Iowa
LINE: 1
Lydia and 2 of her daughters, Sophia and Mary, died in close proximity of each other from Typhoid Fever in 1859. I have read that at that time since the disease was highly contagious that they burned the bodies of those who died from it.

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 about Lydia Griffis
Name: Lydia Griffis
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 42
Death Date: Sep 1859
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: Walnut, Wayne, Iowa
LINE: 1

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