Sophia, her sister Mary and their Mother Lydia, 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 Sophia Griffis
Name: Sophia Griffis
Gender: Female
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 17
Death Date: Aug 1859
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: Walnut, Wayne, Iowa
LINE: 2
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 about Sophia Griffis
Name: Sophia Griffis
Gender: Female
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 17
Death Date: Aug 1859
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: Walnut, Wayne, Iowa
LINE: 2
Sophia, her sister Mary and their Mother Lydia, 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 Sophia Griffis
Name: Sophia Griffis
Gender: Female
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 17
Death Date: Aug 1859
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: Walnut, Wayne, Iowa
LINE: 2
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 about Sophia Griffis
Name: Sophia Griffis
Gender: Female
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 17
Death Date: Aug 1859
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: Walnut, Wayne, Iowa
LINE: 2
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