The Exodus in July 1912 forced all the Americans to leave the Mormon Colonies. The McNeil family moved to Douglas, Arizona, the closest American town to the border. As was true of all others at that time, they could take only a few clothes and a minimum of bedding. Everything else was left behind. At the time, the weather was warm; it was in October 1912 and they were getting along all right.
Douglas was very small and the water supply not sanitary. In the fall of 1913 there was a typhoid epidemic and five of the McNeil Children became ill with the disease. The health authorities visited the family and tried very hard to have all taken to the hospital, but John Edward wanted to keep them home. He finally let them take three children, but two of these died. They were Charles Leland, age 10, who died November 6, 1913 and Sixtus Earl, age 16 who passed away November 16, 1913
Douglas was very small and the water supply not sanitary. In the fall of 1913 there was a typhoid epidemic and five of the McNeil Children became ill with the disease. The health authorities visited the family and tried very hard to have all taken to the hospital, but John Edward wanted to keep them home. He finally let them take three children, but two of these died. They were Charles Leland, age 10, who died November 6, 1913 and Sixtus Earl, age 16 who passed away November 16, 1913
The Exodus in July 1912 forced all the Americans to leave the Mormon Colonies. The McNeil family moved to Douglas, Arizona, the closest American town to the border. As was true of all others at that time, they could take only a few clothes and a minimum of bedding. Everything else was left behind. At the time, the weather was warm; it was in October 1912 and they were getting along all right.
Douglas was very small and the water supply not sanitary. In the fall of 1913 there was a typhoid epidemic and five of the McNeil Children became ill with the disease. The health authorities visited the family and tried very hard to have all taken to the hospital, but John Edward wanted to keep them home. He finally let them take three children, but two of these died. They were Charles Leland, age 10, who died November 6, 1913 and Sixtus Earl, age 16 who passed away November 16, 1913
Douglas was very small and the water supply not sanitary. In the fall of 1913 there was a typhoid epidemic and five of the McNeil Children became ill with the disease. The health authorities visited the family and tried very hard to have all taken to the hospital, but John Edward wanted to keep them home. He finally let them take three children, but two of these died. They were Charles Leland, age 10, who died November 6, 1913 and Sixtus Earl, age 16 who passed away November 16, 1913
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