1840s-1850s Cholera Outbreaks in Allen Co., OH

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Does anyone know a source for names of persons who died of cholera during one of the 1840s or 1850s outbreaks in Allen County, Ohio? I've already seen vol. 1 of the American Historical Society's A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio,  Thanks for any help.

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Thank you Eddie. No names unfortunately.

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I think the best you can hope for is a visit to the cemetery and have access to the burial records, including cause of death. They have the records, and don't mind allowing research.

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Thank you both. I should have been more specific about what I already know. This Linn family was living in Lima, Allen Co., OH in 1850. The published history of Allen Co. says that Edmund S. Linn (son of James S. Linn) died of cholera and was buried in June 1851. It did not say where, but I'd think it would have to be somewhere in Allen Co.

Only one of six Linns in the household in 1850 has been found anywhere since, being 2 in 1850 and 11 in 1860, and living in 1860 with an aunt and uncle. That leads me to believe the boy was the only family member to survive the cholera, which struck in Lima again in 1854.

That outbreak was so severe that nearby Delphos "was almost depopulated", and I've read elsewhere that in some communities cholera victims were dying so fast there was not time even to make coffins and many people were buried in mass graves.

That of course is what happened in Sandusky Co., but that's 100 miles from Lima.

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Have you searched http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/allen/ and http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/allen/ to see if they have anything?

Sometimes folks will put a story on a FindAGrave memorial that might lead you to some source.

I did a very quick look and there were no newspaper articles that jumped out.

Best of luck.

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Thanks very much Kay. Unfortunately, there are no FindAGrave memorials for the family. I'll take a look at the Allen County Genealogy Trails.

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I know it's almost 2 years later, but I was looking into the cholera epidemic in Allen County as well for victims' names. Don't know if you missed what might be a reference to the Linn boy being buried in Lima by the Masonic lodge there (p. 409). Pages 354 and 257 also mention the Linn family. Not a lot of detail there, but perhaps it will help.

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You might want to try the Co's next to Allen co.. as sometimes families lived on the border half in one County and half in the other.

Lilly Anderson G2G-3

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Thanks for the suggestion Lilly. Too bad that Lima, where the family lived, is very much center of the county.