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Epidemics

Cholera and other epidemics and health concerns in and around Harpers Ferry and Jefferson County, WV, chronicling the region’s public health history.

This topic appears in 80 indexed records between 1821 and 1919.
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June 13, 2026
June 13, 2026

Woman Killed By Cholera on Canal Line

From the Hagerstown Torch Light, Aug. 1.One death of cholera, occurred in town, on Sunday– a woman– from the line of the Canal. This is the third, and only the third death, that has occurred in […]
August 8, 1833
June 13, 2026
June 13, 2026

Shepherdstown Cholera; Rears head in Charles Town

By the subjoined letter from Col. HARPER, Mayor of Shepherdstown, it will be seen that the cholera, after lingering for some time past on the Maryland shore, in the vicinity of that place, has at length […]
August 15, 1833
June 13, 2026
June 13, 2026

Cholera Appears to be Eradicated

CHOLERA.We believe we are fully justified in asserting that this disease no longer exists in our county as an epidemic. No case has occurred in Charlestown or Harpers-Ferry during the last two weeks; Smithfield has been […]
September 5, 1833
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026

Jefferson County Cholera

Two deaths have occurred by Cholera at Halltown, since our last paper. We have heard of no new cases. Charlestown is entirely free of the disease, and very little sickness of any sort prevails. A few […]
October 18, 1832
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026

Cholera among Laborers in Washington Co., MD.

From the Hagerstown Free Press, Sept. 11. In Washington county the Cholera has been fatal in a great many cases– in the lower part of the county, the canal laborers are sickening and dying daily. In […]
September 20, 1832
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This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 34 records
1850s 13 records
1910s 12 records
1820s 6 records
1890s 4 records
1880s 3 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Epidemics" across historical collections.

Carroll
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Moler
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Houser
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Miller
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Flanagan
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Bennett
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Entler
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Griggs
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Harper
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Markle
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Shutt
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Turner
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