In about 1877 a terrible epidemic of black smallpox broke out. Lily's younger sister, four years of age, died and was buried in the little cemetery on the ranch, in which there were already six bodies (two were white men who had been waylaid and killed by Indians in 1866). In 1872, three of mother's children, Johnny, aged five, Kathleen Belle, aged three and Mollie Florence, aged one, had died within 24 hours and were buried in one grave. Dr. Styer of Ft. Stanton diagnosed their sickness as diphtheria. Mollie Kathleen was the seventh buried in our graveyard.
In about 1877 a terrible epidemic of black smallpox broke out. Lily's younger sister, four years of age, died and was buried in the little cemetery on the ranch, in which there were already six bodies (two were white men who had been waylaid and killed by Indians in 1866). In 1872, three of mother's children, Johnny, aged five, Kathleen Belle, aged three and Mollie Florence, aged one, had died within 24 hours and were buried in one grave. Dr. Styer of Ft. Stanton diagnosed their sickness as diphtheria. Mollie Kathleen was the seventh buried in our graveyard.
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