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Note: MISC: THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC OF 1873 The Asiatic Cholera first started in this country in the Mississippi Valley in 1832, and had spread to East Tennessee by 1854, but did not spread as far as Jonesborough. The first cases appeared in Jonesborough in early July 1873 when two sufferers from Greeneville were cared for at the home of A.C. Collins. The visitors recovered but Mrs. Collins contracted the disease. Before the epidemic had run its course, 60% of the population of Jonesborough had Cholera. Doctors William R. Sevier, E. L. Deadrick and A.C. Hoss remained to care for the townspeople. Dr. Sevier later published two papers on the cure of Cholera. Four ministers remained: E. M. Lockwood, W.W. Morison, P.D. Cowan and G.C. Thrasher (who died). Other merchants and public servants, along with ordinary citizens, white and black, remained behind to care for the sick and dying, offer food and medicine, and dig the necessary graves.
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