John Classen family of Jones County, Iowa in 1885
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John Classen family of Jones County, Iowa in 1885
Source: Sioux Valley News; Correctionville, Iowa; May 28, 1885 ; Page 2.
A peculiar and fatal disease has broken out in Jones county. Two children of a recently arrived German immigrant, named John Classen, and the wife and sister-in-law of the family with whom Classen was stopping, have died. The disease is described as resembling measles.
A peculiar and fatal disease has broken out in Jones county. Two children of a recently arrived German immigrant, named John Classen, and the wife and sister-in-law of the family with whom Classen was stopping, have died. The disease is described as resembling measles.