In Marion County Record
1874 Oct 3
 

"We learn that the measles has been quite prevalent and fatal among the Mennonite families who have lately arrived in Peabody. They brought the disease with them, and sixteen of their children are said to have died with it."

From the newspaper archive at Kansas State Historical Society. -- Richard Good, 2010 Feb 14.

Reference

o "Re: Measles among Mennonite familes in Peabody" in Marion County Record (Marion, KS: 1874 Oct 3). Also www.dgatx.com/family...s/1874/10-03/hs.html.