Child mortality

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Child mortality

Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
PRIMARY TOPIC
Child Mortality
OTHER SUBJECTS or BRIEF SUMMARY
“Spanish Flu,” Diphtheria, Influenza, 1918 Flu Pandemic

Post title: “Suffer the little children…”

Date published: December 15, 2015

Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2015/12/suffer-little-children.html

Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2015-12-15 Suffer the little children

Summary: Kaiser details the lives of three children buried in Hazelwood cemetery--Mabel Ruth Lambirth, Olive Ruby Cessna, and Lester Arnold Learned--and their families. Details on the influenza, or the “Spanish Flu,” and diphtheria are also included.

1138 Elm Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
921 Summer Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Brewer, Clarence
Case, Charles P.
Case, Henry W.
Cessna, Maude Opal
Cessna, Myrtle Pearl
Cessna, Nancy Skiles
Cessna, Newton William
Cessna, Olive Ruby
Chauncey, Trevor
Grinnell Historical Museum
Grinnell Provision Company
Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA, USA
Kellog, Francis
Lambirth, Joseph Elmer
Lambirth, Laura
Lambirth, Lillie Davis
Lambirth, Lucille
Lambirth, Ralph
Lambirth, Roland
Lambirth, Virgil
Lambirth, Mabel Ruth
Learned, Grant
Learned, Lester Arnold
Learned, Lorena Shoffner
Matzen, John
Matzen, Zella
Ricker, B. J.
Ricker, Edward
Ricker, Elizabeth
Ricker, Mabel
Somers, Dr. P. E.
Wiley, Dr. E. B.

See also 3.2 - Grinnell - History - Epidemics
See also 3.4 - Grinnell - History - Hazelwood Cemetery