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- Michael L. Wiest:
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In 1901 an epidemic of diphtheria spread into the area wiping out the children of many families; my older brothers and sisters are all buried on theat homstead (Lehr, ND). My sister Lydia, being six months old and a nursing baby never got diphtheria. In 1902 sister Annie was born in ND.
By Gideon Lehr Info out of the Irvine, Canada book on Pixel
Teresa G. Baldry:
Death: 1900-1901 - Beaver Creek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, U.S.a.
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Died in diptheria epidemic - buried on the homestead, now located on north-west edge of town of Lehr, North Dakota. No identification of graves left. No graveyard had yet been established for the pioneers then. Six other children , his brothers and sisters, were all buried there. It was recalled that being the eldest, he drove the horses and wagon carrying the coffins to the site, and at one point had said to his father " One day I will die and you can bury me here too".
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