128 – William Jarvis (5G) 1760-1823

William Jarvis died in January 1823. He was 62.

William’s wife Margaret (5G) survived him and was living on their farm on Fork Lick Creek. Harvey (4G), age 20, had just married in 1822. Most of the other children were married and living elsewhere.

We’ll catch up with the rest of the family in the next post. For now, let’s look at William Jarvis’ interesting life.

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45 – Teply Lifestyle – Health – 1890-1917

Newspaper stories also reported on the health, sickness and accidents in the community.

Frank and Anna and their sons had a few noteworthy health scares.

But considering the times, they were all lucky to come through this time period as an unscathed family.

That was about to change in the next few years.

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