Genealogical Gems

State veterinary inspector Dr. Bridge and Lancastre’s Dr. Shaub were called out to investigate a herd of dying cattle in Martic Township , Lancaster County .   The cattle belonged to Joseph O. Huss, who was leasing land near Bethesda belonging to Thomas Ambler. Dr. Bridge had to put down two cattle who had pleuro-pneumonia. On This Day in 1886, Dr. Shaub received a telegram stating other cattle, which were out in the field prior and therefore not inoculated, were now showing signs of the same disease.   Pleuropneumonia is the inflammation of the lungs and pleura. It is a contagious bacterial disease affecting the lungs of cattle. It is an airborne disease.   Source Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 25 October 1886. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress.      On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events.           ...

A Quarryville man has been accused of rape and fornication and bastardy. These charges were made against Henry Shaub, barely 18 of Quarryville, On This Day in 1880. He appeared before Alderman McConomy. The charges were made by Mary Finefrock. She is described as “a young girl who is said to be of rather weak intellect.” Shaub was held for court. Source: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 17 August 1880. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress.      On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events.                  © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015

A child was exhumed On This Day in 1881 in Lancaster and a coroner’s inquest was held.  Elizabeth (correction is in the paper on 15 June 1881) Shaub’s child died at the house of Zach Boot in Faegleysville. Shaub is a single mother. Her child, born on 25 May, had been sick about a week. A doctor saw the child and thought the cause to be dysentery. The child died on Saturday, 11 June, and was buried in the Lancaster Cemetery on Sunday.   Constable Lentz, in the Sixth Ward, heard about the incident and informed Coroner Mishler. Mishler in turn ordered the child exhumed and an inquest be held. No foul play was found. The jury adjourned without verdict.   At some point overnight the jury requested Alderman Samson to arrest Elizabeth Shaub on the charge of infanticide. Shaub was to be held until a verdict was determined. Source: Lancaster daily intelligencer. ( Lancaster , Pa. ), 14 June 1881. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library ...