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| Challes Patterson |
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| Born: 13 Nov 1783 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died: 1793 Marietta, Washington, OH | ||||||||||||||||
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From the History of Belpre by C. E. Dickinson
'In September, 1793, the small pox was introduced within Farmers Castle, who
walls could not protect them from this insidious foe, by Benjamin Patterson one
of the spies. He was at Marietta where it prevailed and thinking himself exposed
to the contagion was inoculated by Dr. Barnes who was then there, and engaged
him to inoculate the rest of his family. - Of those under the care of Dr. Barnes
in Major Goodales garrison, a colony which moved out of Farmers Castle in the
spring, two or three died; among them was a child of Mr. Patterson.. The cause
of its fatality was the failure of those first inoculated to take the disease,
probably from deteriorated matter; and several took it in the natural way, so
that on the whole they got through with this pest very favorably."