Small Pox
Chenango Union, March 15, 1877
Our citizens were startled on Monday morning last, by the announcement that Mrs. Achsa Thompson, mother of B.L. Thompson, had died at his residence on Hayes street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], of small pox. But a few weeks since Mrs. Thompson came from Syracuse to visit her son and family, and had been suffering from Erysipelas and fever; but not until Sunday evening was it discovered that she was in the last stages of small pox, and her death took place on the morning following. She was buried on Monday evening. It is supposed that she contracted the disease from sleeping upon a mattress which had been in her son's sick room and used by him, during a mild attack of varioloid, in December last. The mattress had for weeks after his recovery been buried in the snow, and other precautions taken to prevent any exposure thereafter. Many friends, who had made the acquaintance of the deceased, regret her death and sympathize with the surviving relatives. Her age was 73 years. No fears are entertained of the spread of the disease.
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