In 1880, when the census taker visited the home of Alex and Gracey Williamson in Springhill township, Wilson County, he found all eight of their children ill with pertussis, or whooping cough, a highly contagious bacterial disease.
In 1880, when the census taker visited the home of Alex and Gracey Williamson in Springhill township, Wilson County, he found all eight of their children ill with pertussis, or whooping cough, a highly contagious bacterial disease.
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