Hosmer

[45govt]

Since you can put links on the other board I had to post these here

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284782629801?hash=item424e5e13a9:g:~0cAAOSwdCViZH1 B

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284782630290?hash=item424e5e1592:g:n9UAAOSw0hViZHx v

[Dick Hosmer]

Thanks for the notice - not an ancestor, but quite possibly a cousin. I'll check it out.

[butlersrangers]

An interesting photo & 'mini-biography' on Lt. Hosmer and his death.

Cholera has historically been such a common and horrible killer.
Ironically, victims with a normal immune system would have survived, if they had been given adequate uncontaminated drinking water while trying to recover.

Shallow contaminated wells have killed many people.