Archive for June 2011
Thankful Cromartie
The second child of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane was Thankful Cromartie who was born on April 24, 1768 in Bladen County, North Carolina and died at White Oak Plantation in New Hanover, North Carolina on August 28, 1843. She was buried at Whiteoak Plantation Cemetery. Her husband Alexander Hendry II was born on the…
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Plague is a disease found mainly in rats, ground squirrels, and prairie dogs caused by a Gram-negative bacillus. It is normally transmitted by a fleabite except in its respiratory form when it passes from human to human by respiratory droplets. In 541 A.D. it killed 50 to 60% of the population of North Africa, Europe,…
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