1949, March 4 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article recounts life in Cleveland County focusing on Dr. Thomas Williams, Shelby’s first physician. It describes primitive medical knowledge, poor sanitation, and diseases like typhoid fever. The article also describes funeral practices, coffin making, and table manners of the time period.

Publication Date

3-4-1949

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Typhoid fever, early medicine, public health, Dr. Thomas Williams, Amelia Elliott, Hattie Stephens, John F. Stephens, James L. Webb, Virginia Ann Elliott, Frank Stockton, Will McArthur, funeral customs

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1949, March 4 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1949). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 22.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/22