The Appalachian White plague T.B - Finding Wendell , Helen and Sadie - West Virginia

[@lucas1956-y3x]

I hear ya fine Heather 😊

[@timeforchange3786]

Those of us that do genealogy understand the joy of going to historic cemeteries, researching what people died from, and their stories.

[@jerrycunningham3411]

Thank you for doing these real life stories. It’s not morbid, it’s real people who were living their lives. So very interesting. Thank you for all your hard work!

[@cherylverhelst8245]

I don’t think your morbid for telling these stories or for visiting the cemetery’s. I rather enjoy hearing the stories about our past and I appreciate that you and Leo enjoy telling these stories. You and Leo are great at telling us about the past history. It is very sad that the little girl is there alone. Thank you for all your hard work Heather.

[@teresaclontz3574]

TB took the lives of my great uncle, his wife and their daughter. It also took the life of my paternal great grandmother who passed in her 40's leaving my Grandmother who was the oldest to raise her six siblings. This was another history lesson giving these little ones recognition for their lives. Great work Heather and Leo!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you Teresa!

[@lindasingleton1828]

History needs to be shared

[@michaelgrow8630]

I'm 71 never knew my parents mom died from tb dad was a drunk is all people have told me. Raised by 2 wonderful people that adopted me.

[@darleenmccauley8220]

Many people.dont know tuberculosis can be in bone also .

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Thank you Heather, for telling a very sad story, that needed to be told. Take care.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you! You too!

[@anitapoe347]

These people are our history. I love to hear their stories.

[@sharonchristian8508]

Yes Tdap (tetanus diphtheria, pertussis) immunization is still required for attendance in most schools in the US. Testing for TB is also required. With all the illegals being allowed into our country, we will see more of these diseases. Mumps, Measles, Rubella, Polio as well as Hepatitus B are also usually required.

[@dianayount2122]

is why milk should be pasturized also.

[@mycharmedunicorn8715]

@@dianayount2122 fresh cow milk is much better than pasteurized. Never known a cow farmer to die young from their milk. THAT was all am FDA lie to control dairy farmers and not allow them to make money on their milk. FYI a dairy farmer makes barely 70 cents a gallon on their milk and they have to wait for payment. Usually about a month. I bought into a cow share and paid a yearly fee plus $8.00 a gallon for fresh unpasteurized milk. And ai had to drive 45 minutes to pick it up. Needing pasteurized milk is a bogus FDA lie

[@marlenataylor8758]

Great accounts of these people, saddened by lives lost so young

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you

[@cathymcglasson6947]

This white death is T.B. I do appreciate all your hard work I love these history lessons you cannot get in a text book

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks Cathy! I did change it from white death because I forgot about the sniper lol

[@cathymcglasson6947]

@@thehillbillyfiles That's fine you didn't have that's just what came to mind not knowing if there was a sniper back then or not.

[@cynthiacarter514]

Wendell is such a handsome little chap. His tombstone is beautiful.

[@mariamjehn7071]

Your voices sooth me..?The history amazes me! Thankyou my precious people!! Love ❤️ your channel!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you!!

[@sherrilee230]

Thank you dear. If only the medical things we know now could have saved babies and adults. It is sad but we learned more about this and grew stronger. Our cemetery dated back to 1840~ and there was a lot of children in it to. Almost half were new Borns and up to age 6 years.keep up the good work

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks Sherri, always appreciate you

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Thank you Heather!

[@doyeworrell1680]

So sad that T.B. took the lives of people in a slow painful death. My grandfather died at 28 years old at the T.B. Hospital in Nashville, my dad was only three years old at the time and he had no memory of his father. My grandmother would visit him by standing outside and holding up the children so he could come to a window and see them. We forget today how blessed we are to have meditation that treats so many things that was a death sentence to people just a few decades ago.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

So so many awful; stories that people today don't realize

[@ruthshelton-tp9ie]

​@@thehillbillyfiles I know this isn't a political channel but the Dem's have made a very deadly & frightening thing. Careing about you guys, if you haven't been VAXED against the Measles & Small Pox, Chicken Pox-- over proper time I'd get them The Dem's have a thing they made called Monkey Pox a combo of Chicken Pox and the Measles -- (might include small Pox). If they unleash that -- you thought the Black Plage was bad? They both would be.

[@willowthistle3648]

Could you add the link to your other channel? I've seen, heard and felt spirits for as long as I can remember. I grew up a long the NC coast and remember seeing a native American paddling a canoe in the sound. They lived in the area and there was a burial ground on the island around where I grew up. My older brother found pottery that didn't look European.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

www.youtube.com/@dead-timestories7136

[@willowthistle3648]

@@thehillbillyfiles thank you so much!!!

[@donnaboisen6003]

Thank you for teaching us our history.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks Donna

[@maybebaby9211]

I sure do appreciate all your work on these videos. Love learning about the history of these people. Life was not easy for them. They must have been tough. 💜

[@ednaschaefer1259]

You made a comment about morbidity. It is not morbid to visit folks that may be forgotten. Cemeteries really, are just beautiful parks and it's comforting to see you visit and perhaps raise awareness of these places that may be forgotten. Please continue your videos.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you! sometimes you get crazy comments from KZbin that get to you after awhile ,I will continue =)

[@traciwalls7099]

My godmother stayed for a few years at South Mountain Sanitarium in Southern Pennsylvania. She outlived the illness, but she was always careful to stay healthy. She was about Wendell's age when she got sick. So sad.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Im sure happy she managed to live, thank you for sharing

[@Birchlane-j4h]

You are amazing at research! The best I've seen!!

[@overtheGarage-ue8lh]

My maternal grandfather had TB but survived. He was a streetcar driver in Atlanta and died from a heart attack when I was just a toddler.

[@rema_1729]

I love hearing these stories! You do a wonderful job!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Really means a lot thank you

[@lisacooper3991]

Awesome history there, I really enjoy watching bout graves and etc. Thank u for sharing..hey from South Carolina.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I lived in Rockhill SC awhile, thanks for watching =)

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

They still vaccinate for diphtheria. It's part of children's regular vaccines

[@m988022]

Another great video, most of these people probably haven't had a visitor in ages. It is nice seeing a story attached to there resting place.

[@melaniew4354]

Heather I so agree that we today have no idea how grateful we should be. I read a diary from the 1800s of a woman in Georgia who lived through The War, and she had many passages that went into detail about nursing family members, some of them children, while they were dying. Can you imagine? Taking care of a child you know is going to die and all you can do is try and keep them as comfortable as possible until death comes? And all the while keeping yourself calm while dealing with bleeding, vomiting, copious diarrhea, pain and crying for days and days? And we complain about traffic. I love old cemeteries myself, but we have no idea about suffering and grief as it used to be.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Very well said, we are a lot stronger than we think. Luckily we don't have to deal with some of these horrible things anymore. Not on that level. It's almost like it's left space for people to invent problems that don't exist, if you know what I mean. Of course life is always hard in ways and heartbreaking. But I thankful some of the obstacles have been made a bit easier.

[@kayannahufford340]

Thank you I enjoyed your video.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you too!

[@azucenathegysy]

In the areas you are filming is so beautiful. I just love the sounds and at times quietness !

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you very much!

[@bethgiesey9405]

My maternal grandfather died of TB in a Sanitarian. A grandpa I never got to meet. My granddaughter & I were talking about diseases were common back "when" & she was shocked that we didn't have vaccines for them like we do today. Thank you Heather. I appreciate you

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Very sad and thanks Beth

[@Jakmak1480]

There is still no vaccine for TB only antibiotics and now there is antibiotic resistant TB.

[@bethgiesey9405]

I was exposed to TB a few years ago when I worked at the hospital. Nothing ever came of it, but I went through some testing.

[@ZooZoo293]

I just found your channel and I'm so glad I did! I am a lover of history, but my family is from the midwest, so I know little about your area. Your research is thorough and you bring a compassion and sensitivity to your stories that so many other channels don't. They just want to sensationalize or emphasize the gruesome side of events. Thank you for caring about the people you share here, and yes, may they all Rest in Peace.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Beautiful comment, Its people like you that inspire us to do more, thank you

[@ZooZoo293]

@@thehillbillyfiles Thank you! I'll be sticking around, so please keep researching..❤

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

One of my great grandmothers died in 1928 of pneumonia. She was only 42

[@janetsides901]

My husbands grandmother died in 1928,she was 24. Her daughter, my husbands mom,was 4 years old. It's sad. Thankfully antibiotic and other meds were invented.

[@judypierce7028]

My goodness! You are in a very old historic cemetery. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you doing research and visiting cemeteries. If so, then I am weird. I am very blessed and thank the good Lord everyday that I wake up and "put my feet on the floor." There was a hospital called "Loveland" that was built for people with tuberculosis. It was a terrible place and torn down. This was an excellent video Heather. Thank you for your hard work doing the research.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you Judy! means a lot!

[@cchaffincc]

I’m weird too.

[@ohmeowzer1]

Thank you so much I enjoyed this , the history and I appreciate you keeping the memories of these people alive .

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you much

[@melindaschluter1669]

So sad. You do such a wonderful thing! It's nice to know someone cares! ❤ love you Heather.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you so much!

[@marcyroberts5620]

I just found your channel and love it! My husband's family is from Kentucky, and he used to live there, too. Thanks for finding such amazing stories about people and towns in the South.

[@brianlykins6663]

It is a shame that they didn't have a cure for so long. A lot of families were devastated by T.B., pneumonia, and diphtheria. A lot of common non life threatening diseases now, would decimate families, and small communities back in the 1800's and early to mid 1900's. Amazing how far we've managed to come, and yet how far we still have to go. Thank you so much for your research and for putting these videos together. My dad's family is all from Caney Ky., Morgan County. And I believe some were over in West Virginia. So I appreciate the history from all this region. One day I hope to get up that way and find some of my family. God bless ya'll young lady and thank you so much.

[@robcates2383]

I really love your videos, HEATHER, you and Leo, do a great job with these videos!! Your research makes a big difference!!!!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you so much!

[@claudiadesoto2378]

I’m new visiting your videos and really enjoy history and view of the beautiful cemetery’s ,

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you!

[@suzybailey-koubti8342]

I am so happy that I found your You Tube channel. I am originally from Logan County, West Virginia. I will share with all my friends and family members.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you 🙏

[@welcome_to_the_collapse]

What a beautiful and unusual stone.

[@janicegroves4047]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad to hear it

[@AmbysChan]

Dead time stories is a totally clever name! You guys have really interesting vids. Great info

[@thehillbillyfiles]

well thank you!

[@Bampitas74psKR]

Yes they still give the Diptheria vaccine. It’s called the DPT. Diptherua, Pertussis (whooping cough)and Tetanus vaccine. Still given today. You must have it before entering school.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks

[@bettystephens-y4l]

I love your hairdo. It looks so cute.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you

[@jamielieberg7053]

Great Video thank you

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Very welcome

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

Awesome channel, keep up the wonderful work !

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you very much!

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

@@thehillbillyfiles You are very welcome indeed ! I appreciate all the effort you put into making these episodes.

[@annehorstman6071]

amen sister! I can testify in life after death.

[@ScPulli6768]

My grandma lost her Mom and her baby brother but she survived the disease

[@ilovemydanes]

I enjoyed this very much...I don't think there is anything morbid. I feel they all have stories that need to be mentioned...not forgotten...have a great day everyone ✌️ just subbed to ya..

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you! Very appreciated 🙂

[@darleenmccauley8220]

My father hag tb in early 1950. They had to surgically remove 2 ribs. Many people don't realize tb can be in bone also.

[@randallchapman5742]

Let me say that I really appreciate what you are doing. I grew up in Huntington, WV and my parents grew up in rural Putnam County. They got to Huntington after Dad got a job at INCO. I knew a lady who was a Hatfield and married a Coffman. A young lady, who was a McCoy, fell in love with the Coffman (Hatfield) lady"s son. I knew them all from church. As mom was telling me of their backgrounds, I said, next you're groing to tell me they are from the families that feuded. I was surprised when she said they were. The son who was descended from the Hatfields did not have a romantic feeling for the McCOy girl, but there was no animosity over it. He is in his 80's now and lives in Georgia. I don't know what happened the McCoy lady. I have known a few of the Hatfield family, but most of them live in Ohio now. One died near the end of last year. I do have a question, I know the Hatfields were associated with the Church of Christ. What about the McCoyt family?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks for the interesting history! I'm actually not sure about what church they dealt with. I'll see if I can find out. I did hear Randall lost his faith as time went on and began drinking

[@syzygyfarm]

My family is from WV. My grandpa was laid to rest in a small cemetery in Shade Creek. I've heard the lore around the holler and would be interested to know if you are able to find any information to share with us about why it got the nickname "Shades of Death Creek." I was told a story but never saw any documentation on the incident.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I will look into it! actually I found it, Ill see what its all about thanks

[@annemarielovejoy8577]

Although I'm 52 years later after they got t.b. basically under control, I was one that in the 1970s that got t.b. I can remember it like it was yesterday,although I was only 3 or 4 yrs old. My momma says she doesn't understand how I can remember having it. From what I understand when I was sick I was completely isolated (in Thomas memorial hospital is what it was called then)

[@karenfitzpatrick6256]

You are giving these people validation for the brief time they were here. I agree. It isn't "over" when your eyes close for the last time. I also hold that the birth date isn't the beginning. As a maternity/newborn nurse for many years (retired now) I've experienced many times in prepping empty birthing rooms , the pure joy and peaceful expectation of souls so eager to come into our world. The best way I can describe it is that it is the opposite of a haunting. The time here is what we have today and everyday does matter! Diphtheria is part of the DPT shot series most all American children get. Likely you had them too as most elementary schools require them. Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus. As we get older only Tetanus needs booster as a person can get infected by it through dirty wounds and not from another person. Mass immunizations are the reason these killers are rare today. We are well protected today by the herd immunity given to us with the early Diphtheria and Pertussis vaccines we get as kids. They're not gone, just so many of us have good resistance they can't spread around taking children anymore. Thank God so many children grow up today because we have learned how to fight these killers. We still have a long way to go to eradicate all disease. Maybe we never will. But every day new things are discovered and it's in our nature to want to heal ourselves and protect others.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I enjoyed your comment , thank you=)

[@cathymcglasson6947]

RIP to all the victims of T.B.

[@amberhansen3806]

I contracted TB when I was 19. It lay dormant for years. I ended up getting 9 months of hard meds to rid it. Had regular chest Xrays to see the progression.

[@ladyflu4461]

Absolutely love your videos!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you so much!

[@roxannelandolt7852]

DPT Dyptheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough). You have had them Heather.

[@CreepyDeepyHistory]

Hi from Wyoming county! 🎉❤

[@jessiemerritt9147]

R.I.P. sad what people went threw

[@mycharmedunicorn8715]

Diphtheria is in the DTaP shot. Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

ok thanks

[@davidgay2792]

I have a great uncle buried near youngs bottom on the elk river outside of charleston. His name is Capt John Young his half brother and my great great grandfather is buried in another cemetery near there. his name is Charles Young. Both born in the 1700's. I could not find Charles grave because I was looking in the wrong cemetery. Great story if you care to look it up.

[@marshadean1321]

Where is this cemetery. The tombstones need cleaned volunteers would be good. My husband and I use to visit cemetery when we went on vacation it's sad but interesting and it's real people who lived an had dreams too

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Williamson WV, people been talking about volunteers at this cemetery forever, there's a 1000 more just like it that need the same care.

[@marshadean1321]

@@thehillbillyfiles is it the one in west end

[@betsyholway7500]

DPT vaccine is given ( diphtheria/pertussis/tetnus)

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks 🙏

[@debbiesnavely4676]

Another great video. So funny that trains and rains are always with u. Sorry. Is it possible that u could give me a tip or two to accessing WV death records? I never seem to get to what I need to see. My people are from McDowell Co and I wanna do some death cert research. Thank u. Love the channel.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I have to use ancestry and my heritage. It seems they don't have the same things, quite annoying, but that's where I get them

[@debbiesnavely4676]

@@thehillbillyfiles thanks. I am on ancestry and can't get what I want. I will have to join my heritage. I appreciate your help

[@pennypress8131]

You absolutely have the DPT vaccine, diphtheria, pertussis and tetnus. Given to you when you were a baby. 😊

[@WLBarton4466]

My grandmother was born in Floyd County Virginia in 1888. Many children died before the age of 5 well into the 1930s, one of the things she talked of.. No Appalachian Power then.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks for the info Wesley

[@riandraegon556]

Infants receive the DPT vaccine: Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus.

[@garymanuel4710]

Yes TB i was diagnosed in 74 at age of 17, TB was mostly common in the lungs, but i was diagnosed with TB bowel not common at all, But 6 months of injections everyday & a yr of popping 30 pills a day i am still kicking today, maybe kicking slower but kicking lol, Yes i do agree about there is something after this life we are living right now, i never was a strong believer in a place after death where you meet all your loved ones again, meet your friends & family, God if i got to reunite with ex wife again to get inside them there gates, Sorry St Peter give me the map to the other place, But yes there is something after death i have seen different things on 3 different occasions, & no i never had no bubblies or Mountain Dew, or smoking one of them there plants where you can lite it & take a trip without leaving the farm 🙂, Well maybe i did both after i seen it, But really there is something, that gave me a very different outlook on death, But getting to the point of death still kind of scares me lol

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I enjoyed your comment and I never heard of that kind of TB, thank you for sharing

[@garymanuel4710]

@@thehillbillyfiles Yes it is very rare, But i had one of the best Doc"s that was known in the area, he was an army doc during 2nd ww But he did not know what it was on the X rays it showed flud on my bowels, & did a emergency surgery, he took about 3 inches off my bowel & put a drainage tube in my side to keep the flud from spreading into my system, when he got the results back it was TB, he told my parents he heard of it in medical school but never seen it before, i was in ICU for almost 2 weeks, he said i was lucky another couple hours it would have went through my system & was lucky i lived near the hospital, & about 3 weeks later he ask my parents if they would sign a paper if i agree for them to open me up just enough for them to take pic"s before the flud all drained off of my bowels for medical use,for medical books, he said the cut will be around my naval about 2 inches long i agreed & my parents agreed & signed, But i remember the next day he came in & pinched my big toe & said how is my famous patient? lol he said if you look in some medical book in the future, the pic"s of TB bowels will be a good chance is yours. But i remember for a yr i would have to go every month for checkup & many times there be Doc"s their asking me questions, what symptums i had before i was diagnosed with TB, so yes it is rare

[@mehchocolate1257]

What is the white death anyway

[@cathymcglasson6947]

White death generally means death by sniper.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

It's what they called tuberculosis

[@cathymcglasson6947]

@@thehillbillyfiles Thank you I figured that out after watching more.

[@litt222]

Read alot on this

[@kevinbode6483]

Who were Sadie's people

[@loisrohling5277]

How, do, you, find, all, of, these, people, that, died, years ago, what, do, you, look, up?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I look on ancestry or my heritage, I have paid subscriptions

[@griswald7156]

Wearing face masks in company might have helped..

[@JerseyFran]

🌟🌟Hi Heather.. I wanted to thank you for the video I truly love the way you pay respect to them. It was so nice of you to see Helen cause she was by herself and I agree with you. People have no idea how truly blessed they are. I’m someone that’s grateful for the little things in life, you’re never promised tomorrow… I will truly enjoy. If you do more like this on a personal note with the people that you’re showing it’s really nice. Thank you for the hard work that you do and be careful I am from New Jersey.🌟🤍🌸🌟

[@thehillbillyfiles]

That's so nice I sure appreciate it ❤️