Histories

Family Story S162:John Robert SARTOR

Death at 17 Years Old, During the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic

Contributed by Cynthia Lynch, 2021

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“Margaret Sartor [Margaret SARTOR SAINT] told me that John Robert Sartor [eldest child of James Gross SARTOR and Lillie Mae WATKINS SARTOR] died of the flu during the 1918-1919 pandemic. [History of 1918 Flu Pandemic, CDC]  He came down with it in the morning and died in the afternoon.  She said the death certificate said pneumonia because he died because his lungs filled and he couldn't breath.“

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