The forgotten killer that took thousands of lives, including Lincolns mom

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  • @thehillbillyfiles
    @thehillbillyfiles  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The S in Illinois is silent, We GET IT.

    • @melaniegudgel1
      @melaniegudgel1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People give you crap about stuff like that? What’s the matter with them? Why does it matter how you pronounce something, we all know what you’re saying. You covered this tragedy beautifully.

  • @milantoombs6696
    @milantoombs6696 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    What a terrific story and such a shame she didn’t get the recognition she absolutely deserved!

  • @kimberleyannedemong5621
    @kimberleyannedemong5621 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    An amazing story. I knew Lincoln's mother died of milk sickness but that was all I knew. The details were so interesting but my favorite part of this story is how you created a place for them on find a grave yes you tell us great stories but you go above & beyond. Your kindness & compassion for many of the people you research is beautiful. ❤

  • @seagoingcook
    @seagoingcook 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Glad she got the recognition she deserves. Great story!

  • @rah2209
    @rah2209 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Nancy Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln is buried in pioneer cemetery. That’s located in Lincoln City, Indiana on the grounds of Lincoln’s boyhood national park.

  • @sheryllawson4868
    @sheryllawson4868 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    SO interesting. When I was a baby my gr grandma knew Indian remedies, she helped me get over sickness as a tiny baby. It was a wonderful thing this lady has done, along with Anna, the Indian lady telling her what this weed would do. I won't think of milk the same way. Thanks for sharing this story

  • @diggingmary129
    @diggingmary129 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It’s amazing that we are all here today based on all the crazy things are descendants had to go through!!!❤ Great story Leo and Heather!!!

  • @stephenhobbs1174
    @stephenhobbs1174 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Anna was my fourth great-grandmother and was married to Issac Hobbs, my fourth great-grandfather on my father's side.

  • @ACrimeTo
    @ACrimeTo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Ohh my goodness 😢 I had a really hard time watching this 😢 I am a descendant of Lincoln. Thank You 🙏 so much for sharing. 😭😭 Love ❤️ to you guys .

  • @connierichards9121
    @connierichards9121 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Broke my ankle Sunday Leo. Keep these stories comming. Love the way you and Heather tell them. I need a good binge.

  • @nathanalmond8280
    @nathanalmond8280 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for sharing the story Leo. I always enjoy your videos.

  • @kathyjones5085
    @kathyjones5085 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My grandmother's(Dad's Mom) maiden name was Clark. My family is from West Virginia and Kentucky.
    Thank you for this amazing story.

  • @bethgiesey9405
    @bethgiesey9405 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You tell us so many interesting stories. Thank you for giving us the info on snake root

  • @jamesschilling7434
    @jamesschilling7434 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I find this episode to be very interesting and saddening at the same time, being from Americas Dairyland you would think this story would’ve been taught to us. Thank you Leo, love you and we love your show.

  • @chefdwh
    @chefdwh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This was one of the most captivating stories you have shared and one of the most important. Bravo to y'all for making the find a grave! Y'all are fine and inspiring folks!

  • @Lauren36984
    @Lauren36984 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Leo and Heather, thank you for a most informative story. n you are my unsung heroes for stories n that you.bring to us here on utube. Leo,b you tell the story..in a wonderful manner Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Bless both of you!!

  • @michaelbedinger4121
    @michaelbedinger4121 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was a great story, thank you very much for telling it Leo and Heather.

  • @charliepc56
    @charliepc56 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you, Leo and Heather! I had never heard of that. Many, Many thanks to Dr. Anna and the Shawnee woman for bringing the cause of such a awful killer to light.

  • @pamelatrentham1623
    @pamelatrentham1623 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wonderful story

  • @pammiedoodle8693
    @pammiedoodle8693 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wow, what an incredible story!
    I’d heard the term “milk sickness”, but knew nothing about it.
    Such a heartbreaking story to think of all the thousands of people wiped out by something most would consider an unassuming plant!
    I wasn’t aware that Lincoln’s mother passed from this same sickness.
    Thank you for the education and all the work that goes into these stories. It doesn’t go unnoticed!
    God Bless🙏

  • @jessiemerritt9147
    @jessiemerritt9147 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    An amazing woman and story ty. So sad so many died. God bless you and your family.

  • @marlenataylor8758
    @marlenataylor8758 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What an interesting history lesson, thank you. A book of this and the amazing woman (could be true facts along with enticing fiction storyline) would be a great read.

  • @mommacarron9341
    @mommacarron9341 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My 5 or 6th great grandpa and grandma are the founders of hodgenville kentucky, and larue county kentucky, they also were very good friends of the lincolns

  • @cynthiacarter514
    @cynthiacarter514 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I truly appreciated this story!

  • @debbiesnavely4676
    @debbiesnavely4676 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a fabulous episode!!!! One of the best ever. Love you guys.

  • @belindaturnersmith5610
    @belindaturnersmith5610 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So beautiful of y'all to do this story. Thank y'all so much for all the hard work you both do to entertain us. I'm looking forward to the next show. ❤

  • @scottlambert2949
    @scottlambert2949 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This story is so sad thanks for sharing this Leo hope you have a good week

  • @chrishensley6745
    @chrishensley6745 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for sharing Leo.....never knew about her....but now I do.

  • @melissakey489
    @melissakey489 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    We took my granddaughters to visit Abraham Lincolns boy hood home. His mother's grave is there along with the original foundation of their cabin. It's a great learning experience. They have a sample of the "milkweed" in a frame.

  • @Elysian777
    @Elysian777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Your videos just keep getting better and better. Cudos to the editor, she's amazing. :D Thanks for these great stories about people and the respect you show for their lives.

  • @MrFuzzy1953
    @MrFuzzy1953 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hello Leo. Good to hear you again...

  • @sidneywaddell7765
    @sidneywaddell7765 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I swear Leo I never heard of milk sickness. Such a sad story but what a brilliant woman! Thanks for all your hard work Leo and Heather 🦋

  • @scampbell3363
    @scampbell3363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I haven’t heard of milk sickness since I was a child listening to grandmother and her siblings talking of their grandparents times.

  • @jparker59able
    @jparker59able 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow, Interesting story and sad. You don't hear about these things in school. Only boring government and president stuff. Thanks Leo.

  • @Jeepboy
    @Jeepboy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very well done sir I love it I know about it from my great grandmother she told me the story about it years ago as my family did dairy cows outside morehead ky my grandfather at 13 ran away not wanting to be a farmer to the hills of WV long story short there he ended up in the work man cabin by the Ann Bailey lookout tower but that’s a story for some other time!! Well done I love it and you gave me some good flashbacks of better days

  • @deniseackermann7116
    @deniseackermann7116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a great tale from the past...

  • @debpalm8667
    @debpalm8667 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks, Leo and Heather. Appreciate you guys.

  • @christinedelman887
    @christinedelman887 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yet another great story Leo! I'd never heard of milk sickness before, thank you!

  • @wondergirl367
    @wondergirl367 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember reading as a little girl that Nancy Hanks died from the milk sick, but I had no idea it was so widespread.

  • @ogamhunter
    @ogamhunter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you Heather and Leo for such an awesome story! I never knew anything about snake root and Dad and I had as much as 130 head of cattle at one time. Well narrated Leo! God Bless you both, (Glen). WV.

  • @allenblair705
    @allenblair705 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, I’m 60 years old and have been a hillbilly for life yet had never heard of this. Thanks for another great story!!

  • @judypierce7028
    @judypierce7028 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Leo, you have shared an amazing post of overlook history. Yes, Nancy Hanks died from "milk sickness." It must have been very interesting to live during this period of time. Thank you so much for an awesome lesson.

  • @maryanncarney
    @maryanncarney 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great story. She should have more recognition 😞

  • @Minnehaha64
    @Minnehaha64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live in west central Ohio, and all around my little woods is white snakeroot! I discovered it and the link to milk sickness back in 2020, but never was Doctor Anna mentioned! So thank you for telling us that story!

  • @happycappy-jn6jc
    @happycappy-jn6jc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow thanks for this story you two

  • @bonniereis5876
    @bonniereis5876 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was an amazing story, really interesting to me as a nurse. Now I’ll go crazy researching milk sickness. It’s scary when you hear this especially knowing the Amish don’t pasteurize milk. I graduated high school 1963 and you said last case 1963 I think you said. Such a great video.
    .

  • @evilladollyz7602
    @evilladollyz7602 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That was an amazing story. Thank you for taking the time to investigate this and bringing this history to the surface. ❤❤❤

  • @srudie
    @srudie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so much that was awesome I think everyone else is already said what I would say and I always wondered what "milk sickness" was thanks for sharing

  • @DavidFarley-br8iq
    @DavidFarley-br8iq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hello Leo & Heather..I find your story very interesting and scary just knowing the smallest things can cause such heart..Very fastenating story..Thank you..D & C

  • @debroahisaacs2452
    @debroahisaacs2452 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You do really great videos. You tell stories how people lived and died . all is very interesting and you are so respectful. And i am a very proud appalachian hillbilly from Lee county Virginia. Cherokee scottish coal miners and farmers are my ancestors. ❤😊

  • @ggdeb2963
    @ggdeb2963 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ❤❤😊 Wow, great story 👏 👌 👍

  • @pakedermsfavs9080
    @pakedermsfavs9080 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That was fascinating. Thanks Leo and Heather!

  • @Everett-eh4nn
    @Everett-eh4nn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Leo sir. Very interesting as usual.. Sorry Heather , you too love. I know he couldn't make it without you!!!

  • @kathy9363
    @kathy9363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wow! What an interesting story. Great job researching & telling.

  • @rstar6496
    @rstar6496 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was so informative. Thank you!

  • @VictoriaN72
    @VictoriaN72 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent video of history.

  • @BarryKaiser-tp4lj
    @BarryKaiser-tp4lj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am kin to Abraham Lincoln... through my grandfather..

  • @JustMe-vi8nx
    @JustMe-vi8nx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice job Leo. Interesting and well documented. Thanks for doing this one.

  • @cherigilliam3292
    @cherigilliam3292 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent thank you for sharing

  • @musiknbooks
    @musiknbooks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    AWESOME! Never heard of this.........wow! Thanks!

  • @connie2558
    @connie2558 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks! Share and Subscribe.

  • @stephruiz573
    @stephruiz573 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never heard this! Thanks for sharing!

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you for that story. Indian people were pretty smart. Anna knew it was a plant but which one. The Indian knew

  • @brianlykins6663
    @brianlykins6663 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing story, ya'll. As usual, ya'll did a great job of research ( which I'm certain wasn't easy ) and presentation.
    I am surprised I've never heard of this, or if I have, I'd forgotten it.
    I guess this proves that the establishment, even back then, were biased and prejudiced against women. Regardless of how much they did or what they contributed to the betterment of mankind. So stupid to turn a blind eye to half the population
    Anyway, ya'll did a great job on this and I think she would be proud.
    God bless ya'll and stay safe out there on your travels.

  • @SherryRBoyd
    @SherryRBoyd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gosh you have wonderful stories and tell them so good. Thank you o

  • @taylorfamily8176
    @taylorfamily8176 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was a great story didn't know that

  • @tomguenther9458
    @tomguenther9458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done story👍👍

  • @marvinjohnson424
    @marvinjohnson424 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great story, I was unaware of milk. I was raised on goats milk. 🇺🇸

  • @larryshepherd5380
    @larryshepherd5380 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great story, Leo.

  • @coraturner213
    @coraturner213 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the s is silent in Illinois

  • @JBB4118
    @JBB4118 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Radio Tower Trail" sure looks like an old railroad grade.

  • @angelahorne867
    @angelahorne867 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for an awesome story. 😊

  • @redrooster1908
    @redrooster1908 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The last reported cases of milk sickness were young siblings who got sick and were successfully treated in the hospital in 1963, in St. Louis.

  • @wandajones6157
    @wandajones6157 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your videos are awesome. 😊

  • @bonepicker1
    @bonepicker1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What's also sad about this story are the decades it took for researchers to find Mary's research on Milk Sickness, and the number of lives lost during this time period. The fact that the patriarchal mindset of men made all of this worse. Two women solved the problem and only one was acknowledged almost 80yrs later. What a travesty. Great narrating Leo, you are a good storyteller.

  • @davidtrishhope9841
    @davidtrishhope9841 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching from New Zealand

  • @mercedithcompala8148
    @mercedithcompala8148 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks Leo

  • @kelliedawn4745
    @kelliedawn4745 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We are so lucky to have the new technology that we have now. My ex husband worked at a dairy farm worked at a dairy farm and I couldn’t tell you how many times we got milk right out of the tank. Delicious on a bowl of cereal.

  • @louellenrichard2807
    @louellenrichard2807 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried at Lincoln City, Indiana, not far from where I live. I've been there many times.

  • @gregorychapman3122
    @gregorychapman3122 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Horrible may they all rest peacefully

  • @dgarza63
    @dgarza63 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting story!

  • @shawnhanns4893
    @shawnhanns4893 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Milk today doesn’t go bad it’s like McDonald’s french fries

  • @RaeRae50
    @RaeRae50 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hmmm My Maternal Grandfather was a Clark and close to this area, names sound familiar…

  • @SusieDaw-ix6pv
    @SusieDaw-ix6pv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I knew some people in the 1960's, the father of the family had lost a little brother as a toddler from milk sickness. A dirty baby bottle nipple was what the Dr. said. The couple were real careful with their 6 children's bottles. Making sure everything was sterilized.

  • @timholcomb9926
    @timholcomb9926 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Little Thing Called milkweed yeah I seen it happen in 2001

    • @artcflowers
      @artcflowers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Milkweed (Asclepias) is an entirely diff plant than snake root (Ageratina). Using the botanical names helps to see the family, genus distinctions.

  • @artcflowers
    @artcflowers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Snake root toxicity. Makes One realize how all things are connected. What the animals eat is what you eat when you consume the animal. Think about chemicals on the feed.

  • @LeoBlaser
    @LeoBlaser 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Leo, great story, however the s is not pronounced in ILLINOIS

  • @BeSeeP
    @BeSeeP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for pointing out that it is only milk. Meat is not impacted by white snakeroot ingestion.

  • @timholcomb9926
    @timholcomb9926 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tell Bubba some of that growing out there by the ditch and I'm here in Alabama

  • @wondergirl367
    @wondergirl367 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What was the actual cause of death? Dehydration from the vomiting?

  • @edenarnold5629
    @edenarnold5629 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    RIP abe lincoln's mom. you would have loved diary alternatives

  • @archielynn3663
    @archielynn3663 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WOW THAT WAS SAD INDIAN SAVED THE DAY ALONG WITH MISS DOC

  • @sandrasmith7091
    @sandrasmith7091 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow that is interesting. I appreciate yallsr research on this. Of course they didn't pay any mind to women back then. And we usually know what we're talking about.😊

  • @DavidFarley-br8iq
    @DavidFarley-br8iq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi..type O..Heartache meant to say..Thank u

  • @Tee-cl6dc
    @Tee-cl6dc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @lindamccoy4871
    @lindamccoy4871 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Leo, enough with the s at the end of Illinois. The s is silent

  • @jenniferbowen2081
    @jenniferbowen2081 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hes my 1st kin 14 x removied

  • @Amber12332
    @Amber12332 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So really the native women solved the mystery.

  • @SpiritGirlSF
    @SpiritGirlSF 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Have seen recently in a couple different videos claiming President LIncoln was a black man. Now you say how tight lipped he was about his family background and it makes one wonder.

  • @gregorychapman3122
    @gregorychapman3122 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m glad I don’t like milk