Louis Jones Has Smallpox (1882)
We learn that Mr. Louis JONES, father of Mrs. MOORE, who died recently near Wright’s Ferry, from small-pox, has also taken that dread disease, but is not yet thought to be in a dangerous condition. His little daughter is also taking the disease.
Source: Blount County Democrat, 22 July 1882, page 3. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.