Tommie McNeish

That terrible scourge of the little ones, scarlet fever, has made its appearance in our place, and taken for its first victim little Tommie McNish, one of the brighest little boys in town. He died on the 13th after an illness of only four days, it is hoped the disease may not extend.

--Paxton Record.  23 March 1877.

--Photo from Find A Grave.  Carolyn Wilson.