Milk sickness, caused by consuming milk or meat from cows that had ingested the toxic plant white snakeroot, resulted in numerous deaths in the 19th century, particularly in the United States. Estimates suggest that several thousand people died from the disease during its peak, particularly in the 1820s to 1840s. Notably, the illness claimed the life of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln. While exact numbers are difficult to ascertain, it remains a significant historical health concern.
She died of milk sickness; milk sickness is poisoning by milk from cows that have eaten white snakeroot. Many early settlers in the Midwest came into contact with the sickness, and white snakeroot is a plant found all throughout Indiana.
She died of milk sickness
no one killed her she died of milk sickness
Lots of people say different reasons of why she died. It was either milk sickness or cancer. The best guess is cancer.
Lincoln's mother died of milk sickness in 1818 when he was nine years old. I do not know when he was kicked by a horse.
his mother died of milk sickness
Many historians believe Lincoln's mother, Nancy, passed away from what was referred to as 'milk sickness.' She died in 1818.
his mother died of milk sickness
If it is producing poo that has a moldy texture from the rim of the milk, it will give you (M.I.L.K) sickness. Moldy Intestinal Lumpy Klumps Sickness
Abraham Lincoln's mom died in 1818 of an illness called MILK Disease.
His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln died, of "Milk Sickness" poisoning.
Lincoln's mother died of milk sickness when he was nine.