And, as our children had in a measure been debarred the privilege of schools, we began to make arrangements to attend to this important duty. To this end we established our second Son (Hyrum [Smith]) in an academy at Hanover; and the rest that were of sufficient age, we sent to a common school, which was quite convenient. . . But this state of things did not long continue. The typhus fever came into Lebanon, and raged tremendously; and among the number seized with this complaint; was first Sophronia, and then Hyrum, who was taken while at School and came home sick; next Alvin [Smith] was attacked: in short, one after another was taken down, till all of the family, with the exception of myself and husband, were prostrated upon a bed<​s​> of sickness.