Isaac Morley's Family Healed from Chills and Fever in Clay County

After Isaac Morley and his family fled Jackson County and settled on low, swampy land in Clay County, Missouri, the entire family was taken down with chills and fever. This sickness struck the whole household, leaving them in a desperate condition where they were 'all sick with not well ones enough to take care of those that were sick.' During this trial, when the family was at their most vulnerable and weakened state, Isaac Morley was called on a mission to the Eastern States, requiring him to leave his stricken family. However, despite the severity of the illness and the poor conditions of the swampy land, the family recovered from the chills and fever. They were able to abandon the sickly swamp location and move to another place where they rented a farm. The recovery of the entire family from this epidemic illness, which occurred in one of the most sickly locations of the frontier, was a divine blessing that allowed them to survive the difficult migration period.