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By PETER MURTOUGH.
        MEMPHIS:
S. C. Toof & Co., Printers and Lithographers.
          1879
 
 
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      CONDENSED  HISTORY

                OF THE GREAT


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    PERSONAL SKETCHES  AND INCIDENTS,
FULL PARTICULARS OF
THE FATHER MATHEW CAMP,
LIST OF CITIES AND TOWNS VISITED BY THE SCOURGE, AND
   NAMES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE FEVER IN MEMPHIS,


         ACCOMPANIED BY A LITHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF



     "The Returning Refugees.11

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          MEMPHIS:
S. C. Toof & Co., Printers and Lithographers.
            1879 
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                         NOTICE.

'"PHE Author of this volume, in order to satisfy the wants and desires
 -*•   of the public, has, in connection with the  History of the Yellow
Fever, also published  a large Chromo, representing the  Returning
Refugees from Father Mathew Camp.  The book  will be given in
connection with the Chromo, it being in part explanatory of the paint-
ing, which was originally sketched and  designed by the Author.

  The Chromo is eighteen by twenty-three inches in size, and  is a life-
like representation of the returning refugees as witnessed by the artist
on their way from camp after the Epidemic had been declared over in
Memphis.                                                /

  Persons desiring to purchase the  Chromo will please address
                                         P. MURTOUGH,
                                             33 Adams Street,
                                                 Memphis, Tenn.

  N. B.—Persons purchasing the Chromo will be furnished with a copy
of the History free of charge.                                    »
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PREFACE.
 " In publishing this volume, the author has only undertaken
 to collect a few of the facts and incidents which transpired
 during the recent terrible yellow fever epidemic in Memphis
 and adjoining cities and villages.  We would very respectfully
 call the  attention of the readers of this volume to a few of
 the leading heroes of that time.   Among the many we would
 mention the names of Col. Butler P. Anderson, Major N. D.
 Menken, Col.  W. J. L. Holland, and  Father Martin Walsh.
 Their  many deeds of bravery will retain an everlasting hold
 upon the hearts and minds of thousands who were in  the
 midst of the stricken district, and were the recipients of so
 many acts of kindness and charity from these  noble heroes.
 With calm courage, amid the odors of death and surrounded
 by the stricken and dying, with no blare of trumpets to incite
 their spirits and revive their failing strength, they toiled to
 assuage and succor the suffering  and stricken  people of  the
 South.  The memory  of such men and such  self-sacrificing
 heroism  should  be cherished as  the brightest  ornaments of
 their race.
  We have given a few incidents and facts which occurred in
 Memphis and at  Father Mathew Camp during  the period
 of the  fever.   The author has endeavored to give  the exact
 facts without  any coloring, that the reader may form a just
 conclusion as to the true state of affairs existing in the scourged
 cities during the recent epidemic.  We  also give the  death
roll of the city  of Memphis, which  foots  up  the  enormous 
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number of four thousand three hundred and twenty-seven
souls who perished with the yellow fever during  the space of
a little over two months.
  In closing, the author would, in behalf of thousands of the
citizens of the South, especially those of the stricken towns
and  villages,  extend thanks to the generous people  of the
North, and in fact to the whole world, for  their very liberal
contributions of money and supplies : without them the results
could never have been told.
  Hoping that the readers of this volume may never witness
a similar terrible visitation, I remain,
                      Very respectfully,
                                PETER  MURTOUGH.
  Memphis, April 1st, 1879. 
HEROES OF THE EPIDEMIC  OP 1878.
             BUTLER PRESTON ANDERSON
 Was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, September 17,1828.
 He  was a son  of Col. William P. Anderson, of the regular
 army, during the war of 1812, and a grandson, on the mater-
 nal  side, of  Gen. Adair, who was governor of Kentucky a
 number of years and afterward represented that State in the
 United States Senate,  and a brother of Gen. Patton Ander-
 son  of Confederate memory.  His father dying when he was
 two years old, his mother moved with  her young family to
 Harrodsburg, Ky. (General Adair's residence), where  Butler
 Anderson grew up to manhood.  He was educated at  Jeffer-
 son  College, Pennsylvania, under Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge,
 and  studied  law with  his  uncle, Judge  Thomas Monroe, of
 Kentucky.  As soon as he was licensed to practice  he was
 appointed, by President Pierce, United  States Attorney for
 Washington  Territory, where he resided in that capacity for
 several years.  While in the territory he married Miss lone
 Head, a  young  lady from Kentucky, a woman of great force
 of character and beauty of person, who, during the twenty-
 three years of married  life, proved  to be a most faithful and
 affectionate wife and mother.  He subsequently removed to
 California and practiced his profession in that State until the
 outbreak of the civil  war, when he returned to the South.
 Since the war he has resided in Memphis, where he held a first
rank in the profession, and was a leading citizen, animated
by public spirit, and foremost in works of charity and benev-
olence.  Among all classes in  this city the name of Butler
Anderson was familiar as a household word—the lowly knew
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him as a friend, the lofty as  a peer.  During the prevalence
of the yellow fever in this city, in 1873, he became a member
of the Howard Association, and during all the privation and
horror of that period he was  in abundant labor by night and
day.  We have heard the beneficiaries  of his kindness lisp
his name with streaming eyes as they told of his unflinching
courage and noble kindness.  He survived that season with-
out an attack,  but was severely prostrated by an  exhausting
sickness after the subsidence of the fever.   Upon the approach
of the recent invasion he was  invited to remove with his fam-
ily to a more salubrious region; but he declined the offer, say-
ing that his wife and little ones  had been sent to a place of
security, but he felt  it a duty to remain.  The cry for help
from  Grenada  caught his ear, and  at that smitten spot his
great, brave heart beat  its last on the 2d day of  September,
1878.  The scene of his heroic labors  is nobler than all the
blood-stained fields of which history has written or poetry has
sung.  The chaplet of honor due to those who, at  the call  of
humanity, brave the  breath of the pestilence, is greener and
nobler than conquerors wear.   With calm courage, amid the
odors of death and surrounded by the stricken and dying, with
no blare of trumpets to incite his spirit and revive his failing
strength, he toiled to assuage and  succor the suffering.  He
labored until he fell, and died at the post of  duty.  No more
generous and gallant spirit " ever aspired to the clouds."  The
memory of such men and such self-sacrificing heroism should
be cherished as ornaments of their race.   When her husband
was taken with the fever, Mrs. Anderson went immediately
into the death-dealing atmosphere of Grenada  and nursed
him with all the devotedness of wifely love  until his death.
Taking his remains in a special car to  Memphis, she laid him
away in the family lot at Elmwood.  She herself was stricken
with the fever  a few  hours after  her  return from the grave,
and although  attended  by skillful  physicians and  tenderly
cared for by devoted relatives she soon followed her husbandr
and was buried by his side.  Her death was inexpressibly sad,
and as to him  the voice  of eulogy  is hushed in  admiration
mingled with sadness.  Of  stalwart and  imposing  frame, and 
HEROES OF THE EPIDEMIC.
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frank and open countenance, in his manly bosom throbbed a
spirit as gentle as a woman's.  His views of men and things
were broad and just, and, as his work attests, embraced the
human race.   Not Howard himself deserves a more enduring
monument than our friend—either in the hearts of his con-
temporaries and survivors, or as a mark for the resting place
of his remains, borne, as they have been, like a commander's
from the scenes of his triumph to the shades of Elmwood.

                 NATHAN D. MENKEN.
  We have to record it in tears that another of our purest
and bravest of fellow-citizens, Major N. D. Menken, has fallen
in the heroic  effort to save others—a victim  to the plague
which has  smitten  Memphis.  Few  and sad are the  words
we can write  of such a  man.  We knew him  as a brother,
and were acquainted with the purity and beauty of his life.
He was indeed an Israelite in  whom there was no guile; from
his youth up he honored his father and mother, and practiced
the religion they taught him.   In business he was successful
and liberal; in politics and matters of sectarianism he was
faultlessly charitable and generous toward those who differed
with him.  When the plague broke out he was elected Presi-
dent of the Hebrew Benevolent Association, and closing up his
large establishment he went to work with zeal.   Sending his
wife and little children away to Bowling Green, Ky., he gave
his whole time, day and night, to the distressed around him.
In the midst  of his self-sacrificing  labors he  was stricken
down, and  almost  before it was known that he was sick he
breathed his last.   Scarcely forty years old, successful in bus-
iness, well traveled, highly accomplished, full of  life  and
vigor, a favorite in society and,the idol of his wife and family,
he was cut off' in the prime of usefulness and in the midst of
life's fondest realizations.  We hope not only that  his name
will be marked on a pure white shaft, but that  his virtues as
a devoted father, husband and patriotic citizen, will  be indel-
ibly  inscribed on  the hearts of the people he would  have
saved. 
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                  W. J. L. HOLLAND.
  On October 23d, 1878, it pleased Almighty God to take
from this stage of existence this true and brave  Christian
man, who had remained at his  post till the last for the sake
of his fellow beings.
  The writer  of this sketch was by his side from the  begin-
ning to the end of the  plague in the  city of  flowers—Holly
Springs—and has reason to know of his noble deeds.  After
Col. Walter, Col. Faulkner, his brother Jimmie, Frank Wal-
ter, and Selden and  Glen Fant had  passed  away, and the
Courthouse and Masonic Hall  had become hospitals, Colonel
Holland came to the writer and requested him  to invite Uncle
Ben (colored minister) and such friends as would come, to his
office on the following day, for prayer and religious service.
The invitation was circulated, and the  next morning the office
was filled with those who had  thus  far  escaped the disease.
The writer will never forget the fervent petition offered up to
the throne of grace by the good old colored man, nor the tears
which glistened in the eye of  the noble Holland.   Col. Hol-
land worked early and late.  At one time he was left the sole
remaining member of the Relief Committee ; he flinched not,
but continued to minister to the necessities of the stricken
people.   Of tall and imposing frame, with frank  and open
countenance, noble and  generous at heart.  In the hearts of
those who survived the terrible scourge, the  memory of his
noble deeds will be cherished while life shall last.

                      D.  W.  COAN,
     THE SUCCESSOR OF  BUTLER  P. ANDERSON AT GRENADA.
                      A LIVING HERO.
  On the 24th day of August,  after General Smith had been
brought back from Grenada with a severe attack of the fever,
and  in response to an appeal from Anderson  who was left to
fight the  battle alone,  Col. Coan volunteered his services to
the Howard Association, and  hastened to the rescue  of the
noble Anderson.   There they both toiled together day after
day  until Anderson  was taken  away and he was  left alone,
but stood up  bravely and did  his duty nobly.  He succeeded 
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 as the manager of the Howards at Grenada and  toiled night
 and day, doing all in his power to relieve the stricken people
 of that ill-fated city, but on the night of the 4th of Septem-
 ber  he was compelled  also to yield  up to the terrible disease.
 After a hard fight of ten days  he succeeded in wearing out
 the  disease and recovered from the attack.  He  resumed his
 duties at once and remained in Grenada until the first day of
 October, when there were no more left to have the fever, and
 returned to Memphis, and went right to work as a Howard
 and remained at his  post of duty until the close.   The people
 of Grenada and the comrades who were with him through that
 terrible time became greatly attached to him and before his
 departure from their midst presented him with a testimonial.
 The following account as published in the Memphis Appeal of
 the date of October  5th, 1878, will explain itself:
   " Mr. D. W. Coan, of this city, who volunteered and went
 down to Grenada to nurse the sick, after Colonel Butler P.
 Anderson  and General W. J. Smith were  taken down  with
 the fever, and who has returned to this city completely restored
 to health,  and is now on duty as a Howard, was, on the 23d
 instant, presented with a testimonial of esteem and regard by
 the citizens of Grenada, of which the following is an account,
 sent by telegraph  to the Appeal at the time, but which, for
 some reason, not yet explained, failed to reach us.  We take
 it from the Louisville Courier-Journal, in the issue of which
 paper for the 25th ultimo it appeared:
   " < The friends of Mr. D. W. Coan, manager of the Howard
 Association, recognizing his true worth, his entire abnegation
 of self in his untiring efforts in behalf of the stricken people
 of this place,  his firm principles of duty which  caused  him,
 when stricken with the fever himself, to resume his duties before
 he was fully recovered, recognizing, I say, all this, resolved to
 present him with a fine gold watch and chain as a slight tes-
 timonial of their regard.  When Dr. B. A. Veasy left for  New
 Orleans on the 20th instant, he was commissioned to purchase
it, with the  following inscription engraved on the back:  ' Pre-
sented to D. W. Coan  by the  friends who were with  him in
the epidemic in Grenada, 1878.'  It came to hand  yesterday, 
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and the hour of dinner was selected for the presentation.   As
the hour approached the few who were left, viz:  T. L. Shef-
field, J. Hickle, Mrs. Angus, Rev. W. C. M'Cracken and Geo.
A. Mandeville, gathered around the table, waiting for J. F.
Heaberg to escort Mr. Coan to the head of the table.  As soon
as he reached his place, and  before he could seat himself, G.
A. Mandeville, of New Orleans, who had been chosen as pre-
senter and spokesman, arrested his attention by the following
appropriate remarks:

  " ' Mr. Coan, it has been the lot of all assembled here to
have been  associated  with you during the fearful epidemic
which has scourged our land and swept away many of its best
and bravest men and loveliest ladies.   Together we witnessed
many sad scenes, which have  bound  our hearts together by
ties which can never be broken.   Seeing how nobly you have
stood  at the front, risking your life in the cause of suffering
humanity, has caused us all, with unanimous voice, to meet
to-day to present you with a slight testimonial of your  worth,
and of the  estimation of regard in which you are held  in  our
hearts.  May God bless and protect you through life is  the
sincere prayer of all your friends.'

  " Mr. Coan was taken completely by surprise, but thanked
Us in  a  few words, which went to the heart of  every one.
Rev. Mr. M'Cracken then asked a blessing, and we sat down
to enjoy the special dinner provided for the occasion.  Then
Mr. Coan opened the case, and first beheld what had been pre-
sented to him.   Accompanying the watch was a  paper con-
taining the following:

                       "Grenada, Miss., September 23, 1878.
"To Colonel D.  W. Coan, Manager of the Howard Association:
  " Beloved Friend—It is set down in our course of  life, as
we travel down its rapid stream, that we meet with men that
we can, in a unanimous voice, call  a true, brave and tried man
a hero and a friend.  In you, dear friend, we have found all
this, and as a small appreciation of that, allow us to present
to you the accompanying testimonial of your worth.  Hoping1 
HEROES OF THE EPIDEMIC.
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that God will bless you abundantly in all your efforts for the
promotion of good, we remain your affectionate friends,
                  "J. F. Heaberg,      T. L. Sheffield,
                   M. S. Fallon,       M. Fritz,
                   J. G. Fountain,     Dr. B. A. Veasy,
                   Jack Collier,       J. Heckel,
                   G. A. Hippler,      Dr. H. Stone,
                   Mrs. Angus,         Mrs. Ives,
                   Mrs. Hammond,     W. C. M'Cracken,
                   Mrs. Austin,        John Powell,
                   G. A. Mandeville,   Louis Dubs,
                   Tom Smith, and from nurses who have left.
   " The dinner passed off gaily.  Wit and humor were once
more heard, for the dark clouds are rolling away, and show a
clear blue sky in  the prospective.  All hearts responded in
joy,  for a  noble man had received a just tribute to his worth.
Long will his name retain a hold upon the hearts of those who
saw  him tried."

   JNO. H. SIMONDS, D. E. BRITTEMAN, JNO. B. KNOX.
   In numbering those on the  roll of honor, none can be said
to hold a higher place than these three—John H. Simonds, of
New Orleans, D. E. Britteman,  of Holly Springs, and John
B. Knox, of Memphis, the latter a volunteer among us.  It
affords us special pleasure to speak of these noble heroes, for
such they  are in every sense of the word.—Holly Springs paper.

                          Rooms of the Relief Committee,
                             Holly Springs, Oct 17, 1878.
To Mr. Jno. B. Knox, Memphis, Tenn. :
   My Dear Sir—It becomes a pleasant duty, even while we
are bowed with grief, to  give  to you  some parting  words—
something perhaps you may look to occasionally, which will
remind you of the scenes  you have  witnessed and passed
through in our stricken  city.   You, sir, have  filled several
important executive  positions  during our battle with the
scourge — as train master,  commissary and  city  marshal.
Vibrating from one important command to another, equally 
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efficient in each, and being at death's door yourself with the
terrible malady, we can but admire your heroic courage, man-
liness and indomitable energy.  You will carry with you our
lasting gratitude and best wishes for your present and future
success.  Hoping to hear from you often,
                    I am truly, your friend,
                                     W. J. L. Holland.

                     Holly Springs, Miss., October 17, 1878.
To all whom it may concern :
  We, the undersigned Relief Committee, do heartily indorse
Mr. J. B. Knox as a gentleman, and  capable of holding any
position that may be filled by an honest and industrious man.
He  came  among us a stranger, but departs with  our best
wishes, he having done his duty nobly, both before and after
his own prostration with the fever.
                                   Jno. H. Simonds,
                                   D. E. Britteman,
                                   Samuel Pryor,
                                   L. S. Scruggs,
                                   J. C. R. Abbott,
  W. J. L. Holland, Chairman.        W. S. Featherston. 
INCIDENTS OP  THE EPIDEMIC.
      COMING HOME FROM CAMP FATHER MATHEW, NEAR
                        MEMPHIS.
   On November 1st, All Saints' Day, the people composing
 Camp Mathew returned  to their  homes.  This camp has
 enjoyed a singular  immunity from the yellow fever, as only
 eight persons died out  of the four hundred numbered  in the
 camp.  On account of  the protection against the plague, they
 celebrated All  Saints' Day not  only as a holy day of obliga-
 tion, but as a day of special thanksgiving.  Confessions were
 heard at the camp  from eight to eleven o'clock in the  morn-
 ing, and from four to six o'clock in the afternoon.   Catholics
 from the city availed themselves of the opportunity by going
 to confession at the camp during the above-mentioned  hours.
 There was holy mass  and  general communion at the camp
 at eight o'clock in the  morning, and after the morning devo-
 tions the pulling up stakes, etc., and the solemn elevation  of the
 ark to a wagon prepared for that purpose.  After dinner (a sort
 of necessary item even  in camp-life) the procession from the
 camp to the  city formed as follows:   The ark guarded by
 members of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society,
 followed by the stalwart boys of the camp.  Next followed
 Catholics and all other  citizens who wished to take part in the
 procession.  The women and children followed the wagons,
 after which the girls in charge of the sisters of St. Joseph, and
 then the boys, all in wagons.   The priests and other dignita-
 ries of the Catholic Church came next, and lastly, the wagons
 containing the tents, baggage, etc.  The procession moved to
 St.  Bridget's church, where  a  thanksgiving  discourse was
pronounced by  a distinguished Catholic  orator.   The dis-
course was followed by  the benediction of the " Most Blessed
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Sacrament,"  and the Gregorian Te Dcum, by  male voices.
Out of respect for the memory of the  many who  died so
recently, and the feelings of the many bereaved citizens, no
band of music preceded the procession.
                    A SAD SPECTACLE.
  At 168 Poplar street there is a great deal  of disease, and
this morning there was a sad sight.  In one room could be
seen a naked  child, yellow as gold,  with  its lips and  face
stained with the black vomit.  On the sofa was the mother,
helpless and unconscious with  the  fever.   Near by on the
floor lay the dead father;  the man had died last  night at
ten o'clock, and no one had been there to remove the corpse
or to administer relief and aid to  the mother and  suffering
child.
                   A TOUCHING SCENE.
  At one to-day, Mr. A. M. Stoddard,  one of the noble How-
ards, visited the neat and tasteful cottage of Mr. McCall, on
the corner of Pontotoc and Walnut streets.   There he beheld
a scene that would melt the stoutest heart.  Mr. Henry McCall
and wife lay dying of the plague, no minister, no friends, not
even a nurse, to soothe them in their last moments.  Six young
children  stood around them, unconscious of the terrible fate
that would soon make them doubly orphans.

                   DEAD SEVERAL DAYS.
  A gentleman  riding into the city  on Poplar street  was
nearly sickened with a stench  coming from a building near
the market-house.  He went into  the building, broke down
the door of a room, and there discovered a dead body in an
advanced stage of decomposition, evidently  having been dead
several days.  It proved to be the corpse of  a barber who had
occupied the lower story of  that building, which is in the
heart of the infected district, which was deserted in the early
part of last week. Nurses reported at the  Board of Health
office two, three and four corpses  in  one house, the under-
takers not being able to bury them.   A number of  the dead
were buried by the county undertaker, who gave the health
officer so much trouble that an order for his  arrest was issued. 
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15
He got wind of it and has eluded the officer.  On two occa-
sions complaints were made that he was storing yellow fever
corpses in his stable on Union street, a thickly settled part of
the city, until a " load "  had been collected  before he would
send his wagon out to the potter's field.

                THE  PEABODY ASSOCIATION.
   An immense four-story  building, secured  rent  free, is
devoted to the purpose, the  ground-floor being  filled with
flour, rice, coffee, tea, sugar, salt, molasses and  salt  meat.
Rations of each, with the exception of salt meat  and molas-
ses, are put up in paper bags, and are distributed with about
the facility one could  hand out letters.  One thousand fami-
lies were supplied between 8 a. m. and 12 m.  to-day, and 5000
rations  were delivered between 8 and 4  o'clock.  The  two
upper floors are filled with delicacies, only  issued in special
cases.  The  Association has kept accounts, as  accurate as
those of a commercial house, of  all  the cash and provisions
received, specifying the  names of the donors, all purchases
and all disbursements, of both money and  provisions.   Fif-
teen hundred families receive their daily bread at  this institu-
tion, and when their  work is ended, every dime received and
distributed will be made known.  The work of putting  pro-
visions  into  packages and distributing them employs sixty-
flve persons, who are paid in rations.  Several of the mem-
bers accompanied your correspondent to an immense building
half a square further up Magazine street, where  is arranged
the clothing sent from the North.  When the party reached
that section where had been placed piles of dresses and ladies'
underclothing, there  was not a dry eye in the throng.  Mr.
Frank  Roder, chairman of  the  executive  committee, com-
pletely  overcome  with  emotion,  exclaimed :   " Let  any man
use the  word  < Yankee' again in my presence  and I will
insult him.  Were the people of  the North our own flesh and
blood they could not be more our brothers."  It may be dif-
ficult for those at a distance, unused to the horrors of the past
two months, to fully understand this exhibition of feeling, but
prodigal generosity of the North has sunk like a great stone 
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 in the well of the Southern heart, and splashed the water into
 our eyes.—New Orleans paper.
                HOW THE ORPHANS ESCAPED.
    Strange to say, with all the yellow fever and other diseases
 now prevailing in this city, not one case of fever has occurred in
 any of the public institutions under the control of the  city.
 The insane asylum has about one hundred inmates, the home
 of the aged and infirm about eighty,  and the house of refuge
 about one hundred and ten.

           ANOTHER ESCAPE OF A WHOLE FAMILY.
   I attribute to the following causes our escape from the yel-
 low fever :  By going and remaining in-doors after sundown ;
 placing carbolic  acid in saucers in all the rooms; sprinkling
 carbolic acid around the house and yard; taking a teaspoon-
 ful of French powdered charcoal three times a day, the first
 thing in the morning, at noon, and  the last thing at night;
 dusting ourselves with powdered sulphur  and wearing small
 bags of asafcetida.   We receive no callers, keeping gates and
 doors locked, permitting no one to leave the house, excepting
 the servants (negroes) once a day to do the marketing.  In
 this way we hope to escape.   Though the dead and dying are
 all around us, our family is said to be the only one in the city
 that has escaped the dread disease.

                         ANOTHER.
    When the train arrived at Oakland, going down, one indi-
 vidual, inspired perhaps by the sight of a copy of the Appeal
^ in the hands of one of the train men, approached near enough
 to be  talked to.  One of the train men mischievously procured
 a bottle of carbolic acid, and approaching Captain Edmond-
 son, asked if Dr. Overall intended to analyze that bottle of
 black vomit before leaving Oakland or not.  Catching the
 idea, Captain Edmondson replied that he thought Dr. Overall
 had given up the idea of analyzing it, and that  he might
 throw it away.   The bottle  was thrown out on the platform
 and broken, but the courageous citizen beat a hasty retreat
 from  the depot, nor could he be induced to return. 
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              STRAY INCIDENTS, ITEMS, ETC.
  Here is what a colored applicant, recently  arrived  from
the Mississippi bottom, applied for  at the Citizens Relief
Depot, prefacing his application with the statement that he
is  a  bachelor:  Half  a dozen linen  shirts, two undershirts,
coat, vest and pants ;  boots, No. 10, medium, not too heavy;
three pair of  woolen socks, three pair cotton drawers, one
wool  hat, seven and one-eighth; one pair of blankets, three
white  handkerchiefs.   Another requisition was handed  in,
but was so absurd in its demands that the officials tore it up.
It urged the immediate necessity for,  among  other things,
one pair boots No. 6, not too heavy, and a pair of No. 4A- boots ;
half a dozen pair stockings, two pair blankets, four sheets and
linen, one balmoral skirt and two undershirts.

  A very amusing incident occurred at Nesbitt as the Howard
train passed down Thursday :   A lady who had two children
sick there, got on the train at Memphis to go to them.  She was
told she would not be allowed to get off at Nesbitt, but if she
wanted to, she could  get off at a woodpile  half a mile or so
below.  She  consented, and when the train  arrived at the
woodpile  she  got off and approaching a crowd  of persons
there to get some information  about going to the place, the
party fled, and she returned  to the train fearing to undertake
to go to her children where people  were so  panic-stricken.
She went on to Hernando.
                      LABOR SCARCE.
  In  consequence of  the  negroes  refusing to  work for any
consideration, and the numerous impositions daily practiced
upon them by the knowing ones, the Howards published in
the papers that the issuing of rations  would cease on and
after  this date.  It is  now, and has been so ever since the
negroes found out that the Government had sent rations,
impossible to hire male  or female labor.  I have known
|2.50 a day to be offered for washerwomen, and they would
scoff at the offer, giving  as their excuse "I don't want to
hire  now."  The streets of  our city are  in a horrible condi-
tion, and hands have been advertised for to repair them.
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                    TRANSPORTATION.
  A man of ordinary appearance stepped into the office of the
Howards and asked for transportation.  He was asked where
he desired to go, to which  he  replied, " To the old country."
Mr. Langstaff' informed him that he could give him a pass to
Louisville, Cincinnati or St. Louis, and he would have to walk
the balance of the way.  Our  friend then left the office to see
how bad the walking part was.

                      NIGHT TIME.
  Outside, the soft moonlight  plays upon street  and wall and
breaks in  shimmering brightness o'er the slate roof above.
The silence of the  street is exaggerated as the trees throw
their weird shadows and the awnings darken the pavement.
As  the  beautiful babe, so  fair, so winning, that Death even
could  not have the heart to mar the flower which he plucked,
lies as though 'twere but  sweetly sleeping; so  Memphis,
supernaturally quiet with the  softest and most beautiful light
flooding her streets,  seems but sleeping ; only sleeping.
  A noise; a heavy wagon ladened with coffins lumbers up
and goes rumbling by.  That wagon breaks the spell.  The
eyes are shaded by the hand which shuts the moonlight from
the eye and the  bright fancy from the heart.  Through the
mind  in swift panorama the  horrid scenes of  the past day
move  swiftly.  We shudder, and walking to the window again
gaze upon the moonlight and its shadows.
  Yes, the city still seems to be sleeping, but it  is the sleep of
death !
                    THE DAY'S RECORD
Is horrible.  The few new cases reported are  not  a tithe of
those  which have occurred. Negroes will not work, will not
leave  town, but lie about and draw rations, and  then get sick
and become a burden intolerable.  The fields are white with
cotton, but not a foot will they move.  They give their sick
ao care, and seem to think they must  be fed in idleness  and
nursed with greatest care.   One day Mr. Langstati*,  President
of the Howards, was in despair.   " I  can get no food for my
nurses.  Our men are falling every day, and if we do not drive
these  lazy  people out of town not one of us  will be left." 
INCIDENTS OF THE EPIDEMIC.
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And he expressed the awful truth not overdrawn.  The food
remains and  the fever feeds.  The nurses in two more days
cannot attend one-half the  sick.  They must die like sheep
and rot where they die, if something is not done that we can
not advise or see any way of accomplishing now.
  We  are doomed, surely, truly, unmistakably doomed, felt
every heart.
              THE DEAD CANNOT BE BURIED,
And numbers of bodies  are festering where they die, while
others will be laid out of doors in their coffins to await the
time when they can be interred.  From one house three dead
children  were put in one box to be carried beyond the city
limits, in hopes that  to-morrow may give them a common
grave.  The  weather is very inclement, and we know to-mor-
row will be  worse than  to-day.  No affliction has ever been
known in this broad land equal to that which now oppresses
this stricken  and apparently doomed city.  Citizens, visitors,
physicians, and nurses, none escape.  All wagons of every
description found on the streets without a load were pressed
into service to carry off' the  dead.
  Our city at present is one vast charnel house. The underta-
kers report ninety-six interments for the twenty-four hours
ending at  six o'clock this  evening.  Of these  ninety-three
deaths were caused by yellow fever;  seventy-six of the inter-
ments were of white people, and twenty  colored.  A visit  to
the county undertaker's establishment to-day brought out the
fact that at nightfall there  were about sixty more reported
dead and still unburied.  The question of  disposing of the
dead  is becoming a  serious one. The Citizens Relief Com-
mittee has employed a burial corps of thirty negroes to assist
the county undertaker and his men, and it has, even  been
suggested to  burn the dead if they  can not be buried more
promptly, as  corpses  are known to have lain  unburied for
forty-eight hours, burdening the air with odors, and becoming
so revolting  that people have fled  the neighborhood.   It is
with dificulty that men can  be hired to haul them to the pot-
ter's field. 
20                  CONDENSED  HISTORY.
  The startling discovery was made that the city sextons had
been re-opening vaults containing yellow fever corpses for the
accommodation of the more recent dead, and that the putri-
fying bodies taken out have been exposed to the atmosphere
to spread disease and death.
                       A WEDDING.
  A wedding occurred between Dr. W. F. Besancry, a volun-
teer physician from Jones' Station, Miss.,  and Miss Rutter,
an accomplished resident of Memphis.   He  was here during
the epidemic of 1873, and  offered his  services on the call of
physicians of this year.  While  serving he  was taken  sick,
and was nursed to convalescence by the young lady, and  he
expressed his approbation of her Samaritanism in a manner
not ordinarily recorded outside the pages of romance.
                    A PRETTY SIGHT.
  A little girl sat in the Ledger office  on a high stool count-
ing specie, a pale little  girl with a linen over-apron and close-
cut hair.  " Who is she ? "  asked the salutary Avalanche  man
of  Mr. Whitmore.  "  Who is your pretty little cashier ?"
The little head turned, the lips smiled, and the little fingers
went  on counting the specie.  "Little  Willie Shepherd,"
replied the kind-hearted Ledger man;  " one  of the family
which suffered  so  on  Linden street.  She  is my little ward
now,  and the brightest little  cashier you  ever  saw."  The
lips smiled again as the  brown head was  patted tenderly,
and the little fingers  went on counting the specie.   Thus a
golden thread is picked up in the bleak, gloomy cavern of
death.
                   OUT OF HER MIND.
  Charley Silvers, section boss on the Mississippi and  Ten-
nessee Eailway, while coming into the city to report a case of
destitution, discovered a lady convalescent on the Nonconnah
bridge in a perfectly nude state, her body bleeding from  brier
scratches.  On questioning her it was discovered that she was
insane.  Some clothing was procured for her and she was car-
ried back to Camp Jo Williams, when it was discovered that
she was the wife of an engineer on that road who died  some
two weeks ago, the intelligence of which was kept from her 
INCIDENTS OF THE EPIDEMIC.              21
until  it was thought she could endure the shock.  The con-
trary  effect was produced, however, as she has been out of
her mind ever since she was told of her husband's death, and
been  kept  in  close confinement by her friends  on Georgia
street.  She made her  escape at night  by jumping out of a
window, and was  not  missed until she had been gone some
time,  her friends making diligent search for her throughout
that night, but failing to discover her.  She was in a pitiable
condition, and stated that  she was on her way to Camp Jo
Williams to find her husband, who she seemed to think was
still working  on the road.  Her clothes were afterward dis-
covered on the  roadside, where  she had torn them off  and
thrown them away. Her friends being notified of her where-
abouts, went down and took charge of her.
  It is distressing beyond description to see  the  amount of
trouble.  Out  of one family that numbered  seven, of whom
five were  grown, all the adults  have  died in a single week,
leaving two small children, a girl of ten years and a boy of
nine years, and the little girl is now sick with the fever.

                   NOTHING SCARES ME.
  How can it be otherwise ?  Here near the Peabody Hotel the
coffins are piled  up along the street just as  the bales of cotton
are obstructing  Broad street in  Columbus.  All stores are
closed except druggists' and undertakers' stores.
  Some people walk, but all in a hurry, all in a hurry. Blessed
Howard Association members !   What noble courage !  They
are out!   They go everywhere !  Memphis is all, all into their
hands; for doctors, nurses, provisions—all is provided by them.
  I am at  the hotel.   Why?  At St. Patrick the rooms are
occupied by dead  priests; at St. Peter two other priests are
lying  dead.  The two priests who are alive camp outside the
city.  I want to  be in  the city, and then I must stay at the
hotel; but the  two  priests alive, shall they be  alive  after
to-morrow ?
  If no other priest comes, I will have no  priest to bury me.
Two churches are closed already (to be let), and the remaining
two will be closed soon.  As for me, I am calm.   One would 
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say I am insensible like marble.  Oh, no; I feel as much aa
any other, but my nature is such that nothing scares me.

                     SELF-SACRIFICE.
  Geo. H. Hoist, one of our most valuable citizens, who worked
until he was perfectly exhausted, has gone to a blissful reward.
He was a courteous and valiant Knight Templar, a true Chris-
tian, and an honest man.  At eleven o'clock, being perfectly
conscious, he said: " Brother Slater, I am glad you have come
to see me.  I am ready.   I  have done my duty to my fellow
men, to my country and to my God. My father taught me
to observe 'the Golden E.ule.'   I have sought to keep it."   In
parting with him he said,  "Farewell, if we never meet  on
earth,"  then, pointing significantly upward, he  added, " let
us meet in heaven."  An hour afterward he said to Brothers
A. J. Wheeler and Waynesburg: "Good bye, I am going.  My
mother taught me the way I should go."

                    WILLIAM WILLIS.
  To the employes of the  different Express companies,  but
more especially those of the Southern and Adams, who knew
the deceased, what name brings to their memories recollec-
tions so sweet and dear ?   He was one of whom it could truly
be said, none knew him but to  love him, none knew him but
to praise; one whose every act was one of kindness, one whose
every thought was that of love; one to whom we all could
look for justice.  No matter what the cause,  whether for or
against us, when he decided, we believed him right.  He was
one who loved his fellow-man, and  through that love he sac-
rificed  his life, and died as much a martyr as ever perished at
the stake for any cause.  He was urged by his superior offi-
cers to leave his  post and seek some place of safety; but no.
His noble spirit said stay and lend a helping hand  to those
poor mortals who are around you destitute and dying, and he
remained when others fled.  He felt he could be the means of
saving  some poor soul whom  the grim monster, Death, was
waiting to  snatch from this poor vale of life to that of eter-
nity, never thinking  of his own, and when that noble spirit
said stay, it was done; not unwillingly, but with that charity 
INCIDENTS OF THE EPIDEMIC.
23
 and feeling of love that characterized the man and made him
 the loved  and  honored one among his employes.  He was a
 man of marked determination, cool and calm in all things and
 at all times, never giving a hasty decision to anything, always
 thinking well before acting, and, as the acts and deeds of men
 during their lives live  long after  them, so will his, to be an
 honor to him for all  time to come.   And now that he has
 passed away from among us, and  gone to that undiscovered
 country from "whose bourne no traveler returns," shall we
 forget him ? No.  Let us cherish his memory in our hearts
 with love.   Let us record his acts and death  among the arch-
 ives of the truly brave and good, and feel  that the Almighty
 God who governs all things and unto whom  all things are as
 He desires, has taken our friend and brother  to that home
 beyond the skies where trouble ceases and  the weary are at
 rest, where all  is joy and gladness, and that He may say to
 him, " Well done, thou good and faithful servant, as thou hast
 been faithful over a few  things, I will make thee ruler over
 many things; enter thou into the joy of thy  Lord."  And let
 our prayers be extended to that loving child  he leaves behind
 him, and as the  Almighty tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,
 so may He temper the winds  of adversity  toward her, and
 shield  and protect her  from the dangers  and vicissitudes of
 this life, and when in  His  mercy He may see fit to call her to
 His heavenly home, where the pearly gates stand  ajar, may
 she  be ready and willing to fly.to the arms  of him who has
 gone before, and now stands waiting and watching  for her.
                 Friend and brother, farewell,
                 A long farewell.
                     THE "OLD MAN."
  When the  fever was  at its Light, all classes of mechanics
had nothing to do but  lie in the shade and  smoke and talk
yellow fever, etc., and await the coming  of the  newspapers
from the city.  There was a  stranger in the Avalanche that
we did not  know.   He was giving everybody a terrible thrash-
ing through  his columns, and signed himself  " Old Man of
the Avalanche."  As we were eight miles in the country, none
of us dare venture to the city to find out who he was.  The 
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curiosity  of  the  author was aroused, and  he  accordingly
addressed to the " Old Man " the following rhyme :

    Old Man of the Avalanche, whoever you may be,
    Don't think I am a poet when these few lines you see.
    I left my home in Memphis, way down in Tennessee,
    I was forced  to roam far from my home, a wandering refugee.

    When this plague is over and plenty bless the land,
      will go back to Memphis and shake you by the hand.
    He is a jolly  fellow, whoever he may be,
    The Old Man of the Avalanche in Memphis, Tennessee.

    Those Howards in our city are worthy of great fame—
    They boldly fought with Yellow Jack, all honor to their name.
    The widow and the orphan all comfort they did find
    From these noble men of  Memphis who lived in our time.

    O God  above, look down  in love on those great men divine
    Who labored hard day and night for the suffering of mankind.
    Their deeds will shine in coming time as do the saints of yore,
    May their souls shine bright in heaven's light when their spirits cross the
        shore.

    Those angels bright of that great light that shone on Calvary
    That went to aid their sisterhood in Memphis, Tennessee,
    May their lamps burn bright both day and  night on the celestial shore ;
    I will sound their praise in other days when this dreadful plague is o'er.

    We boast of Stonewall Jackson, Beauregard and Lee,
    When on the glorious battle field their enemy they could see ;
    But these poor souls in Memphis no enemy they can find,
    Like a peaceful lamb they are slaughtered to meet the great divine.

    Great  God above, look down with love on our dear Southern land—
    We pray to thee to set us free from this dreadful pestilence ;
    When all is over we will adore, whether on land or sea,
    The mighty saint that died for all upon Mount  Calvary.

    Long love to Dr. Mitchell, all honor to his name,
    Also to Butler Anderson, who is numbered with the slain—
    And thousands more we shall adore wherever they may be,
    That gave to aid our sufferers in Memphis, Tennessee.

    O, now the winter is coming on, we will have frost galore
    To drive away this dreadful plague from off our Southern shore.
    The steamboats and  the engines their bells will sweetly ring,
    And Father Walsh and his little ark will guide us safely  in.
                                                         P. MURTOUGH. 
THE  FATHER MATHEW CAMP.
LETTER FROM FATHER WALSH, EXPLAINING THE NECESSITY
       FOR, AND DETAILS OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
  When  the yellow fever plague was imported here, early
last August, it was not difficult to anticipate its scourging
ravages.  I was assistant priest at St. Patrick's Church, and
honorary President of the Father Mathew Society here.  It
was attached to the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union  and to
the Catholic Total  Abstinence Union of America.  We had
a meeting of our society on the Sunday after the plague had
made its appearance.   Forty-five  members were preseut.
Many were unaware of the great calamity which was immi-
nent, and some were anxious, in the event of the fever becom-
ing epidemic, to have the society organize, from amongst its
members, a corps of nurses, or others, to assist the families of
the members who might be stricken down, and, as far  as they
might be able, other afflicted families—without distinction, as
I apprehended, of  race, creed or color.  Knowing full well
that our society did not contain the class of men who would
be enabled to effectually carry out this grand idea, I suggested
that the  members  save themselves  and families by timely
flight, and establish, in quarters considered safe, a camp, which
might be made a source of refuge and relief.  This suggestion
met  with an unanimous approval.  I assured them that I
would provide the  funds and look after every interest.  An
unanimous  resolution was then passed to leave the treasury
and powers of Board, in fact all the rules  of the society, in
the hands of a committee of five members, with me as chair-
man  On the next day I issued an appeal for aid to the socie-
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
ties comprising the two great National Unions to which our
society was attached.  I was  anxious, as I wrote, "to  show
to the world, the great power that might be wielded by the
co-operative efforts of our Unions, and to  convince Catholic
societies of some of the great benefits of membership in these
Unions."
  It has enabled us to be a source of charity and benevolence
among the needy, the dying and the dead,  irrespective of
creed, race or  color,  during  three months of a most trying
ordeal—an ordeal which made our fair city a city of the dying
and the  dead.  Out of its  population of 45,000  or 50,000
inhabitants, 35,000 or 40,000 had fled for their lives when the
plague broke out.  Of the 8000  or 10,000 who remained, over
7000 are reported as having been stricken down by the fever.
The county undertaker has a registry of 2500 burials by him
alone.
  The bravest and noblest of every rank were  daily stricken
down, and their remains hurriedly carried away to the ceme-
teries or the potter's field.   Those  of us whom God was
pleased to spare, in order to minister to the wants of the sick,
the needy and the dead, had to witness scenes which pen can
not well describe, and to undergo labors which, on some occa-
sions at least, might be considered superhuman.
  Among our sisters and priests the fever made great havoc.
Almost a  score of sisters died.  Of the priests who were in
the city when  the fever broke out, only three of us escaped,
without having to submit to  the treatment of physicians and
nurses, who as yet know no specific remedy for yellow  fever.
It is a fact, that  wherever the disease  was directly attacked
by the powers of medicine, the life of the patient was directly
attacked.
  Since the 29th of  August, ten of our priests have been laid
down " to sleep " in Calvary  Cemetery, making, in all, fifteen
priests—five in '73 and ten  in  '78—who have died  here  of
yellow fever;  fifteen who have died on the field of battle to
which the call of their ministry summoned them.  This great
mortality among priests is not to be  wondered at, when it is
taken into consideration  that every dying Catholic needs  his 
THE FATHER MATHEW CAMP.              27
priest;  that the priest has to sit and kneel beside the bed of
the plague-stricken patient, and, whilst hearing the confession
of years of sin, to lean over the patient, inhaling his poison-
ous breath; and he has very often to draw out, from beside
his person, the hands that are stiffening in death, in order to
anoint them with the holy oils of the dying.  Thus, humanly
speaking, it was almost impossible for a priest on duty here
to have escaped the plague.
  On the day that I gave my appeal  to the printer, Mr. Con-
sadine,  our very worthy and self-sacrificing  Vice-'President,
and myself, set out to select a suitable place on which to erect
our Father Mathew Camp of Refuge.   The idea was somewhat
novel.  The undertaking  was  considered very arduous, and
some of our best friends warned us that the  labor would  be
herculean.  Yet we were determined to  carry out our project.
Few, if any, could have anticipated our  wonderful success.
  The inhabitants of the country districts were scared of any
who came from the city.   Panic was everywhere around us.
The managing committee of our Citizen's Relief had to call
upon the military to force  its way  to  the camping-ground
selected for the Jo Williams Camp.
  We quietly found an eligible site, of about two  hundred
acres of land.   There was a boiling spring in the midst, and
groves of forest trees on each side of the crystal stream, to
which the spring was a main tributary.  We ascertained that
the tract was unoccupied, and that it  belonged to* Messrs.
Hill, Fontaine &  Co., distinguished merchants of our city.
Before we could make arrangements  with them, we next day
had five sentries on the tract to take possession of it.  By the
same evening we had a number of tents on the ground and
the camp established.  We published and posted around  the
tract our rules and regulations, among which it was declared
that " no one under the influence of intoxicating liquor would
be allowed to  enter the grounds, and that, without special
permit,  no intoxicating liquor would  be allowed."
  We established,  on  one  side  of the grounds, a quarantine
department.  There we detained, for a number of days, every
one with permit seeking admission  to  the camp.   They, as 
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far as we could make them, worked in grading their portion
of the streets in the main camp, into which, after fifteen days,
they were admitted.  This precaution against introducing the
plague into the camp was very desirable, and it worked most
admirably.  The  dangers  of a  panic, which might disperse
the camp, were thus obviated.   Every one felt the more secure,
and the elements of harmony and peace were  strengthened.
  Of course we did not entirely depend upon human precau-
tion to protect us.  The most of those admitted to our camp
were Catholics; hence, one of the first  buildings erected  on
the grounds was a little church.  It was on wheels, and located
at one  end of our  main, or Father Mathew avenue, beneath
the shades of a forest tree.  It was dedicated in honor of the
Sacred Heart of our Divine Lord, and we all looked upon  it
as the Ark of our safety.  There, during the plague, I cele-
brated mass almost every morning, and recited the rosary and
gave benediction of the most  blessed sacrament every night,
when,  after the day's  labor in the  plague-stricken city, I
returned to rest at the camp, and be consoled by the prayer-
ful greetings of our poor, faithful  people, who daily  feared
that  I  would be stricken  down.  These esteemed greetings
afforded  me many a  relieving joy amidst the  most gloomy
days of the  awful plague.
  In a very  few days we had a commissary and drug store, a
kitchen and commodious dining hall erected, until everything
was so admirably arranged, that a friend coming from a dis-
tance suggested that we should call the  place New Memphis.
  For  a few weeks we reserved  the main avenue and the
camp for the members of the society and  for their families.
They did  not all avail themselves of the opportunities thus
afforded them.  Of those who did do so, none of themselves
or their families died,  except  one  good woman, who, having
gone to the  city and  contracted the disease there, died in a
few days after returning to the camp.
  Within a  very few weeks after the camp was established,
we had any  number of applicants  for admission.   We issued
permits, to be distributed by responsible parties among those
alone who were in need of our protection, of good morals, 
THE FATHER MATHEW CAMP.
and prepared to submit to our rules and regulations.  With-
out one of these permits, no one was admitted beyond the
lines*of the sentries.   Thus it was that we were enabled to
keep out of the camp  those who might become elements  of
discord or vice, and to maintain it, for ten long weeks, in
harmony and virtue.
   The plague raged everywhere  through the country districts
around us.  Its victims, from even the very confines of the
camp,  were being daily carried  to their graves.  Out of our
population of about 400, we had only ten deaths from fever.  In
each case the fever  was contracted in the  city.  It did not
spread in the camp.  In  fact we had not one certain case, of
a fatal or unfavorable result, contracted in our camp : Provi-
dence must have assisted us.
   In writing of the health of our camp, I must make mention
of  our devoted physician, Dr. W. C. Cavenagh.   He was ever
untiring in his  efforts to assist  us, by his  wise counsel and
medical skill, until  he was stricken  down at the post  of
duty.  His devoted wife, without the aid of a physician, suc-
cessfully nursed him through a  severe attack, and  in a few
days he was able to revisit our camp, to inspire once more
renewed confidence for the safety of our poor people.
  After. we had been about a month in the camp, we rented
commodious adjacent  buildings  and established a school for
the children.  Three of the Sisters of St. Joseph took charge
of it, and for the time made their home with  us  and ren-
dered invaluable assistance in ministering to a variety of neces-
sities among our  poor people.  Thus, by  the  generous  aid
sent us, we were enabled to provide for every necessity of our
community, and not only that, but to disburse, for a period
of ninety days, an average of $150 a day in general charities
outside of the camp. , 1 disbursed this much, and much more
I am sure, through  the Sisters of St. Joseph  and through
responsible parties whom I found going about doing good,
my invariable instruction  being, "Relieve all  you  can, and
call on me for more."  Thus, as fast as 1 received  money, I
put it at once into circulation amongst the needy. 
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  The Howard Association for a while honored my requisi-
tions for nourishment for those sick of the fever in the city.
  The Citizens Relief here gave us hard rations for about one-
fifth of  our people, and  during  the  last three weeks of its
existence, it paid for our fresh meats, firewood, and some lum-
ber to set up  back kitchens in the camp.  It also gave us a
few boxes of ill-assorted clothing  and two small  supplies of
delicacies for the sickly.   If we did not get more of our neces-
sities  supplied  by this excellent  Relief Committee, it was not
the fault of its untiring and self-sacrificing chairman, General
Luke E.Wright, who from the beginning recognized us a pub-
lic benefactor,  and who, when we had a complaint to make to
him, assured us that by " O. K.-ing " bills to him, he would
have supplied us " everything that I deemed necessary for our
people."  This assurance was made during the waning weeks
of the plague, and in order to carry it out, General Wright
interested himself  personally in  our behalf, when our orders
on the commissary were  being from day to day left unfilled.
To  him and to the Citizens Relief here in  general  we  are
thankful.
  Being independent in the management of our camp, we only
called for such assistance as we needed for those alone who
in no way were connected with our society, or with the fam-
ily of any of its members.  I must say that amongst the Cit-
izens Relief Committee and Howard Association, a very grand
spirit of catholic or universal charity was manifested.  I met
their  representatives almost everywhere—even in the negro
hospital that I was wont to visit.  The plague here developed
the grandest attributes of our common humanity.  A  com-
mon feeling took possession of all.   Catholic charity was  the
bond, which made a grand confraternity of almost all of us,
who were spared being stricken down.
  At  the end of October, the long-wished-for visitor arrived.
Frost made its appearance, and "Yellow Jack" was slain for
the present.  We had reason to  thank God.   I  proclaimed,
in the camp, a three days' preparation for thanksgiving.   All
were permitted to enter the city  and arrange their household
effects during the day.  At night we had devotions in camp 
THE FATHER MATHEW CAMP.
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  On All-Hallows Day, we  determined on moving home in
solemn procession.   I celebrated a thanksgiving mass, and
administered Holy  Communion to a vast number of men,
women and children, who had flocked around us, with  those
in the camp, to return thanks to God  for our wonderful pre-
servation.   The scene was inspiringly grand.   I thought it
worthy of being preserved, and, in consequence, had on  hand,
by the assistance of my energetic society friend, W. N. Webb,
of Louisville, Ky., a first-class artist.   He photographed the
Mass of Thanksgiving; and also Mr. Peter Murtough, one of
our  own members of the Father  Mathew Society, when in
procession  on the road sketched the accompanying picture as
the refugees appeared on their return to Memphis.  He has
since had it chromoed at a very large  expense and now offers
it for sale as a relic of the great plague of 1878.
  On examining the bank book of the Father Mathew Camp,
I found to-day to its credit $1269.21.  Of this amount, over
$900 is still due  to  the  undertakers.   The balance—for the
most part—is due on relief bills issued to grocery stores, to
relieve those in their vicinities.   Thus it is that I have endeav-
ored to disburse everything to  the best advantage which was
sent me.
  I have to thank especially the Citizens Relief of Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg, Worcester and Newark, Ohio, for recognizing
the claim of our necessities.  Outside of our comrade  Cath-
olic societies, our priests and bishops,  those alone assisted us.
  Our most special thanks are due to Martin I.  J. Griffin, Sec-
retary of the I. C. B. U., who  has proved himself to be our
best friend, and who declined to accept of personal expenses.
He was the first and last to send us contributions.
  In our list there must be many mistakes.  We have done
our best to  prevent them.  All telegrams for cash were sent
back for collection.   Of those I have not been enabled to keep
a regular registry.  But for Brother Maurelian and his com-
rade Christian Brothers, I could not keep a registry, for I was
engaged almost day and night in ministering to the dying.
  No words can sufficiently express my gratitude to all who,
in any way, have aided me. Perhaps there was never a grander 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
response to the appeal of a private and unknown individual!
It brought into my hands about $29,000 !  I could not have
anticipated such a grand response. My thanks, and the thanks
of our community, are therefore the more sincere.  As such
our friends will therefore the more readily accept them.
  Miseries consequent on the plague still surround me.   The
condition in which  I am placed as Rector of this Church is
embarrassing.   The effects of the plague shall long remain.
But whilst I am enabled to  offer up at the altar the holy sac-
rifice of the mass, I shall ever remember there our generous
sympathizers.
                             WILLIAM  WALSH,
                                Rector of St. Bridget's Church.

  Memphis, Tenn., December 5th, 1878. 
LIST  OF  CITIES  AND  TOWNS
       WHERE THE FEVER RAGED.
                       ABINGDON.
  County seat of Washington county, Va., on the Virginia &
Tennessee railroad, 189 miles from Lynchburg.  Population,
2100.  First and only case was Judge L. V. Dixon, a refugee
from Memphis, who died September 17th.
                        ATHENS.
  County seat of Limestone county, Alabama, located on the
Nashville & Decatur railroad, 107 miles from Nashville, Tenn.
Population, 1200; quarantined.  First case, Alexander Rog-
ers, age  67  years, keeping boarding-house across the street
from the depot,  situated in a low, damp place, crowded  with
other houses around.  He was taken ill October 13th and died
October 16th.  An hour after death, Dr. Summers, of Nash-
ville, on his way from Decatur, Ala., saw  and examined the
case, stating that he  died with black vomit.  Within a few
hours the streets were deserted, business suspended, and only
fifteen white families remained in town.  The Howard Com-
mittee at once organized, with Fred. Sloss, President, and W.
B. Russell, Secretary.  On the same day that Mr. Rogers  died,
his wife Elizabeth, aged 52, was taken ill, and resident physi-
cians  Nicholas  D. Richardson and  Wm.  S. Johnson,  pro-
nounced hers a well-developed case of yellow  fever.   She
died on  the 24th.  The remainder of the family were moved
out of town.  The disease disappearing, the panic soon ended.
Total cases, 2 ; total  deaths, 2.  Date of last death, October
25th ; no contributions from abroad; disbursements, $89.25.
                       AUGUSTA.
  The county  seat  of Woodruff county,  Ark.,  situated on
White river, 14  miles from the Iron Mountain railroad.  Pop- 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
 ulation, 1200.  The first case, Mrs. Hendricks, contracted the
 disease October 12th, on the steamboat Ruth from Memphis.
 She died two days after landing.  Very little excitement.
 Date of last death, October 20th.   Total cases, 7; total deaths,
,7.  No contributions from abroad ; disbursements, $116.25.

                         BARTLETT.
   A post village  of Shelby county, Tenn., on the Memphis
 division of the Louisville & Nashville & Great Southern rail-
 road, 11 miles from  Memphis.   Population, 350.  The first
 case, Mrs. Voegeli, contracted the'disease in Memphis, Sept.
 11th, and died soon after reaching home.  The disease spread
 rapidly.  The Memphis Howards, aided by Mrs. Echols and
 Miss A. D. Hall and J. M. Jackson, who  were most  faithful
 to the end, cared for the town.  Total cases, 35 ; deaths, 23 ;
 date of last case, October 20.  Total contributions, $300 ; total
 disbursements, $500.
                      BATON ROUGE.
   Capital of Baton Rouge parish, La.,  situated on Mississippi
 river, 125 miles  from New Orleans.  Population, 6500.  The
 first case was stricken Sept. 6th, proving  fatal.   Out of 2716
 cases only 201 deaths.  Last death, Oct. 31st.  Total  contri-
 butions, $35,308.10; total disbursements, $36,115.

                       BAYOU SARA.
   A post village of West Feliciana parish, La., on the Missis-
 sippi river, 110 miles from Baton Rouge, and  240 miles from
 New Orleans. Population, 700. First case, Sept. 20th. Total
 cases, 250; deaths, 13;  date of last death, Nov. 26th.  Total
 contributions, $3110.01;  total disbursements, $3207.50.

                      BAY  ST. LOUIS.
   A summer resort village on the seashore in Hancock county,
 Miss., located on the New Orleans & Mobile railroad, 52 miles
 from New Orleans.  Population, 2000, but last  summer was
 6000.  The first fatal case was Rebecca Nicaise, taken Aug.
 14th, and soon died.  The disease spread all over the Bay and
 through the pine woods.  Total cases, 546 ; total deaths, 83 ;
 date of last death, Nov. 3d.  Total contributions, $6762.85 ;
 total disbursements, $6829. 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
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                      BAYOU GOULA.
   A post village of Iberville parish, La., located on the Mis-
sissippi  river, 98 miles from  New  Orleans.  Fever  hardly
appeared here.   One death only—a stranger, Oct. 1st.
                      BEECH GROVE.
   Name of a church three miles from Dyer, Tenn.  About
the only case was that of a tramp, the latter part of Septem-
ber, who took refuge in the church, and soon  died.
                      BELL'S DEPOT.
   A post village of Crockett county, Tenn., on the Louisville
& Nashville & Great Southern railroad, 69 miles from Mem-
phis.  Population, 821.   The first case,  John  Parker,  con-
tracted the disease from  Memphis refugees, and died October
25th. Total contributions, $77.50 ; total disbursements,  $96.25.
                      BERWICK  CITY.
   A post village of St. Mary parish,  La., just across the Bay
from Morgan City, La., located two miles from Pattersonville.
Population, 150. First case, Sept. 1st. Total cases, 50 ;  deaths,
1.  Total contributions, $687.65 ; total disbursements, $769.50.
                     BETHEL SPRINGS.
   A post village of McNairy county, Tenn., on  the Mobile &
Ohio railroad, 120 miles from  Columbus, Ky.   Population,
183.  First and  only case, J. J. Yarbro  (two miles distant)
contracted the  disease by sleeping with  a railroader; died
October 9th.
                          BILOXI.
   A post village of Harrison county, Miss., on  the New Or-
leans & Mobile railroad, 79 miles  from New Orleans.  Popu-
lation, 960.  The first case, Diminity Leambrick, was taken
early in September and died Sept. 13th, and the disease  soon
became epidemic.  Date of last death, Oct. 29th.  Total cases,
216;  deaths,  56.  Total  contributions, $6416.70 ; total  dis-
bursements, $6719.
                         BOLIVAR.
   County seat of Hardeman county, Tenn., on  the Chicago,
New Orleans & St. Louis railroad, 46 miles from Holly Springs,
Miss.  Population, 1533.  The first case, Dr. A. Coleman, Jr.,
died October  13th. 
36                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
                        BOLTON.
  A post village of Hinds county, Miss., on the Vicksburg &
Meridian railroad, 27 miles from Vicksburg. Population, 200.
The first case, Aug. 12th. The disease soon became epidemic,,
and raged with relentless fury.  Date of last death, Nov. 6th.
Total cases, 168 ; total deaths, 47.  Total contributions, $2016 ;
total disbursements, $2187.
                        BOVINA.
  Post village  of Warren county, Miss., on the  Vicksburg
& Meridian railroad, 10  miles from Vicksburg. Population,
100.  First case, Mrs. Jos. J. Fox, who died September 29th.
Date of last death, Nov. 9th.  Total cases, 65 ; total deaths,
17.   Total contributions, $845 ;  total disbursements, $913.50.
                    BOWLING GREEN.
  County seat of Warren county, Ky., on the L. & N. & G. S.
railroad, 114 miles from Louisville, Ky.  The first case was a
Memphis refugee, which resulted in death Sept. 6th.  Date of
last death, October 26.  Total cases, 48 ; total  deaths, 26,
Total contributions, all local, $516 ; total disbursements, $516.
                       BROOKLYN.
  County seat of Kings  county, New York,  located on the
west end of Long Island, separated  from New York by East
river.  Population, 584,000.  Yellow fever appeared early in
July, and a few scattering cases  occurred till the season of
frost and ice.  Nearly all were of those stationed at Cob dock,
and were infected from the steamer Vermont.
                       BROUSSARD.
  A small settlement near Pattersonville, La. Fever appeared
Sept. 17th, and on this day there was one death.
                      BROWNSVILLE.
  County seat  of Haywood  county, Tenn., on the L. & N. &
G.  S. railroad,  60 miles above Memphis.  Population, 4026.
The first case -was Mrs. Shepherd, from  Memphis, stricken
August 20th,  and recovered.  Date of  last death, Nov. 8th.
Total  cases, 844; total deaths,  212.   Total  contributions,
$11,024.20;  total disbursements, $11,317.90.
                         BUNTYN.
  A small railroad town in  Shelby county, Tenn., on the M.
& C. railroad,  5 miles from Memphis.  It  was crowded with 
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Memphis refugees, and a local case of the fever occurred Oct.
1st.   Among the last cases was that of Jefferson Davis, Jr.,
son of ex-President Jefferson Davis, who died  Oct. 16th.
                         BURAS.
  A post village of Plaquemine parish, La., located on the
Mississippi river, 70 miles from New Orleans.  Population,
200.  Yellow fever was brought here by bringing for  inter-
ment the corpse of a young lady who died at Southwest Pass.
Very few cases.
                         BYRAM.
  A post village of Hinds county, Miss., on the  C, St. L. &
N. O. railroad,  6 miles from Jackson, Miss.  Population, 35.
The cases, 13 in number, are recorded with those of Jackson.
Total contributions, $198; total disbursements, $217.
                          CAIRO.
  County seat of Alexander county, 111., on the Illinois Cen-
tral railroad, at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi riv-
ers, 125 miles above  Memphis.  Population, 6300.  Quarantine
was established July 29th.  Five members of Thomas Porter's
family died, living a few miles from  the  city.  They were
stricken September 8th.  The last death occurred October 9th.
Total cases, 43; total  deaths,  32.  Total contributions from
citizens of Cairo, $688; total disbursements, $763.50.
                        CALUMET.
  The name of Daniel Thompson's plantation near Patterson-
ville, La. The fever  appeared early  in October, was of a
mild  form and  principally  among the  colored  population.
The record  is with that of Pattersonville.  Total number of
cases over 60.
                    CANAAN LANDING.
  Landing on  the  Mississippi river, near Hermitage  Post-
office, Point Coupee parish, La.  Early in October Dr. Bously
was  taken ill and had black vomit at Waterloo,  a few miles
from Canaan.   This was the first case in this region.  Total
cases, 28; total deaths, 6.  Date of last death, Nov. 2.  Total
contributions, $336.75 ; total disbursements, $367.45.
                         CANTON.
  County seat of Madison county, Miss., on  the  St. L. & N.
O. railroad, 23  miles from Jackson, Miss.  Population, 2143. 
38                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
According to Dr. S. M. Bemiss, the disease was brought tc*
Canton from New Orleans by the Brittan family.   The first
case, Miss Rachel Henry, was stricken August 12th, and died
August 19th.   Date of last death, November  16th.   Total
cases, 936; total deaths, 176.  Total contributions, $10,715.90;
total disbursements, $10,987.50.
                      CARROLLTON.
  The county seat  of  Carroll county, Miss., 14 miles from
Winona.  Fever appeared here  late in August, John M. Lid-
dell, Jr., dying  August 29th, shortly after his marriage.  No
record is kept.
                        CAYUGA.
  Post village of Hinds county, Miss., situated in the valley of
Big Black river, 18 miles southeast of Vicksburg.  The first
case was Sam Banks (colored), August  1st.   Date last death,
November 12th.  Total cases, 38 ; total deaths, 9.  Total con-
tributions, $494.60 ; total disbursements, $516.75.
                     CHATTANOOGA.
  The county seat of Hamilton county, Tenn., located on the
Tennessee river, 151 miles from Nashville, Tenn., 309 mile3
from  Memphis, and is  quite a  railroad center.   Population,
12,500.  Mrs. Swatzenberg, a Memphis refugee, was the first
case in the city, and she died in a few days.   A general stam-
pede  began, and within 48 hours 10,500  people had fled the
city.  Date of last death, November 18th.  Total cases, 693 ;
total  deaths, 197.  Total contributions, $9009.25 ;  total  dis-
bursements, $10,357.50.
                       CINCINNATI.
  The county seat of Hamilton county, Ohio, located on Ohio
river, 110 miles' from Louisville, Ky.  Population, 280,000.
The first case was a young lady living in a house where bag-
gage from New Orleans was stored, and the second case occur-
red in the same locality.   Total cases, all refugees, 49 ; total
deaths, 19.  Date of last death, October 31st.
                        CLINTON.
  Post village  of  Hickman county, Ky., on  the Miss. Cent.
railroad, 7 miles from Columbus, Ky.  Two  cases of yellow
fever occurred  October 25th, but,  by  being well  cared  for, 
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recovered.  There was great excitement, and many citizens
left the town in great haste.
                        CLINTON.
  County seat of  East Feliciana  parish, La., is the northeast
terminus of C. & P. H. railroad.  Population, 1000.  Quar-
antined.  The first case, James Newsom's child, who by neg-
ligence of the guard on the Baton Rouge road, was permitted
to mingle with parties from the infected district.   Total cases,
187; total deaths, 43.  Date of last death, October 31.  Total
contributions, $2329 ; total disbursements, $2416.80.
                      COLLIERVILLE.
  Post village of Shelby county, Tenn.,  on the Memphis &
Charleston railroad, 25 miles from Memphis.  Population, 500.
The first case appeared  in August, although the town  was
strictly quarantined.  M. R. Brown and James Person  died
September 3d.  Dr. Waddy, the  quarantine officer, with fifty-
one  families, fled at once, and many others  followed as soon
thereafter as possible.  For weeks the fever raged with fury
upon the unfortunate people.  Mr. J. Edgar Byrd, of Louis-
ville, in charge of 30 nurses, nobly represented the Howard
Association,  serving to  the end.  Total cases, 121; total
deaths, 48.  Total contributions, $1547 ; total disbursements,
$1629.75.
                    COOK'S LANDING.
  River station of Point Coupee parish, La., one mile below
Waterloo, and 11 miles  south from Point Coupee.  Popula-
tion, 35.  The first case  appeared October 2d, and the How-
ards from New Orleans cared for the town.  Date last death,
November 2d.  Total cases, 15 ; total deaths, 4.  Total contri-
butions, $225.65 ; total disbursements, $247.15.
                       COURTLAND.
  County seat of Lawrence county, Ala., located on the  M. &
C. railroad, 19 miles from  Decatur.   The only case was Mr.
A. M. Newsom, a Memphis refugee, died September 3d.
                       COVINGTON.
  County seat of Tipton  county, Tenn.,  15 miles from the
Mississippi river  and 40 miles from  Memphis.  Population,
1200.  Precautions to resist the yellow fever were early taken. 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
The first case was W. J. Wiseman, postmaster, stricken Sep-
tember 30th.  The Board of Health advised immediate depop-
ulation of the town, and the evacuation was thorough and
complete.  The Howards and Relief Committee organized
and went to work, and no other case occurred.  Mr. Wiseman
died October 5th.   From their rural retreats, the citizens and
refugees  assisted their suffering friends of Mason.

                     COX'S  LANDING.
  River  station of Washington county, Miss., 6  miles  from
Crystal   Springs.  The first  case  appeared  September  28th.
Dr. Quijano, from the Spanish Government  sent to this coun-
try especially to treat the yellow  fever, attended to the case
quite  successfully.   Date of  last death, October 28th.  Total
cases, 12; total deaths, 4. Total  contributions, from N. 0.
Howards, $586 ; total  disbursements, $586.

                    CRYSTAL SPRINGS.
  Post village of Copiah county, Miss., on the C, St. L. & N.
O. railroad.  Population, 1000.   Considerable  doubt existed
in the minds  of the profession as  to  the kind of fever which
prevailed early in October, and Dr.  Lockwood induced Dr.
Quijano,  the Spanish physician, to  visit and examine the cases.
He did so, and on Oct. 11th reported four cases of well-defined
fever in the suburbs of the town.  These were carefully treated
and nursed, and the town saved a visit from the dreaded dis-
ease.  Total contributions, $200 ;  total disbursements, $200.
                        DALTON.
  County seat of Whitfield county, Ga., on  the W. & A. rail-
road, at the terminus of the S., R.  & D. railroad, 38 miles from
Chattanooga, and 100 miles  north of Atlanta.  Population,
4000.   The first case, Mary  Hogau, was stricken  September
26th and died September 30th. Mrs.  Bohanon, a Chattanooga
refugee, was taken ill October 2d and died October 4th.  There
was only one  other case, an unknown person, who recovered.
Total  contributions, $300 ; total disbursements, $300.
                       DANVILLE.
  County seat of Boyle county, Ky., located 5 miles from Dan-
ville station, on  Lebanon Branch railroad, 100  miles from 
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Louisville.  The  first case, Mr. John Young Croft, a Holly
Springs refugee, died September 6th.  No other cases occurred.
                         DAYTON.
   County seat of Montgomery county, Ohio, located on Great
Miami river, 60 miles from Cincinnati, and 67 miles from
Columbus.  Population, 38,374, the third city in the State, is
a great manufacturing center, and is penetrated by seven rail-
roads.  Yellow fever was  brought here by some refugees in
September.   Among the fatal cases was J oseph Lebolt, from
Holly Springs, Miss.  He was attended by the celebrated Dr.
Julius Wise, of Memphis, who only reached  his  bedside a few
hours before he died.  Very few other cases  occurred.
                        DECATUR.
   County seat of Morgan county, Ala., located  on Tennessee
river, at the crossing of the M. & C. and L. & N. & G. S. rail-
roads. Population, 1200.  The first case occurred September
17th, which proved fatal, and was quickly followed by others,
and the town was  almost depopulated.  Date of last death,
November 10th.  Total cases, 187 ; total deaths, 51.   Total
contributions, $2437 ; total disbursements, $2496.
                          DELHI.
   Post village of Richland parish, La., on the V. & S. railroad,
40 miles from Vicksburg.  Population, 250. The first case
was taken down  August 11th, and died  August 14th.  The
disease  soon became epidemic.  Date of last death, Novem-
ber 5th.   Total cases, 168  ; deaths, 34.  Contributions, $2000.
                          DELTA.
   County seat of Madison parish, La., on Mississippi river, 3
miles below Vicksburg. Population, 700.  Yellow fever made
its appearance September 28th, attacking six persons.  In a
few days there  were over 100 cases, and increasing, but the
disease being mild, the death roll was not large.  Total cases,
154; total deaths, 26.  Total contributions,  $1900 ; total dis-
bursements covered the amount.
                         DEPUYS.
   Plantation about 5 miles from Clinton, La., the disease being
carried from this  point to Clinton.   Three deaths occurred at
Depuys Oct. 5th,  creating  great alarm at Clinton. 
42                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
                    DONALDSONVILLE.
  The county seat of Ascension parish, La., located on the
Mississippi river, 78 miles above New Orleans, and is the west-
ern terminus of the  N. O. &  T. railroad.  Population, 1500.
The first case of yellow fever  was Miss Irene Wilson, who
left New Orleans Aug. 1st, hoping to escape the disease, but
the place she visited was already infected.  She was suddenly
stricken down Aug. 16th, and died Aug. 22d.  Shortly after,
the fever broke out at Port Barrow, a small village on Bayou
La  Fourche,  opposite Donaldsonville, and every house was
smitten.  As it disappeared from Port Barrow it began in dif-
ferent parts of the parish, and in Donaldsonville about Sept.
12th.  Brule Sacramento, a settlement situated in the interior,
surrounded by swamps, and inhabited by poor people, mainly
of Spanish descent, presented the  most distressful scenes of
the epidemic.  Five  and six  patients were huddled together
in one room, without physician, nurse, or even water, owing
to the drought.  Out of that unfortunate settlement of 200
souls, 80 perished.  Date of last death, Nov. 11th.   Total cases
in the parish, 1373; total deaths in the parish, 179; total cases
in town, 484; total deaths in town, 83. Total receipts, $7339.25;
total disbursements, $5257.12; balance, $2082.13.
                        DRESDEN.
  County seat of Weakley county, Tenn., located on the N.,
C. & St. L. railroad, 46 miles  from Hickman, Ky.  The only
cases were refugees; one, a tramp, was found with fever, where-
upon the council met, a partial quarantine was decided upon,
and a subscription raised to  send the patient to  Nashville.
Mayor Cardwell was asked to subscribe, and  replied that  he
would give  $25  to defray the  expense  of nursing the man
where he was, but not one cent to send him away.   Much
feeling was engendered.
                       DRY  GROVE.
  Post village of  Hinds county, Miss., 5  miles  from Terry.
Total cases, 203; total deaths, 50.  Total contributions, $2639 ;
total disbursements,  $2760.
                       DUCK-HILL.
  Post village of Montgomery county, Miss., located on the
Chicago, St.  Louis & New Orleans railroad, 11  miles from 
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Vicksburg.   Population,----.  The first case appeared Sept.
8th, a young man, who died Sept. 13th.   The fever spread rap-
idly and was quite fatal.  Total  cases, 36 ;  total deaths, 14.
Date of last death, Oct. 30th.  Contributions, $463; disbursed
the same.
                        DUNBOYNE.
   Plantation near W. Plaquemine, La.  The fever appeared
here early in September.  Major Hubbard was the first case
that proved  fatal.  There were only two other deaths, his
wife and mother-in-law.
                         DURANT.
   Post village of Holmes county, Miss., located on the N. 0.,
C. & St. L. railroad.   Population, 1000.  The fever made its
appearance early in September, but was of a mild type.  Mr.
J. P. Eggleston died Sept. 14th.  No record obtained.

                     EDWARDS' DEPOT.
   Post village'of Hinds county, Miss., located on the V. & M.
railroad, 18  miles from Vicksburg. Population, 500.  This
point escaped the fever  till late in September, when Dr. W.
B. Williamson was about the  first case  stricken, and died
September 28th near town.  His  death created a panic, the
place was picketed and the alarm and fright were  so great that
negroes were paid $90 to bury the Doctor, and were warned
under penalty of their lives not to make their appearance in
town for fifteen days.  The whole Williamson  family were
taken ill, Mrs.  Williamson and her grandson Craven died.
Owing to a strict quarantine Edwards escaped.
                         ELLIOTT.
  Post village  of Grenada county, Miss.,  located on the C,
St. L. & N. O. railroad, 8 miles from Grenada.  Fever appeared
near here late  in September, and there were 12 deaths, the
record being included with that of Grenada.
                          ERIN.
  Post village of Houston county, Tenn., located on the Clarks-
ville branch of the L.  & N. railroad, 28 miles from Clarksville.
Population,  723. The first case, Mrs. Larkin Bradley, died
Sept. 7th.   The  doctors disputed as to the  disease, until other
cases were reported.   The greatest care  was taken, but many 
44                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
of the best people were swept away before the appearance of
frost, Oct. 19th.   Total  cases, 38; total  deaths, 10.  Date of
last death, Oct. 20th.  Total  contributions, $532 ; total dis-
bursements, $561.25.
                        EUREKA.
  Plantation near Pattersonville, La.   The fever made its
appearance  Oct. 17th;  one death occurring Oct. 27th.  The
record is with that of Pattersonville.
                        FAIRFAX.
  Is the name of another plantation near Pattersonville, La.
Col. J. B. Sturgis died here  Oct. 19th.  Recorded with Pat-
tersonville.
                      FERNANDINA.
  The county seat  of Nassau county, Fla., on the seaboard.
On the 26th of July a bark from Matanzas put in here with
yellow fever on board.  The first and  second mate and one
seaman died.  No other cases occurred.

                        FILLMORE.
  Post village of Ballard county, Ky.   The nearest case to
yellow fever was a stranger who was found dead, covered with
black vomit at Hugh's Hotel.  Papers  found on his person
indicated that he was from New Orleans.  No  other cases.
                       FLORENCE.
  The county seat  of  Lauderdale county, Ala.,  located on
the Florence branch of the M. & C. railroad, one mile  from
Tennessee river.   Population, 2500.  The first case was Frank
McContire, railroad  engineer, taken Sept. 5th.  Although the
town is clean and located high, the disease soon became epi-
demic.  Total cases, 138 ; total deaths,  50.  Total contribu-
tions, $1500  ; total disbursements, $1500.
                    FORT PICKERING.
  A suburb  of Memphis, Tenn., in the southern portion of
the city, located  on the Mississippi river.  Reported  with
Memphis.
                    FRAYSER STATION.
  Post village of Shelby county, Tenn., a  few miles from Mem-
phis.  Fever appeared here early in September.  George Ers-
kine died October 5th.  About twenty Memphis refugees died 
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which are recorded with Memphis.   Total  cases, 46 ; total
deaths, 20.  Memphis Howards supplied all wants.
                      FRIAR'S POINT.
   Post village of Coahoma county, Miss., located on the Mis-
sissippi river, 110 miles below Memphis.  Population, 1200.
The first case was Mr. Paget, taken sick September 3d, con-
tracting  the  disease on board the steamboat Coahoma.  The
Howards organized with J. W. Rochester, President,  and J.
A. Cooper, Secretary, and all  physicians volunteered to care
for all cases, and carried the town through successfully.  Date
of last death, October 19th.  Total cases, 25 ; total deaths, 7.
Total contributions, $300; total disbursements, $375.
                         FULTON.
   Post village of Fulton county, Ky., at crossing of the O. &
P. and M. C. railroad, 125 miles from  Cairo, 111.  Population,
1700.  The first case was Miss Wooldridge, who caught the
infection, September 25th, from  a Memphis  car  with open
windows left near  the house.   The last death was Sam Ben-
net, who died October 23d.  Total cases, 12; total deaths, 5.
Total contributions, $196; total disbursements, 196.
                        GADSDEN.
   A post village of Crockett  county, Tenn.,  on the L. & N.
railroad, 77 miles from Memphis. Population, 350.   First
case, R.  G. Saunders, Sept. 24th, contracted from infected
baggage, from Memphis.  He soon died.  The people were
very careful,  and had only 6 cases and 4 deaths.  Date of last
death, October 24th.
                        GALWAY.
   A post village of Fayette county, Tenn.,  on  the L. & N.
railroad,  28 miles above Memphis. Population, 60. First case,
Dr. T. H. Turney, who contracted the disease from patients,
was  taken October 5th, and soon died, and  the  fever soon
became epidemic.   The Memphis Howards cared for the sick.
Total cases, 13;  total deaths, 8.   Date of last death, October
16th. Total contributions, $160; disbursements to cover same.
                       GALLIPOLIS.
   County seat of Gallia county,  Ohio, on the Ohio river, at
terminus of C. & G. railroad.  Population,  3700.   First cases 
46                 CONDENSED  HISTORY.
 were Charles Degelman, engineer, and  William Koidler, of
 the steamer John Gibson, which landed three miles below the
 city on August 20th.  The disease disappeared October 17th.
 No outside aid called for. Total cases, 51; total deaths, 31.
                     GALMAN STATION.
   A post village  of Copiah  county, Miss., located on the C,
 St. L. & N. O. railroad, about 30 miles from Vicksburg, some
 of whose refugees died in August, but no record kept.
                    GARNER'S STATION.
   A post village  of Yalobusha county, Miss., located on  the
 M. & T. railroad, 87 miles from Memphis.  Population, 200.
 First case appeared early in  September, and it broke out with
 great violence September 30th.  31 cases and 13 deaths  are
 reported.
                      GERMANTOWN.
   A post  village  of Shelby county, Tenn., located on the M.
 & C. railroad, 18  miles from Memphis. Population, 253.  The
 first case was James Roper,  a  refugee  from Memphis, seized
 August 17th, and recovered.   The fever was of a very violent
 type, although the town  was in a fine sanitary  condition and
 ordinarily healthy.  Date of last case,  October 21st.  Total
 cases in town and vicinity, 81; total deaths in town and vicin-
 ity, 45.  All aid rendered by Memphis Howards.
                      GILL'S STATION.
   Stopping point on the  M. & C. railroad, 3 miles  from Mem-
 phis, the refugees from which  place carried the fever to Gill's
 station. Mrs. Ben.  K. Pullen, of Memphis, died September
 23d.  No record of others.
                      GOLDEN LAKE.
   A post village  of Mississippi county, Ark., located on the
 Mississippi river.  Steamboats land daily.  Late in September
 Mrs.  Smith,  Mrs. Brown, and Mrs.  Stearns,  refugees  from
 New Orleans, were the only  sufferers.
                   GOODRICH LANDING.
   Post village of  East Carroll parish, La., located on the Mis-
 sissippi  river, 12  miles from Lake Providence.  Population,
15. Fever appeared early in  September, but was of a  mild
type.  No record  kept. 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
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                    GRAND JUNCTION.
  Railroad town of Hardeman county, Tenn., located on the
M. C. and M. & C. railroad, 52  miles from Memphis. The
first case was Mrs. Belew, wife of a prominent Grenada, Miss.,
merchant, who refugeed here.  Was stricken August  17th,
and died  soon  after.  The fever became very violent. The
Memphis  Howards  came and cared for  the town.   The last
death was Mrs. V. Patterson.  Total cases, 201; total deaths,
82.  Total contributions, $4,465.30 ;  total disbursements, same.

                      GRAND WOODS.
  Name of a plantation owned by the Bartletts, near Patter-
sonville, La., where the  yellow fever  raged violently yet
mildly.
                       GREENVILLE.
  The county seat  of Washington county, Miss., located on
the Mississippi river, 25 miles above Vicksburg.   The first
case occurred early in September, the disease spreading with
great rapidity, and on the 30th  there were 200 cases and 45
deaths,  the mayor  among the number.  Total population at
beginning of fever, 1350; total number of deaths to date,
260; total number now sick, 112 ;  total number of  convales-
cents, 657 ; total number still to have the fever, 323.  Up to
September 25th only 5 white inhabitants had escaped.  Never
did a town suffer so terribly.  Date of last  death, Nov. 16th.
Total cases in town, 1317 ; total deaths in  town, 387.  Total
contributions, $17,121;  total disbursements, $17,619.

                        GRENADA.
  County seat of Grenada  county, Miss., at  the junction of
the M. C. and the  M. & T. railroad, 100  miles from Memphis.
At the outbreak  of the fever there was  great diversity of
opinion.  Physicians claimed that  the first  cases were bilious
fever, and no  fear was entertained by them. August 25th,
Mrs. Fields died, and  her funeral was  largely attended.   R.
L. Young, a  stout young man, was the next to die.   He had
black vomit.  Physicians yet urged that it  was not yellow
fever, and his funeral was largely attended.  Other cases of a
similar  character  occurred  in rapid succession.  On Sunday
the physicians admitted the disease to be genuine yellow fever 
48                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
 of a malignant type. Alarm seized nearly  every person in
 town, and when, on Monday,  the  Howards from  Memphis
 advised all to leave town, the advice spread like wildfire, and
 the consternation was complete.  The Memphis Howards sent
 down two noble men in the persons of Col. Butler P. Ander-
 son  and  Gen. William  J.  Smith.  They worked and  toiled
 day and night unflinchingly.  No men could work harder or
 more faithfully.   Col. Anderson at last paid  his life as a pen-
 alty.  General  Smith was also stricken, but  recovered.  The
 disease  continued with unabated fury until all material  had
 been  attacked.  Date of last death, November  1st.  Total
 cases in town and vicinity, 1468 ; total deaths in town  and
 vicinity, 367.  Total contributions, $19,718;  total  disburse-
 ments, $20,240.
                        GRETNA.
   County town of Jefferson parish, La., located on Morgan's
 L. & T. railroad, 3 miles from Algiers.  Population, 900.  The
 fever appeared late in September, and spread with great rap-
 idity, attacking white and  black.  Early in October 30 had
 died and  200 were down,  and  only three physicians.   New
 Orleans sent physicians, nurses, etc.  The fever was quite mild
 in character. Total  cases,  210;  total deaths, 60.  Total con-
 tributions, $2730 ; total disbursements, $2860.
                      HANDSBORO.
  Post village of Harrison  county, Miss., one mile from Mis-
 sissippi  City, on the N. O.  & M. railroad, 71  miles from New
 Orleans.   Population, 400.  The first case, Geo. Jeremyn, was
 brought on a schooner from  New Orleans, September 2d, being
 well  cared for, recovered in seven days.  The disease began
 spreading, but was of a mild form.   Date of last death, Nov.
 4th.   Total cases, 110 ; total deaths, 15.  Total contributions,
 $1340 ; total disbursements, $1367.
                     HARRISONBURG.
  County seat of Catahoula parish, La., on Ouachita river, 332
miles from New Orleans.  Population, 275.   The first  case,
Mr. Knight, was  taken  August 20th, and died August 26th!
Fever was very violent. Date of last case, October 26th.  Total
cases, 30 ; total deaths, 10.   Total contributions, $420; total
disbursements, $437. 
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                      HAYNE'S BLUFF.
  Small  village of Warren  county, Miss., on Yazoo river,
18 miles from Vicksburg.  Fever of  a  mild type appeared
here late in September.   Total  cases, 160 ; total deaths, 19.
Total contributions, $2080; total disbursements, $2115.
                         HELENA.
  County seat of Phillips county, Ark., on Mississippi river,
and terminus of A. C. railroad.   Population, 5000.  The first
case called yejlow fever was a Miss Gertrude Weathers, from
Memphis, who landed there  August 16th, sickened and died
in two days.   August 17th J. B. Miller died.  No new  cases
occurred till September 15th, and from that date until Octo-
ber 14th the doctors disagreed as to the  disease, and on that
day the following announcement was made by the Board of
Health :  " This board believes it now becomes their duty to
announce to the citizens that while the prevailing disease may
not be strictly  yellow fever, it certainly is seemingly quite as
fatal, and citizens are hereby so advised.   There are about 75
cases of sickness in town.   10 new cases and 6 deaths are
reported for the 48 hours ending noon to-day."   Quarantine
has been raised.   The disease rapidly disappeared as frost
made its sanitary impression.  Total cases, 77; total  deaths,
9.  Total contributions, from citizens alone, $1064 ; total dis-
bursements, $1064.
                  HENDERSON'S LANDING.
  Post village of East Carroll, La.,  on Mississippi  river, 442
miles from New Orleans.  Population, 25.  Fever appeared
early in September,  and one of its victims  was Dr. Hays.
Date  of last death, November  1st.   Total cases, 16;  total
deaths, 5.   Total contributions, $217 ;  disbursements, $217.
                        HERNANDO.
  County seat of DeSoto county, Miss.,  on M. & T. railroad,
22 miles from Memphis. Population,  1000. The fever appeared
among the  Memphis refugees August 15th, but there were 8
mild cases  before the profession admitted the  existence of
fever.  Fifty per cent, of the whites  who were attacked died,
the disease being milder with the  colored people. Did not
quarantine.  Date of last death, November 10th.   Total cases,
      4 
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179 ; total  deaths, 75.  Total contributions, $3165.55; total
disbursements, $3216.
                        HICKMAN.
  County seat of Fulton county, Ky., on the Mississippi river,
40 miles below Cairo and 200 miles above Memphis, and is the
northern terminus of the N., C. & St.  L. railroad.  Popula-
tion, 1950.  Yellow fever never was an epidemic  here until
1878.   The first case was Charlie Hendricks, on August 13th,
supposed to have been caused by contact with railroaders, as
he peddled  apples and mixed with passengers.  He died Aug.
16th.   Nearly all the local physicians died, four of the volun-
teer doctors died, 450 citizens prostrated with the fever, and
150 died.  The  October frost did not even stop the dreadful
pestilence.  Date of  last death, November 6th.  Total cases,
454;  total deaths,  180.  Total contributions  received by
Relief  Committee,  $11,498.04;  by Odd Fellows, $380; by
Masons, $538 ; by Knights of Honor, $118.25 ;  by Good Tem-
plars, $123  ; total,  $12,657.29.  Total disbursements, no set-
tlement yet.
                     HOLLY SPRINGS.
  County seat of Marshall county, Miss., on the M. C. rail-
road.   Population, 4000.   Noted for healthfulness of location,
fertility of soil, and  intelligence,  wealth, and  hospitality of
her people.  The first yellow fever alarm was August 12th, it
being reported that this disease was among the United States
troops stationed there.  But the people went bravely to work
cleaning up the town, adopting sanitary measures and tele-
graphing to Grenada and all other refugees that their hearts,
houses, and purses were open to receive them.   On August
24th, there were six  cases among refugees.  August 26th, L.
L. Downs, a  Grenada refugee,  died, and the next day  Miss
Delia Lake died, and four others were in a critical condition.
By the 1st  of September the disease had become general and
raged with fury, and telegrams poured over  the land telling
that the city of flowers had become a city of death.  New
Orleans, Memphis, Louisville, St. Louis, and the whole coun-
try rallied to  their relief in the shape of money and all kinds
of supplies.  All  through the hot September days came the
pathetic  telegrams of the heroic  Holland telling the daily 
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doings of the devastating disease.  Bravely he stood till he
was alone, all the original Relief Committee had died, and on
October  19th, came  his  last dispatch as follows :   " To-day
there have been six new cases and one death.  Your corres-
pondent  happens to be  among the new cases, after having
struggled with yellow fever since the beginning of theepidemic.
He desires through you and in  the name of this people to
-express our lasting gratitude to the friends in every part of the
Union who have so generously and nobly contributed to us in
so many ways.—W. J. L. Holland."
  A few days later came the sequel:
  " Holly Springs,  October 25.—Col. W. J. L. Holland died
peacefully and resignedly at half past two o'clock this morn-
ing.  John Burton is very much better.—L. S. Scruggs."
  The dreary days  dragged along until a heavy frost glad-
dened all hearts November 1st, after which the disease rapidly
disappeared.  Total cases,  1240; total  deaths, 346.  Total
contributions, $23,480.70 ; total disbursements, $22,113.35.

                          HOPE.
  Plantation near Pattersonville, La.  Fever made its appear-
ance after October 15th, and on October 25th there were seven
cases.
                        HOPEFIELD.
  Post village of Crittenden county, Ark., just opposite Mem-
phis, across the river.  Population, 250.  It is apparently the
home of  chills and fever and all malarious fevers, as for miles
beyond there exist swamps, lagoons, filthy lakes and pools of
standing water.  The disease was of an exceedingly mild type,
more so than in  healthy locations.  The first case was John
Debeuly, from Memphis, taken ill September 1st, and  soon
died.   Dr. De Graeff'enried of the Memphis Howards, cared
for  the sick and stood bravely at the post of duty.   Date of
last death, October  22d.  Total  cases  in town and  near by,
117 ; total deaths in town and near by, 7.   Contributions, local,
$215 ; contributions, mostly from Memphis Howards, $1350.50;
total $1565.50; total disbursements, $1565.50. 
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                       HORN LAKE.
  Railroad town of DeSoto county, Miss., on the M. & T. rail-
road, in Horn Lake  bottom, 33 miles from Memphis.  Popu-
lation, 150.  The fever was  brought here about the 1st of
September by  Memphis refugees and many of  the citizens
were attacked.   Wm. Collins  died September 20th.
                       HUNTSVILLE.
  County seat of Madison county, Ala., on the M. &. C. rail-
road, 30 miles from Decatur.  This little city is noted for the
refinement and hospitality of her people. She  refused  to
quarantine, her  doors were thrown  open, and  all refugees
kindly invited to partake of her healthful blessings.  Refugees
flocked thither from many infected points.  The  only indige-
nous case was  W. Y. Pollard, who had not been out of the
town, who was taken October 23d.  He was kindly cared for
and recovered.   There were  31  cases  among  the refugees.
Mr. Jonathan Fisher, a Decatur refugee, died  October 13th.
Total cases, 33;  total deaths,  13.
                      HUNTINGDON.
  County seat of Carroll county, Tenn., 100 miles from Nash-
ville and  125 miles from Memphis.  Population, 800.  No
cases of yellow fever recognized as such occurred in this town.
One case  believed to be yellow  fever by some of our physi-
cians, Mrs. R. Simpson, occurred about October 10th  with
fatal result.  A modified  quarantine was maintained  from
about the 20th of September to the 15th of October.  The
nearest case to us was at McKenzie, 12 miles distant, but the
disease did not become epidemic.
                        JACKSON.
  Capital State  of Mississippi, located on Pearl river, at the
crossing of the V. & M. and N. O. & G. S. railroads, 45 miles
from Vicksburg. Population, 3000.   The first case was Jos.
Sayle, who died August 31st.  The  last case was November
13th. Total cases, 326 ; total deaths, 77.  Total contributions,
$4564.25 ; total disbursements, $4723.35.
                         JACKSON.
  County seat of Madison county, Tenn., located on  the M. C.
and N. O. J. &  G. N. railroad, 46 miles from Grand Junction. 
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 Some suspicious cases occurred here early in September.  The
 first  case was Mrs. Reardon, who died October 13th, after a
 short illness.  The city authorities  took every measure to
 prevent the spreading of the disease.  A  few more cases
 occurred, and among them Andrew  Wilson, express agent,
 who  died.  Frost came and the city was saved.  Total cases,
 8 ; total deaths 3.
                     JORDAN STATION.
   Post village of Fulton county, Ky., located on the O. & M.
 railroad, 12  miles from Hickman.  Yellow fever  failed  to
 secure a foothold here, although Dr. Hugh Prather, of Hick-
 man, after contracting  the disease at  the latter place, came
 here  and died on the 27th of September.
                         KEY WEST.
   County seat of Monroe county, Fla., on an island in Florida
 Straits.  Weekly  steamers stop from New Orleans.   Popula-
 tion, 5000.   Early in August some sailors with the  fever put
 in here to enter  the Marine Hospital.  August 7th there
 were only two in the hospital, and none in  the port, and for
 several days no new cases.  Straggling cases began to appear
 in September, and by the first of October it became epidemic.
 Total cases, 162 ; total deaths, 39.
                       KINGS' POINT.
   Mississippi river landing in Warren county, Miss., a few
 miles above Vicksburg.   Late  in September a malarial  or
 mild  yellow fever appeared, which seemed to take in every
 one, especially colored people.  About the middle of October
 there were 18 whites and 35 , negroes down, and out  of  92
 cases there were only 6 deaths recorded.  At the incoming of
 frost there was a cessation of fever.
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                       KNOXVILLE.
   County  seat of Knox" county,  Tenn., located among the
 healthy hills and salubrious climes of East Tennessee, on the
 E. Tenn., Va. & Ga. railroad, at the terminus of the K. & C.
 Population, 16,478.  The only cases  of yellow fever were
 refugees ; among whom was Mrs.  Ragsdale, who had nursed
 her son and his wife at Chattanooga till they died, and when
she reached Knoxville was taken down herself. 
54                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
                  LAFOURCHE CROSSING.
  Post village of Lafourche parish, La., located on Morgan's
L. & T. railroad, 52 miles from New Orleans, and  stretching
two  miles along each side of the bayou.  Population, 1800.
The first case of fever, Jennie Ballard, was taken September
24th, and soon died.  The disease soon became epidemic, but
was of a mild form.  Last death, December 2d.  Total cases
235 ; near by, 260; total deaths in town, 19; near  by, 20.
Total contributions, $200; total disbursements, $1000.
                     LABADIEVILLE.
  Post village of Assumption parish, La., on Bayou Lafourche,
70 miles from New Orleans.  Population, 180.  Date of first
case August 16th, Mrs. Jos. Groziana, a widow lady from New
Orleans, who soon  died.   Date of last death, November 17th.
Cases in town, 160 ; near by, 600 ; total, 760.   Deaths in town,
24;  near  by, 126; total, 150.   Total contributions, $622;.
disbursements, $600.
                       LAGRANGE.
  Post village of Fayette county, Tenn., located on M. & C.
railroad, 49 miles from Memphis.   Population, 712.   Yellow
fever appeared  here early in September.  The first case was
J. R. Todd, and it raged so violently that up to October 2d,
there was not a single convalescent. The telegraph operator
deserted his post, and Grand Junction, 3 miles away,  was the
nearest office.   Stricken Memphis contributed nobly  to their
relief, sending physicians, nurses, medicines and all  kinds of
supplies.  The terrific battle with the disease went on through
the month, and until a big frost and freeze came, and yellow
fever was conquered.   Date  of last death,  Nov.  3d.  Total
cases, 152 ; total deaths, 37.  Total contributions, $2258.75;
total disbursements, same.
                          LAKE.
  Post village  of  Scott county, Miss.,  located on V.  & M.
railroad, among the pines, 99 miles from Vicksburg.   Popu-
lation, 400.  The  first case was Hugh McFarland, who was
taken early in September, and died on the 10th.   The disease
was  of a mild type till  a washing  rain exposed some of the
decomposed bodies of those who had been buried, when it at
once became  so violent that medical skill was entirely baffled. 
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 On the 10th of September there were only 250 people in town,
 of these, 239 were stricken down, and 64 died.  For lack of
 material the disease  desisted, and frost and ice came at last
 and its reign ended.  Total cases, 268;  total deaths, 64.  Total
 contributions, $3752.25; total disbursements, $3644.50.
                   LAWRENCE STATION.
   Post village of Newton county, Miss., located on the V. &
 M. railroad, 19 miles  from Meridian.  Fever appeared early
 in October, which was not well defined, but declared to be yel-
 low fever of a mild  type.  Total cases, 16; total deaths, 5.
 Total contributions (local), $227.50; disbursements, $227.50.
                     LEBANON CHURCH.
   The name of a neighborhood in Hinds county, Miss., near
 Dry Grove, where the fever appeared  the latter part of August,
 and is supposed to have been brought by infected people from
 Dry Grove.  Dr. Quijano, who saw  the  cases,  pronounced it
 unparalleled.  It raged with great fury and  violence, ending
 only with the advent of frost.   Total cases, 192 ; total deaths,
 44.  Total contributions, $1568.40 ; total disbursements, some-
 thing more.
                        LEIGHTON.
   Post village of Calvert county, Ala., located on the M. & C.
 railroad, 254 miles from Memphis.  Of the  refugees fleeing
 from West  Tennessee and North  Mississippi, many  came to
 North Alabama, some came to Leighton, one from Memphis
 came too late, being  already  infected, and died August  4th.
 The citizens were careful and cleanly, and had no other cases.
                         LEWES.
  Post village of Sussex county, Del., 4 miles from Cape Hen-
 nepin, on Delaware Bay.  The only  fever here, was  brought
 by some sailors, who  put into port  with  a fearfully  infected
 ship.  The fourth out of a crew of eight died in awful agony,
 all the  more terrible symptoms  of black vomit, paroxysms,
etc., being present, as  in the most virulent fever.   The captain
died in even worse agony.  He was buried on shore.   Though
the harbor is full of crafts, only a single captain went over to
render assistance, the  doctor and  undertaker of course doing
the service  needed of each.   The young mate, whose dead 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
father was the captain, as well as the rest of the crew of eight
men, had the fever on their voyage  of eight days, and were
so exhausted that they could not hoist the sails to keep them
from rotting with the damp.  Nobody from the shore or the
neighboring vessels went near them, and they were helpless
indeed.  One of the owners, looking after the body of his son,
who died of the fever in Cuba, and was on board in a cask of
liquor, telegraphed for a tug to come and take the fever ship
to New York, where she was bound.
                      LITTLE ROCK.
  The capital of the  State of Arkansas, in Pulaski county, on
Arkansas river, and on the M. &  L.  R. railroad, F. S.  & L. R.
railroad, and the St. L., I. M. & S. railroad. Population, 20,000.
So  rigid was the quarantine, and so healthy the city, and so
energetic and complete were all possible sanitary precautions,
that yellow fever could not secure a foothold.   A little boy, a
refugee  from Memphis, effected  an entrance,  and  died at a
small peanut stand, where his parents lived.  This was early
in September,  and was the nearest  to a  case of yellow fever,
although many reports frequently alarmed the citizens, many
of whom were prepared for flight at any hour.  Quarantine
was established against New Orleans, August 6th, and against
Memphis, August 16th.   Two officers were  placed on the St.
L. & I. M. railroad, one at Belmont and the other at St. Louis,
who were very strict, exercising much vigilance and judgment
in the performance of their duty.  Health-officers were also
stationed at Poplar Bluff' and Bismark.   Over 100 Memphians
were shut out of the city in one day.  Many who  entered
on foot, by running the  blockade, were driven out.  A cordon
of pickets surrounded the city day and night, comprising some
of  the best citizens.  It was an iron-clad  quarantine.  The
steamer Maumelle was stopped 12 miles below the city and
ordered back to Memphis.  The streets of the city were daily
sprinkled with carbolic  acid in  lieu of water, streets, sewers,
and alleys were thoroughly cleansed, lime and copperas scat-
tered in great quantities, mail matter fumigated before allowed
to enter the city; the board of health met every clay, and we
do not think a quarantine was ever more rigidly enforced, or 
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a board of health ever labored more earnestly and energetic-
ally.  They declared they had no yellow fever then, and that
none could get in.  There  being great excitement, a Howard
Association was formed, which  raised considerable funds for
the suffering people.   About the  10th of September, Dr. E.
T. Easley, one of their most prominent  physicians,  volun-
teered his services, and with thirt}^ nurses went to Memphis,
where he, with twenty of the nurses, died in less than a month.
She even quarantined against Louisville, Ky., on the 20th of
September, but by the assurance  of mayor and board of health
of Louisville, was raised October 2d.  The panic died out,
and only in October were trains  permitted to run from Mem-
phis.   Little Rock has shown the world that a real quarantine
and careful cleanliness could prevent the march of  yellow
fever.
                        LOGTOWN.
  Small village of Hancock county, Miss., 15 miles from Bay
St. Louis.  The first case  was  a negro man, Ed. Christian,
from  New Orleans, who was taken ill September 7th.  He was
well cared for and recovered.  Total  cases, 40 ; total deaths,
9.  Date of last  death, October 12.  Total contributions,
mostly local, $375; total disbursements, $375.
                   LONGWOOD LANDING.
  Another name for Coxes' Landing  on the Mississippi river
(which see).
                       LOUISVILLE.
  County seat of-Jefferson county, Ky., located at the falls of
the Ohio  river.  Population, 160,896.  Early in  the  yellow
fever season, this city opened her gates as a "city of refuge"
from the raging disease. Thousands  flocked from the South
—many bringing the germs of  the disease.   On the 17th of
August 3 cases were sent to the U. S. Marine Hospital from
the steamer Sunflower  Belle, 1 white and 2 colored.   On the
23d of August, Mr. IL R. Davis, of the firm of Davis  & Bry-
ant, Grenada, went to  that city, and  put  up at the Waverly
Hotel.  In a few days he was  stricken down.  Drs. Walling
and Gaillard were  summoned and later Dr. Blackburn was
called to see him; he had  black vomit; on  the 31st he died.
Total cases, 126;  total deaths, 34. 
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                       LYNNVILLE.
  Post village of Giles county, Tenn., on the L. & N. railroad,
137 miles from Grand Junction.   Population, 260.   Only fatal
case reported was Mr. E. H. Clayton, of Memphis.
                      McCOMBS CITY.
  Post village of Pike county, Miss., located on the C, N. O.
& St. L. railroad, 105 miles from New  Orleans.  Population,
1500.   The first case of yellow fever, W. P. Baldwin, was
taken ill September 5th; under good treatment  recovered.
The disease spread in every direction, but was of a mild type,
as out of 356 cases there were only 51  deaths.  Date of last
death, November 26th.  Cases near, 7;  deaths, 3.   Total con-
tributions, $4272.
                    McDONOUGHVILLE.
  Suburb of New Orleans, La. (which see).
                        McKENZIE.
  Post village of Carroll county, Tenn.,  located at the crossing
of the  Memphis division of the L., N. & G. S. and  N., C. &
St. L. railroads, 113 miles from Memphis.   Population, 813.
A congestive malarial  fever appeared here early in October;
two deaths, called yellow fever, occurred  soon  after, about
October 5th, creating  much excitement.   A few scattering
cases followed.  Thomas Callan, the telegraph operator, died
October 16th.  Total cases, 14; total deaths, 4.
                         McNAIRY.
  The  name of a plantation 6 miles from  Dry Grove, Miss.
Fever appeared here  early in October, and raged most vio-
lently, very few escaped.  In one house, that of Mr. McNair,
there were 17 cases, himself and wife, two married daughters
and their husbands and children, a married son, his wife and
children, with other family connections, all crowded  together
into one country house.  Truly it was a pitiable sight.  Many
were in a very critical  condition, while several were suffering
the pains consequent upon the initiatory stages of the disease,
and the groans of some, mingled with  prayers of others, and
the closely-packed apartments, the noise and confusion, and
the constant moving to and fro of  nurses, visitors and friends,
served to remind us  more  forcibly of a hastily-constructed 
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hospital  to  receive the  wounded  after a battle  than any
scene we have ever witnessed.   Within a hundred yards of
this  house were eight more cases,  while within a radius of
two miles there were  forty cases.   Dr. F. Quijano, the great
Spanish physician, came and helped them through the terrible
trial.   Total cases, 36; total  deaths, 9.  Date of last death,
November 6th.  Total expenses, $417.50.
                      MANDEVILLE.
  Post village of St. Tammany parish, La., located on Lake
Ponchartrain.  Population, 300. Yellow fever made its appear-
ance about the middle of September.  A child died Septem-
ber 26th, and a few scattering cases  followed.   A young lady
from New Orleans died next, and a  Catholic priest died Octo-
ber 2d.
                         MARTIN.
  Post village of Weakly county, Tenn., located at the cross-
ing of the N. O., C. & St.  L. and the  N. & C. & St. L. railroads,
120 miles from  Memphis. Population, 515.   The first case,
Mrs. W. H. Martin, was  taken ill at her hotel September 2d,
and died September 4th.  The disease soon became virulent,
nearly a score died, and then a change for the better ; but
September 30th the fever  broke out with yet greater fury, rail-
road men especially seeming to be victims. One after another
three telegraph operators were stricken down, also the post-
master, express agent and depot agent were taken down, and
all business was done  by the agent at Gardner's station.  Dr.
Julius Wise came from  Memphis.  Doctors,  nurses and sup-
plies rushed in upon the town from many friends.  Frost made
its appearance October 20th and demanded the sanitary keys
of the town, when the fever retired slowly, but not entirely
until October 30th, on which day Mrs. Maud  St. Pere died, a
noble and faithful nurse from Kansas City, Mo.  Total cases,
126; total deaths, 34.  Total  contributions, $3000 ; total dis-
bursements, $3000.
                         MASON.
  Post  village of Tipton county, Tenn., on  the L. & N. rail-
road, 36 miles from Memphis, located in a flat bottom.   Pop-
ulation, 259.  The first case was Mike Brennan, a Memphis
refugee, taken ill  August 29th, and soon died.  The disease 
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spread rapidly.  Date of last death, October 24th.  Total cases,
61; total deaths, 24; cases near by, 3; deaths, 3.  Total con-
tributions, $189 ; total disbursements, $168.
                   MEDLEY'S LANDING.
  Station  on Mississippi  river, 9  miles from Columbus, Ky.
About the only case recorded there was that of Hugh Prather,
who contracted the disease while  nursing his brothers Dick
and George at Hickman.
                        MEMPHIS.
  County seat of Shelby county, Tenn., the largest city in the
State, located on the Mississippi river, is the terminus of five
important railroads, and is surrounded b}r a rich, fertile, cot-
ton-growing  country.   Population,  56,000.   As the great
Father of  Waters glides  swiftly toward the Gulf, the warm-
hearted, whole-souled denizens of Memphis, from an elevated
wave-wrapped bluff', proudly gaze  upon the surrounding gran-
deur of peace and plenty.  But  within, the quiet bosom is
disturbed  by  the turbid waves of the  filthy  and polluted
Bayou Gayoso, dealing death  and destruction while  it flows
onward and northward to empty its cess-pools of corruption
into the Mississippi above the  city.  During summer it ceases
to flow, becoming  the  natural receptacle of sewers, sinks,
vaults, and all manner of disease-breeding materials, which,
being exposed to the rays of a burning sun, generate miasm
throughout  its meanderings.  That great arch-humbug, the
Nicholson pavement, with  miles  of  decayed and decaying
vegetable matter, saturated with the percolation of every spe-
cies  of  animal and  vegetable accumulation's, reeking with
pestilential germs  held in  abeyance until fully death-armed
with kindred cohorts from other points, fell with maddened,
fevered fury upon the heads of the people.   Fifty-six thous-
and  souls are peacefully enjoying midnight slumbers. The
white-winged messenger of death is on the march.  The Mac-
edonian cry is  flashed from  the lofty  hills of Vicksburg,
and. wired from peaceful and quiet  Grenada.  With bated
breath and palpitating heart, the  perilous words are  caught
in their winged  approach.   "  Put your house in order! put
the city in a thorough sanitary condition ! " was the cry. 
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  The most rigid quarantine was advocated early in July by
that great hero, Dr. R. W. Mitchell. His views being rejected
by the municipal  authorities, he resigned.  On  the 27th  of
July, the steamer John  D. Porter  from  New Orleans, with
several cases of fever on board, was prohibited from landing,
the authorities having been notified by telegram  from Vicks-
burg.  She continued up  stream, her crew suffering and dying
en rqute, until decimated and disbanded  at Gallipolis, Ohio,
where much consternation and several deaths occurred.   A
few days after this the steamer Golden Crown, with several
cases of fever on  board, was  not permitted to  land.  Two
members of Pat Winters'  family  were  passengers  on  this
i>oat, and it is said that above  Memphis, a boat from St. Louis
was  met and they were transferred, and in some manner were
smuggled into  Memphis, scattering the  infection from one
locality, to be mentioned hereafter.
  July 30,1878, the Board of Health established a quarantine
station on President's Island, a few miles below the city, with
Dr. A. Lawrence,  quarantine officer. August 1st, all articles
by express from infected  points, except money, mails and per-
sonal apparel, were prohibited.  On the same day a sick man,
William Warne, a stranger, applied to Dr. Brown, and was
admitted to the hospital Friday, August 2d. Late that after-
noon Dr. Thornton, the  hospital physician, reported to Dr.
John H. Erskine,  of the Board of Health, that he thought it
was  a case of yellow fever.  This case resulted in death Sat-
urday, August 3d.  The  second case was reported August 4.
Friday, August 9th, Mrs. Kate Bionda, who lived at No. 212
Front street, was taken sick.  She died Tuesday, August 13th,
at 11 o'clock a.  m., and was buried at 4 p.  m. on the same day.
This was recognized  by many as the  first case that occurred
in Memphis.  She and her husband kept  an eating or snack-
house, frequently patronized by river laborers.  They cleaned
and cooked  fish, meats, etc., depositing all  filth  and slops  in
close proximity to the house, and slept in a back room directly
over the eating and  cook room.  The Board of  Health gave
it as their opinion that she contracted the  disease from some
guest who  had come up the river  from  the infected South. 
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The premises and surroundings were immediately taken charge
of by the health officer, all avenues of egress barricaded and
guarded, the entire neighborhood thoroughly disinfected and
all possible precautions used.  James McConnell, a policeman,
who  died on Poplar street about this time, is claimed by some
as having been the first case, although investigations have not
yet decided.
  On the 13th of August the Board of Health officially an-
nounced the jirst case of yellow fever as follows :
  " Memphis, August  13, 1878.—Mrs.  Kate Bionda, at 212
Front Row, is undoubtedly a case of yellow fever.
           "D. D. Saunders, M. D., President Board of Health.
             John H. Erskine, M. D., Health Officer"
  On the same day the Howard Association was  reorganized
as follows : A.  D. Langstaft", Vice-President, presiding, with
the following members attending:  A. E. Frankland, A. M.
Stoddard, J. H. Edmondson, E. B. Foster, F. F. Bowen, E. J.
Mansford, J. H. Smith, J. G. Lonsdale, Sr., F. W. Holt,  W.
J. B. Lonsdale, J. J. Murphy.
  Dr. Saupe was called to see William Leonard, 163| Poplar
street, on the same day, with symptoms of yellow fever. Two
other suspicious cases in  the same  locality were reported by
Dr. Ess.  On August 14th  Prof. Theodore Decker,  No. 34
Alabama street, organist  of St. Mary's Catholic church, was
reported by Dr. Willett as having  died of yellow fever that
morning.  Prof. Decker  occupied  one-half of the building,
No. 34, while P. M. Winters occupied the other half with his
family.  The latter are  those  who were passengers on the
Golden Crown  and were smuggled  into the city, remaining
two or three days before  being discovered and driven away.
  On the 14th of August the citizens made a general stampede
from the city, and the hegira continued until  forty thousand
people fled  from their homes in search of more  congenial
climes.  One railroad agent sold $35,000 worth of tickets in
three days.
  The terrible scenes, sufferings and deaths during the preva-
lence of the epidemic form a sad  history.  Ripe manhood,
youth and beauty, high and low, were alike cut down by the 
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fell destroyer.  Of those who remained it is estimated that
ninety per cent, were stricken down, and over four thousand
died.  In that section of the city first attacked, ninety-nine
per cent, of those who remained were taken down.   White-
winged frost at last demanded the monster's disappearance.
On the 28th of October absentees  were officially invited to
return home.   October 30th the Citizens Relief Committee
held their last meeting, distributed  all commissary stores pro
rata among the various orphan  societies, and adjourned sine
die.  Total  cases, 13,596 ;  total deaths, 4396; date of last
death, November  17.  Cases cared for outside  of Memphis,
4317 ; whole number, 17,913. Total contributions, $1,163,714 ;
total disbursements,  very little less.  The total disbursements
include the  amount paid to the Howard  physicians and their
board, amount for Howard nurses, amount for services of local
physicians, medicines, provisions, ice, wines, etc., for the sick,
the convalescents  and the well, clerks, laborers, transportation
on all railroads, steamers, burial expenses, and other inciden-
tals.  The surrounding country for over one  hundred miles,
containing thousands of people, was bountifully supplied out
of Memphis funds.
                        MERIDIAN.
   County seat of Lauderdale county, Miss., at terminus of the
V. & M. and A. & C. railroads, also  located on Mobile & Ohio
railroad.  Population, 3000.   The place was  so well quaran-
tined that " they thought a rat could not get through without
being detected,"  but Lewis Carter, colored, who carried the
mails to and from the trains, was seized with the fever and
died September 24th, being  the  first case.  Four days later,
September 28th,  the first white man  died, John  Etheridge.
Early in October, after a dozen more had died, the town was
depopulated, only one drug  store remaining open.  October
11th trains ceased to stop there.   W. W. George, Jr., Presi-
dent Meridian Aid Society, telegraphing the gloomy story of
suff'ering, nurses, physicians  and supplies immediately came
from many points, aiding resident  physicians in staying the
destroyer.   All the clergy remained on duty.  Last case, Nov.
11th.   Total cases, 382 ; total deaths, 86. Total contributions,
$6842 ;  total disbursements, $6965.50. 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
                     MICHIGAN CITY.
  A small village of Benton county, Miss., located on M. C.
railroad, six miles south of Grand Junction, Tenn. This place
escaped yellow fever until late in  the season, two cases prov-
ing fatal in October.  No other cases.
                         MILAN.
  A post village of Gibson county, Tenn., located at crossing
of the Memphis division of the L. & N. & G. S. and St. L. &
N. 0.  railroads, 93 miles from  Memphis.  Population, 2025.
Mr. White, a Memphis refugee, came into Milan August 25,
saying he was from Missouri, was taken ill and died half a
mile out of town on the sixth day of his illness.  Dr. Bledsoe,
who attended him, pronounced his disease  yellow fever, and
a strict quarantine was attempted.  Young Howlett, aged 10
years, grandson of Mr. Pledge, the hotel man of Grand Junc-
tion, passed up to Milan, where his grandfather was staying.
Being from an infected town, although  only having staid in
it a few hours, he could not remain in  Milan.   His  grand-
father, therefore, rented an isolated cabin some mile or more
from town, and  hired  a negro woman to take the boy and
stay with  him until the days of his quarantine  were  com-
pleted.  The first night the poor boy attempted to stay in the
cabin was a terrible one in  his experience.  A few persons,
whom fear and cowardice had made brutes, went to the cabin
at night, brickbatted it, shot into it, and ran  the poor  little
boy out into the night and darkness, and fired  shot after shot
at him as he fled in wild terror.   The little  fellow, frightened
almost out of his life, remained all night in the woods,  wan-
dering and hiding in terror,  shivering in the pitiless cold, and
almost  crazed with a sense of loneliness  and danger,  and
expecting every moment to  be murdered.  Next morning he
crept into Milan, and his grandfather took  the terrified  child
to a place of safety.  When Dr. Boyd  and his wife and ser-
vant  were taken  ill  late in September, a perfect stampede
occurred.   Mr. Pumphrey died October 16th.  All business
suspended, except drug stores.   Date  of last  death, October
26th.   Total cases, 26 ; total deaths, 11.  Total contributions,
$468.50 ; total disbursements, $518.25. 
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                     MISSISSIPPI CITY.
   County seat of Harrison county, Miss., located  on the N.
 0. & M. railroad and on the gulf shore, 70 miles  from New
 Orleans.  Population, 300.  Yellow fever appeared Septem-
 ber 24th, some of the inmates of Barnes' Hotel  being taken
 ill, and a child died.  The fever was very malignant.  The
 hotel boarders, becoming alarmed,  rushed away on every
 train, as well as the citizens generally.  During  October the
 havoc among those who remained in  town was awful.  New
 Orleans sent nurses  and  supplies.  Early  in November the
 disease disappeared.  Date of last death, Nov. 2d.  Total cases,
 165; total deaths, 19.  Total contributions,  $2970.25; total
 disbursements, $3153.50.
                         MOBILE.
   County seat of Mobile county, Ala., located on Mobile Bay,
 is the terminus of M. & O., M. & M., N. O. & M., M. & A. and
 Gt. S. railroads, is the largest city in the State and a great cot-
 ton  mart.  Population, 31,034.  The  first  case was  a negro
 woman who had  been on an excursion to Biloxi, Miss., July
 24th, was taken down early in August and died August 16th.
 The healtH officer certified to the board of trade, August 19th,
 that there was not a case of yellow fever in the city or county,
 and Montgomery raised the quarantine she had against Mobile.
 From August 16th to September 21st there were only 5 deaths,
 but early in October deaths began increasing.  B. B. Fort, of
 the  board  of trade, died  October 14th  at Spring Hill.   A
 majority of the cases were in the extreme southern portion of
 the city.  Father Marley died October 18th.  A slight frost
 fell in the suburbs, October 23d, on  which day there were
 reported 3 deaths, 5 new cases, and 41 under treatment; Father
 Victor, of the Lutheran church, was among the deaths.  The
 death rate decreased till October 31st,  at which date no deaths
 were reported.  November 1st  came a  killing  frost which
 effectually  destroyed all yellow fever germs.  The  last death
 was October 30th.  Total  cases, 288; total deaths, 80.   Total
 contributions (all local), $4032.30;  disbursements, $4747.50.
                      MORGAN  CITY.
  Located in St. Mary's parish, La., at the  western terminus
of the  Morgan's Louisiana &  Texas railroad, 75 miles from
     5 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
New Orleans.  Population, 1010.  Yellow fever appeared Aug.
15th; the first death, Aug. 22d; reported by Dr. J. A Smith.
During September it slowly iticreased, and throughout Octo-
ber it raged violently, especially among the children.  Physi-
cians were worn completely out.  The cool month of Novem-
ber killed out the disease.  Total cases, 540; total deaths, 108.
Total contributions, $7560.25 ;  total disbursements, $7612.50.

                        MOSCOW.
  Post village of Fayette county, Tenn.,  located in the forks
of Wolf  river, on the M. & C. railroad, 39 miles from Mem-
phis.  The first case was Willie Layton, taken August 27th,
and died soon. Straggling cases occurring till late in Sep-
tember, then the fever raging furiously, the Memphis Howards
came and cared for the town.  Total cases, 75 ;  total deaths,
33. Date of last  death, October 4th.  Total contributions,
$1675.  Disbursements same.   Population, 200.
                     MOUNT ALBAN.
  Suburb of Vicksburg.  Mrs. Ben Dart died here Oct. 25th.

                    MULATTO BAYOU.
  Neighborhood near Logtown, Hancock county, Miss., only
one case and one death.
                    MURFREESBORO.
  County seat of Rutherford county, Tenn., located near Stone
river, on  the N. & C. railroad, 32 miles from Nashville.  Pop-
ulation, 7236.  This little  city being  a place  of  refuge, some
infected ones came among them.  Dr. H. R. Hopson, of Mem-
phis, died August 28th.  No other death is reported.
                       NAPOLEON.
  Post village of Desha county, Ark., located on the Missis-
sippi river, 192 miles below Memphis.  Some refugees  had
fever here late in September.

                       NASHVILLE.
  County seat of Davidson county, and capital o*f the State of
Tennessee, located on Cumberland  river, at terminus of N. &
C, N., C. & St. L., T. & P., St. L. & S. O. E., N. & D. and  L. &
N. railroads.   Population, 40,050.  Yellow fever excitement 
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 began here August 15th, and four days later the city council
 Rejected a bill proposed by the board of health to establish a
 quarantine.  Early in September some cases appeared among
 sOme refugees, and were sent to Barrow Hill Infirmary, which
 Was just opened.  One of these was a negro student of Fisk
 University, who cdnle from Mississippi, by way of Memphis.
 Mrs. Martin died  at the Infirmary September 6th,  and Ed.
 Maney September 17th. H. C. Sheets, a railroad engineer,
 &ed October 8th ;  Frank McGoughy, yardmaster, died Octo-
 ber  9th with  black vomit.  About this  time typhoid  fever
 appeared of a violent type, Miss Ella Thomas, daughter of
 Superintendent  Thomas, of N. & C. railroad, dying  October
 20th.  Mr. N. B. Thompson, master mechanic of the L. & N.
 failroad, died October 16th.  It is  supposed he contracted the
 disease visiting T. J. Parrish.  Frost came October 20th, and
 the  disease diminished so  that Barrow Hill Infirmary was
 closed.  Total cases,  96;  total  deaths, 18.  Total contribu-
 tions (local), $19,075 ;  total disbursements (home and other
 points), $19,750.
  There was no indigenous  case of yellow fever in Nashville ;
 all were refugees  from other places, or the Citizens  who had
 exposed themselves to infection where it was epidemic.  There
 were four  volunteer physicians who went from this place :
 Drs. T. O. Summers, T. H. Menees, Orlando Bartholomew and
 HA. C. Blackman, all of whom died except Dr. Summers.
                      NEW ORLEANS.
  County seat of Orleans county, La., and capital of the State.
 Population, 239,378.  Is the largest city in the State and ninth
 in size in the United States, is located on Mississippi  river 110
 miles from its mouth, is a great railroad  center, the great
 commercial emporium of the South, and  largest cotton mar-
 ket in the world.   Steamboats go regularly from New Orleans
to every point on the Mississippi river and its tributaries.  On
the 23d day of May, 1878, the ship Emily B. Souder arrived at
quarantine  below  New Orleans, having called in at Havana
during her  trip.  Upon her arrival, Dr. Carrington, the quar-
antine officer, after making an examination, telegraphed Dr.
 Choppin, President of Board of Health, as follows:  " The 
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Souder has  a  case of intermittent on board.  What shall I
do?"  Dr. Choppin  replied :  "Fumigate and disinfect the
ship,  and satisfy yourself  of  the  character of the disease,
before you let  her up."  The sick man was placed in quaran-
tine hospital and finally  recovered.  The Souder, after five
hours detention, and  disinfected with sulphur burned in pans,
was permitted to go up to the- city.  Soon after arrival in the
city Mr.  Clark, the purser,  was taken  ill, and Dr. Drew, of
Pilot Town, who had taken passage at that point, was called
to treat the case.  The physician did not consider this a case
of yellow fever, as he signed the certificate of death,  " inter-
mittent fever."  This case  was not reported to the Board  of
Health.  Mr. Elliott, the second engineer of the Souder, was
taken sick, and after a day or two  was removed to the Hotel
Dieu, where he soon died.  After death this case was reported
to the Board of Health, and Dr. Choppin and others made a
post-mortem examination, and gave their  views that the case
was yellow  fever.  Here was  a ship which touched  at an
infected port, had three cases of sickness, two of whom died,
and one case pronounced yellow fever, and yet some contend
that the germ was not brought to New Orleans by the ship.
Evidently the "ovse"  had  been deposited, but at that time
" climatic conditions " did not favor rapid reproduction.  Dr.
Wm.  G.  Austen, after giving  the case much investigation,
writes:   " I am of the opinion that the ship brought the fever
to our  city."   For  nearly two months  after this, if  fever
existed in the city, it  was  of such a mild  nature as not  to
attract attention.  The germs or "  sporules " may have been
quietly awaiting for the proper " climatic " influences before
being developed, or  there may have been  other  avenues of
ingress during the two months.  It is stated that some of the
fish dealers, having had their clearance papers made out from
an uninfected port, afterwards touched at  an infected port,
and in this way came to the city and spread the fever.  About
the same time the schooner  Wilhelmina, from Galveston, ran
the blockade at the Rigoletts without receiving a permit from
the quarantine authorities at the station.  The President of the
Board was notified, and the sheriff seized the vessel and carried 
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her back to quarantine.  This vessel had two sick persons on
board who were taken to  Charity  Hospital."  Both of these
cases died of fever.  On the 21st of May, 1878, the steamship
Borassia, from Liverpool, touched at Havana and arrived at
Mississippi quarantine station with yellow fever  on board,
five cases of  whom were transferred to the quarantine hos-
pital, three of whom died.  She  was  detained  eleven  days
and was fumigated with sulphur before being allowed to pass
up  to  the city.   The  smoldering germs of yellow  fever
remained apparently dormant during June, and no other cases
were reported at the hospital until July 28th.  On that day the
schooner  F.  L. Richardson, from. Matanzas, arrived with a
crew of eight men, two cases of fever and one death.  In 1873,
the first case was traced to the bark Valparaiso, which reached
New Orleans on the 26th of June, in the person of Jose  Maria
Arna, the mate.   Dr. Jos. Jones reports that the first case,
after the Souder cases that came under his notice, was one
which occurred on Constance street, June 30th.  The disease
commenced to develop in  various portions of the city about
this time, not confining itself to the low and filthy portions,
but some of the healthiest and most cleanly streets presenting
cases.  On the 24th of July, the following communication was
sent:
                              New Orleans, July 24, 1878.
Dr. J. M. Woodworth, Surgeon-General Marine Hospital  Service, Wash-
  ington, D. C. :
  Sir—It now* becomes my duty to report the existence of
yellow fever in New Orleans.  About the 12th inst. cases  began
to occur in the practice of  several of our physicians near the
intersection of Constance and Terpsichore street, which  pre-
sented suspicious  symptoms,  and  we  now reckon fourteen
cases at that focus of infection, with six  deaths.   In  addition
to those, seven other  cases have come  to light at different
points, and much more scattered, four of which  have already
resulted fatally.
           Respectfully, your obedient servant,
                              Samuel Choppin, M. D.,
                                  President Board of Health. 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
  Early in August the fever began spreading rapidly through
the city  and vicinity, and throughout all of September  an$
mpst  of  October raged furiously, attracting by its  terribly
death roll the attention of this and many foreign nations.
Ifrom a}l quarters, physicians, nurses, and  supplies came, but
not until the advent of frost did the disease quietly diminish?
Total pases were, 21,234; total deaths, 4039,   Date of  la$$
death, November 21st.  Total contributions, $2,432,216;  dis-
bursements about the  same.  The following are interesting
figures of Ifew Qrleans epidemics :
    Year.                   Commenced.                 Deaths.
    1817............. June 17 ...........800
    1819.............Joily 1............2190
    1847........".....July 13.............2259
    i$53.............May 3 • '.....•••... 8647
    »§54...........f • July 3 •........... 2419
    1855............. June 22............3073
    18$$.............June 17............4030
    1867.............June 8.............3460
    1878.............May 25............4039
  For the last five years a few deaths from yellow fever have
been recorded at New Orleans, as follows :
    Year.                   Commence^.                 Deaths.
    1873............August 22...........271
    1874............August 16...........   41
    1875............September 10. . . •........41
    ¥$76..........., August 15...........104
    1877............September 20...........    1

                       NEW YORK.
  (bounty seat of New York county, on  Manhattan  island.
Population, 1,235,389.   The great commercial  and business.
center of the United  States, and in population the first city.
Yellow fever appeared August 16th.  Patrick  Wm. Riley, a
horseshoer from New Orleans, arriving that day, very  sick,
he  was  sent to quarantine and soon died.  William Schutz
died August 22d; a week  later Mrs. Joseph Cellers, Memphis.
refugee, living in Tenion Court, a narrow lane near 53 Univer-
sity Place, was taken with fever after giving birth to a child,
was sent to quarantine, and died September 30th.  Dr. N. A.
Lindley, who  felt the  symptoms of  yellow fever on his  way 
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from Memphis, arrived  at quarantine September  23d, and
died there.  He was among the first to respond to the call for
aid when the fever first broke out in Memphis. Worn out
with incessant work, he sought to return to his family, who
were in the North.  When he arrived here, he proceeded  at
pnce to the quarantine hospital, and gave Dr. Vanderpool  an
account of his case.  He received  every attention, Dr. Van-
derpool visiting him three times a day.  He rallied on Fri-
day night, but sank rapidly soon after, and  died at noon Sep-
ber 30th.
                        NORFOLK.
  Qonnty seat of Norfolk  county, Va., located on the Eliza-
beth river, eight miles from  Hampton  Roads.  Population
25,229.  Is the second city in the State, and first in commercial
importance, having the finest harbor on the coast.  Some
infected vessels touched  here; the first cases were on the
British  ship Benvourlick October 2d.  The steward dying on
the way, was buried at sea. No communication was allowed,
and the city was not touched  with the fever.  The crew soon
became convalescent and recovered entirely.
                      NUBBIN RIDGE.
  Settlement  of Sbelby  county, Tenn., a few  miles  from
Memphis.  Several refugees  sought  shelter here.  The first
and only fatal case was Thomas J. Walker, of Memphis, who
died October 18th.
                     OCEAN SPRINGS.
  Post village of Jackson county, Miss., located on the N. O.,
M. & T. railroad, 83 miles from  New Orleans.  Population,
450.  The first case was Col. F. S. Strout, proprietor of Ocean
Springs hotel, who contracted the disease by contact with
railroaders.   He died August 19th, and was buried in his own
garden.  He was a Northern  man, having been in the South
only two and a half years.  His death caused a stampede
among the boarders.  The disease soon raged.  Nurses were
paid as high  as $25 a day. Total cases, 86 ; total deaths, 28.
Date of last death, October 6th.   Contributions, $1296.
                          OSYKA.
   Post  village of Pike county, Miss., located three-fourths of
a mile from  Tangipahoa  river, 88 miles from New Orleans. 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
Population,  450.  The first  case  was a little child, Annie
Barramore, who contracted the disease from some people from
New Orleans.  She died August 15th. The fever spread, but
was of a mild form.   Total cases, 350; total deaths, 53; cases
near by, 20 ; deaths, 8.  Date of last deaths, white, Novem-
ber 5th;  colored, November  20th.  Contributions,  $1000;
disbursements, same.
                    PAINCOURTVILLE.
  Post village of  Assumption parish, La.,  situated on Bayou
La Fourche, 7 miles from Donaldsonville.  Population, 400.
Fever appeared here  September 8th,  but was of a mild type.
Out of 159 cases  only  13 died.  Date of last  death, October
26th.   Contributions, $2385.
                         PARIS.
  County  seat  of Henry county, Tenn., located  on L. & N.
& G. S. railroad, 131 miles from  Memphis.  The first case
appeared one and one-half mile west from town,  September
16th.   At once the whites  fled.  Out  of 3000 people only
seven families staid in town.  Nearly all of them  joined the
Howards just organized, with Joe Bullock as secretary.  Date
of last death, October 16th.  The Memphis  Howards furn-
ished physicians, nurses, supplies, etc.  The disease continued
till frost.  Total cases, 118 ;. total deaths, 28.  Contributions,
$2396.
                     PASS CHRISTIAN.
  Watering-place and post village of Harrison county, Miss.,
located on the N. O. & M. railroad, 57 miles  from New Orleans.
Population,  1250.  Madame John Pecante had a severe fall
which brought on fever, and she died September 24th.  Miss
Maloney died next.  These deaths created great excitement;
hotels  were deserted, every  vehicle was seen going in the
direction of the depot.  The disease  spread rapidly, but was
of a mild  form.   Total cases, 201 ; total deaths, 27.  Contri-
butions, $3235.
                       PASCAGOULA.
  Post village of  Jackson county, Miss., located on the N. O.
& M. railroad, 96  miles from New Orleans. Population, 650.
Yellow fever appeared late in September.   One case was fatal,
September 29th.  The town being kept very clean and quar- 
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antined then, only 17 cases in town, and only 4 of them were
fatal.  Date of last death, November 2d.  Frost appeared
October 23d, on which day R. G. Davis died.   Contributions,
$585.
                     PATTERSONVILLE.
  Post village of St. Mary's parish, La., on the Atchafalaya
river, 90 miles from New Orleans, and 8 miles from Morgan
City.  Population, 500.  The first case, Mrs. Dr. L. W. Tarle-
ton, contracted the disease at Logonda plantation, where the
disease is supposed to have been brought by straw packed
around machinery brought from New Orleans, September 2d.
She died soon after.   The disease spread  rapidly, and was
very malignant.  Total cases, 125; total deaths, 23 white, 5
colored.  Cases near town, white and colored, 175 ;  deaths
outside  town, whites, 40;  colored, 25.  Date  of  last  death,
November.23d.  Contributions, $4890.
                      PEARLINGTON.
  Post village of  Hancock county, Miss., located eight miles
from the mouth of Pearl river.  Population, 500.  The first
case, Miss Palena Graves, appeared October 12th, and she soon
died.  Dr. Ed. Williams  attended all the cases, five in num-
ber, and there was  only one  death.  Contributions for Dr.
Williams, $450; contributions  for Bay St. Louis, $120.  Dis-
bursements to Dr. Williams, $450; disbursements for sick and
destitute, $260.75 ; disbursements  for Bay St. Louis, $120.
                      PECAN  GROVE.
  Post village of Coryell county, Texas.  There are two cases
reported to have died here.  E. T.  Creophar and Frank Baker.
                       PENSACOLA.
  County set of Escambia county, Fla., located on Pensacola
Bay, and is  the terminus of the  Pensacola & Louisville rail-
road.  Population, 5000.   The  American brig, A.  K. Bar,  of
Mechias, Me., from Cuba, came here  August  17th with the
mate dead and crew sick with  yellow fever.  The quarantine
was enforced and Pensacola escaped the dreadful fever.
                      PHILADELPHIA.
  County seat of Perry  county, Penn., on the Delaware and
Schuylkill rivers, and is a great railroad center.  Population, 
74                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
894,286; is the greatest metropolis of Pennsylvania, and second
eity of the United States; is immensely engaged in manufaen
turing.  Two  cases of yellow fever, Vicksburg refugees, were
found here August 24th, on South Eighth Street.  The health
officers sent them to the Municipal Hospital, designed for yel-
low fever.  The house was disinfected; trunks and clothing
removed,  and  the neighborhood  cleaned.  No other  cases
appeared.
                       PITTSBURGH.
  County  seat of Allegheny  county, Penn., located  at  the
junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, and pen-
etrated by many railroads. Population, 108,267; has more
iron foundries than any city in the United  States.  Its com-
merce on the Ohio river is very extensive.  A deck hand from
off the ill-fated Porter reached here August 2d.  He had yel-
low fever  and died.   The quarantine which had been estab-
lished August 17th was enforced, and no other case followed
this one.
                      PLAQUEMINE.
  The county  seat of Iberville parish, La., located on Missis^
sippi river, HQ miles  from New Orleans.   Population, 1450.
Yellow fever appeared here early in  August.  The first case,
Mrs. Emily Ritteir, aged 5,8 years,  died August 11th.  As this
place is exposed to the influences of the stagnant waters, of
Bayou Plaquemine, out of  1700 people 950 were sick, and of
this number 117 died.  Date  of last death, November 14th.
Contributions^ $14,220.

                   POINT  A LA HACHE.
  County  seat of Plaquemine parish,  La., located on the Mis-
sissippi river, 45 miles from New Orleans.  Population, 175.
This place had almost an exemption from the fever.  Dr. De
Merrill, who died October 10th, and two others, being all  the
fatal cases.
                     POINT PLEASANT.
  Post village of Tensas parish, La.,  located on Bayou Bar-
tholomew, 25  miles  from  Monroe.  Population,  25.  Fever
appeared here in August.   There were about 60 cases and 13
deaths. 
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                      PORT BARROW.
  A subdivision of Donaldsonville, La., where the fever raged
violently.  Emanuel Vinetto  was the first fatal case.  There
Were 6 other cases.
                       PORT EADS.
  Post  village of Plaquemine parish,  La., located  near the
mouth of the Mississippi river.  August 5th one case of yel-'
low fever appeared, and on the  11th, 14 cases. Dr. Warren
Stone, with two nurses, went from  New Orleans to  attend
tkern.   The first fatal case was  Mrs. Captain Moran.  Total
eases, 62 ; total deaths, 14. Pate of last death, October 11th.
Contributions, $1350,
                      PORT  GIBSON.
  County seat of Claiborne county, Miss., located on the Misr
sissippi river, 190 miles from New Orleans by land, and 370
miles by water.  Population, 1500—during  epidemic,  700.
The first case, August Samelson, was  taken ill August 3d,
and died on the 8th.  Total cases in and around town, 1340;
total deaths, 294. Mortality of white and black about equal.
Date of last death in town, November 9th ; near town, Nov.
25th.'  Contributions, $20,680.27  ; disbursements, $18,404.50;
balance, $2,273.71, to be distributed among the poor this win-
ter ; also, contributions of clothing, medicines, etc., $3000.
  From the 18th of August to the 31st, fifty deaths occurred,
and during that month and September  silence reigned in the
streets.   Every home was a hospital; the dying and the dead
were all around and about the  living.  Corpses, just as the
victims  died, wrapped in  sheets  and  blankets, and hurriedly
encpffined, were stealthily lifted  out of  doors  and sometimes
put of windows, and buried in haste  at sunrise,  after dark by
3im lanterns, and frequently  lay all night long in the grave-
yard, unburied.  The disease spread alarmingly throughout
the country, rushing refugees back to town.  Seven miles
from town a baby died, and its.own mother dug its grave and
buried it.
                      PORT  HUDSON.
  Post village of East Feliciana parish, La., located on  a high
bluff on the east bank of the  Mississippi river, 150 miles from
Ijjew Orleans.  Population, 200, of whom 115 fled September 
76                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
 10th, the day following the appearance of the first case.  Jac.
 Marks died September 13th.  The disease seemed uncontrol-
 lable.  The four resident physicians died.  Those sent were
 stricken with the fever but recovered. Drs. Harrison, of Belle
 View,  Iowa, Buffington, of Baton  Rouge, Veazie, of New
. Orleans,  did noble service. Total cases, white, 34; colored,
 30; deaths, white, 11; colored, 1. Contributions, $1875.
                         RALEIGH.
   Post village of Shelby county, Tenn.,  9 miles  from Mem-
 phis.   Fever appeared here October 25th, four of the family
 of J. M.  Coleman, Esq., being taken ill.  Physicians, nurses,
 supplies,  etc., were sent from Memphis. Total cases, 64 ; total
 deaths, 18.  Date of last death, October 16th.  Contributions,
 $1125.
                         RICOHOC.
   Name  of a plantation located 10 miles from Franklin, La.
 The first case appeared September 24th.   Many  families fled
 from the section.  The fever raged violently. They were cared
 for by New  Orleans.   Total cases, 62 ; total deaths, 18. Date
 of last death, October 25th. Contributions, $985.
                      ROCKY SPRINGS.
   Post village of Claiborne county, Miss., 15 miles northeast
 from Port Gibson. Population, 50.  The fever appeared early
 in October ; was brought by refugees from Port Gibson.  The
 first fatal case was Miss Love Cesna. The disease was very
 virulent and great distress  was everywhere, which was most
 wisely relieved by the noble Howards of Port  Gibson, who
 did their utmost here as well as in every part of the county
 the pickets would allow  them  to  reach.  Total cases, 127;
 total deaths, 39.  Date of last death, November  27th.   Con-
 tributions, $1975.
                    RUSHA AND M'CAN'S.
    Plantation  near Plaquemiae, La.  There were  only  two
 fatal  cases here.
                        ST. GABRIEL.
    Post village of Iberville parish, La., located on the Missis-
 sippi  river, 104 miles from New Orleans.  Population, 425.
 The family  of Capt. Dolan lost  three members, all children, 
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late in August;  these were the first cases.  Total cases, 132 ;
total deaths, 38.   Contributions, $2150.

                        ST. JAMES.
  Post village of St. James parish, La., located on the Missis-
sippi river and on the N. O. & T. railroad, 64 miles from New
Orleans.  Population, 25.  The first fatal case was that of M.
P. Champin's child, who died September 24th.  He  had four
other members  sick, who  recovered.  Dr. Gantran and  his
brother physicians were somewhat successful in treating  the
disease.  Out  of total  cases,  36, only 4 died. Contributions,
$650.
                        ST.  LOUIS.
  County seat of St. Louis county, Missouri, located on  the
Mississippi river, 20 miles  below the  mouth of the Missouri
river, and is penetrated by 14 railroads.  Population, 496,387.
Is the largest city in the State or in the West, and the fourth
in the United States.   Having daily or weekly water commu-
nication with  many Southern points, many  cases of yellow
fever were brought here.  Among the first  fatal cases was
Capt.  W. 0. Nelson, of Port  Eads, who died August 13th.
Fatal  cases among  refugees  continuing, much  excitement
arose.   Quarantine was established.  Total  cases, 116; total
deaths, 46.
                       SENATOBIA.
  County seat of Tate county, Mississippi, located  on M. &
T. railroad, 44 miles from Memphis, and 56  miles from Gre-
nada.   Population, 1400.   Little  Julia Sanders  was taken
with fever October 5th, and soon died.  By the advice of  Dr.
French, all who could leave  town did so.   The disease was
worse on Panola street, west of the town, near an old log-way
of rotten logs, planks and sawdust.  The Memphis Howards
sent relief.  Total cases, 26; total deaths,  7.  Date of last
death, October 22d.  Contributions, $550.
                        SHARON.
  Post village of Weakley county, Tenn., on the M. C. rail-
road, between Martin and Bradford.   Yellow fever  appeared
here October 8th, causing great excitement. 
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                     SHELBY DEPOT.
  Suburb of Memphis. Among the deaths are those of J. R.
Stewart, Eddie and Wallie Sackett.
                    SMITH'S STATION.
  Post village of Hinds  county,  Miss., located on  V. & M.
railroad, 4 miles from Edwards depot.  Population, 25.  Ref-
ugees from Vicksburg carried the fever to this place early iri
October.  Aaron Brooks died October 12th.

                      SMITHLAND.
  Plantation of Point Coupee parish, La.  The only fatal case
reported is that of  Dr. W. D. Smith, who died September 25.

                     SNYDER BLUFF.
  Landing on the Mississippi rivet, 12 miles above Vicks-
burg.  Yellow fever began here September 2d, on which day
there was one death.
                      SOMERVILLE.
  County seat of Fayette county,  Tenn., located on a branch
railroad, 11 miles  from Moscow.   The disease was  brought
here by  Memphis  refugees.  The first case  was  Mr. James
Weatherby, of the hotel.  He died September 24th, and his
brother on the 26th.  Every one  who  could get  away, left.
The disease was fearfully  fatal.  Seven-eighths of  those who
remained had the fever,  and  one-third died.  Undertakers
would push coffins on front porches and run away.  Total
cases, 151; total deaths, 56.  Contributions, $3250.

                     SOUTHWEST  PASS.
  Port on Mississippi river, nine  miles below New Orleans.
Fever  appeared here early  in September.   First fatal case,
September 24th, Mrs. Mat. Flynn.   Total cases, 26; deaths, 8.
Date of last death, October 14th.  Contributions, $690.
                      STEVENSON.
  Post village of Jackson county, Ala., located at the foot  of
a spur of the  Cumberland mountains, three  miles from Ten-
nessee river, at the junction of  M. & C. and N. & C. railroads,
38 miles from Chattanooga.  The  first  fatal  case  was a rail-
roader, who died October 19th.  The Chattanooga Howards 
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   toame and cared for him.  Total cases, 6 ; deaths, 2.   Contri-
   butions, $255.   Dr. J. S. Bankson,  of this place, was one of
   the noble volunteers who laid down his life for love of suffer-
   ing fellow men at Memphis.

                          STEVENSON.
%  «   Name of a plantation near  Plaquemine parish.  The only
   fatal  cases were Mr. Vinson, the overseer, and child of J. A.
   Stevenson, Jr.
                         STONEVILLE.
     Post village  of Washington county, Miss., located 10 miles
   from  Greenville.  The first death was H. Monk.  Total cases
   in town and near, 110; total deaths, 80.

                           SUMMIT.
     Post village  of Pike county, Miss.,  located on the C, St. L.
   & N.  O. railroad, 108 miles from New Orleans.  Yellow fever
   appeared here  August 21st, a  family by the name of Griffin,
   four miles from town, being stricken.  Fourteen  days before
   this Mrs.  Wilhoit, of New Orleans,  a daughter of Mr. Griffin,
   with  her family, visited her father.  He and his son sickened
   and died.   Nurses and physicians from New Orleans,  with
   the co-operative aid of health officer J. K. Sample,  M* D.,
   saved the town.
                         SUNFLOWER.
     Landing on  Mississippi river in Coahoma county, Miss.
   The fever appeared here late in September, on the Sunflower
  river.    The first fatal case was Mr. Scheffle's child, which died
  October 2d.  Total cases, 48; total deaths, 15.   Contributions,
  $950.
                         TALLULAH.
     Post  village  of Madison parish, La., located on the V., S.
  & T. railroad, seventeen miles  from Delta.  Population, 200.
  The first fatal  case was Harry F. Fell, taken  ill  Sept. 24th,
  and died soon after.  Total cases, 30; total deaths, 2.  Con-
  tributions, $550.  Date of last death, October 14th.
                         TANGIPAHOA.
    Post  village  of Tangipahoa  parish, La., located  on the C,
  St. L. & N. O. railroad, 78 miles from New Orleans.  Popula-
  tion, 200.   The first case, Mr. Swanson, a Danish refugee 
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CONDENSED HISTORY.
from New'Orleans, was well cared for and recovered.   Total
cases in town, 250 ; near by, 28 ; deaths, 60 ; near by, 9. Date
of last death, November 11th.  Contributions, $713.
                         TERRY.
  Post village of Hinds county, Miss., located on C, St. L. &
N. 0. railroad, 167 miles from New Orleans.  Population, 225.
There was no fever in  town.  Out on Gov. Brown's place, 4
miles  away, a mulatto girl, Eliza Grayson, who came from
Canton  siek, died August 18th with black vomit. The disease
spread.   Her mother died also ; her brother recovered. Gov.
Brown, after  a  hard struggle, recovered.  Colonel Dabney,
who came from Dry Grove to wait on him, had the fever and
recovered.  Dr. H.  R.  Goodman  came to nurse those who
were sick, took the fever  and died.  Total cases, 10 ;  deaths,
5.  Contributions, $285.
                        TERRENE.
  Landing on White river, Ark., located near the mouth of
the river. Population, 50.  Mrs. Abrahams, a Memphis refu-
gee, came here to her kinsman, Mr. Ben. Zadick, being a mile
and a half from the levee.  In three  weeks one of her chil-
dren died, and the disease spread rapidly.  Total cases, 21;
total deaths, 19.  Contributions, $550.

                    TERRA AUX BOZUF.
  Neighborhood  located  in  St. Bernard parish, La.   There
were fifteen cases reported here.

                        TRENTON.
  Post village of Todd county, Ky., located on the St. Louis
& Southeastern  railroad, forty miles from Richmond.  Popula-
tion, 300. There was some yellow fever here late in Septem-
ber.  Mr. C. C. Hord came here from Louisville September
21st, was taken sick and died 23d.  Dr. J. S. Dickinson, who
waited on him, had the fever, but recovered.  Dr. McReyn-
olds, of Elkton,  pronounced the disease yellow fever.  Dr.
Howard Dickinson, who also treated the cases,  did not think
it was  yellow fever. Mr. Hord died with a dark, offensive
vomit.  No more cases appearing, the panic ended. 
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                       THIBODEAUX.
   County seat of Lafourche  parish, La., located on Bayou
 Lafourche, on Morgan's L. & T. railroad, 55 miles from New
 Orleans.   The first  case  was Sister  Agatha,  of Mt. Carmel
 Convent, from New Orleans, who died August 23d.  Total
 cases in parish, 1800 ;  total deaths in .parish,  77; total  cases
 near by, 98.  Date of last death, October 14th. Contribu-
 tions, Howards, $10,000 ;  Odd  Fellows, $500; Masons, $300;:
 W. M.  B. A., $275;  fire department, $250.
                          TUNICA.
   Post  village of West Feliciana parish, La., located on Mis-
 sissippi  river, 7 miles  from Donaldsonville.   Population, 20.
 Yellow  fever appeared here late in September, but was of a.
 very mild type.  Five died at Acklins October 12th.
                        TUSCUMBIA.  •
   County seat of Colbert county, Ala., located on the M. & C.
 railroad, 43 miles from Decatur and 145 miles  from Memphis.
 Population, 1214.   Refugees flocked here from Memphis and
 Holly Springs, and  cars  from Memphis laid  over here, this
 being the location of the  repair shops. " The disease appeared
 late in September, Crabtree Belcher, of Memphis, dying here
 September 26th.  The disease spread rapidly along the rail-
 road track, which  runs through the city.  Every one left who
 could, not over 200 remaining.  Many of these were colored.
 Total cases, 119 ; "total deaths, 31; contributions from Mem-
 phis, $450 cash, and various other articles.  The Memphis
 Howards sent physicians, nurses, etc., and visited  the city
 with their supply train, leaving medicines, etc.
                       TUSCALOOSA.
   County seat of Tuscaloosa county, Ala., located on the A.
'& C. railroad, 198 miles from Chattanooga.   Population, 1183.
 Is noted for its educational institutions and refined hospitality
 of its people.   The first fatal  case was that of Alex. Rhein-
 hart, a  Vicksburg refugee, taken ill August  18th, and died
 August 24th.   The only other case was Sidney Rheinhart.
                       UNION CITY.
   County seat of Obion county, Tenn., located at the junction
 of M. & O. and St. L. & N. C. railroad, 13 miles from Moscow.
      6 
82                  CONDENSED  HISTORY.
Population, 3016.  This city had a violent quarantine, but one
case, Amos Curlin, a refugee, died there September 29th.
              VALLEY HORN, or HORN LAKE.
  Post village of DeSoto county, Miss., located on the M. &
T. railroad, 12 miles from  Memphis.  Fever appeared  here
late in August.   The first fatal cases were the two Montgom-
ery children.  The disease  spread rapidly.   Total cases, 29;
deaths, 17.  Contributions,  $475.
                      VERDNEVILLE.
  Neighborhood six miles from Franklin, La.  The first fatal
case occurred October 1st.
                       VICKSBURG.
  County seat of Warren  county,  Miss., on the  Mississippi
river, 400 miles from New Orleans, also 400 miles  from Mem-
phis, is  the western terminus of the V. & M. railroad.  Pop-
ulation, 14,257.   A rigid quarantine was established early in
August.   A few days later, August 4th, a New Orleans refu-
gee, Morriss Mayers, was fined by the Mayor $250 for violat-
ing the quarantine.  The first fatal case appeared August 12th,
and soon died.  As the case originated there  it caused a stam-
pede of people from the city.  Three cases of fever from the
John  D.  Porter had been landed near the city August 11th.
The disease soon became epidemic, and though of a mild form
was very widespread.   Lieut. Benner, of the relief boat, was
taken ill October 13th, died, and had the most imposing fun-
eral ever witnessed in the city.   About October 15th the dis-
ease decreased, aud ended  with the advent of frost.  Total
cases, 5791; total deaths, 750.  Total contributions, $192,476 ;
total disbursements, $187,250.

                      WASHINGTON.
  Capital of the  United  States, located on Potomac river.
Population, 179,402, the twelfth city of the United States, and
the political center of great activity during sessions of Con-
gress.  Yellow fever scare appeared here August 16th among
the ladies of the Treasury  Department who  counted the cur-
rency.   Health officer Scales reported five cases on hand and
five deaths up to September 13th.   These were refugees. 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES^                83
                     WATER VALLEY.
  Post village of Yalobusha county, Miss., located on M. C.
railroad, 28 miles from Grenada.  Population, 2987.  The town
quarantined, but in vain ; fever appeared September 1st, and
one death occurred September  7th.  The disease yielded to
treatment much easier than at Grenada.  Out of a total of 146
cases only 47 died.  Date of last death, October 31st.  Con-
tributions, $2560.
                      WHITE HAVEN.
  Post village of Shelby  county, Tenn., located on the Miss.
& Tenn. railroad, 8 miles from Memphis.  Fever  appeared
here among the refugees late in September.  Dr. Raines died
October 1st.   Total cas<*, 5 ; total deaths, 2.   Contributions,
$225.
                        WHISTLER.
  Post village of Mobile county, Ala., located on the M. & O.
railroad, 3 miles from Mobile.  Some refugees  brought the
yellow fever here.  One of them, Father Marley, of Mobile,
died October 18.
                        WILLISTON.
  Post village of Fayette county, Tenn., located on the Som-
erville branch of the  M. & C. railroad, 42 miles from Mem-
phis.   Population, 200.  First case, T. W. Wrench, contracted
the disease on  the cars September 10th, was  well cared for
and  recovered.  Total cases, 16 ; total deaths, 11.  Date of
last death, Sept. 20. Contributions, $750; disbursements, $1250.

                       WINCHESTER.
  County seat of Franklin county, Tenn., located on  W. & F.
railroad, two miles  from  Decherd, N. & C. railroad.  It was
thought impossible for yellow fever to exist here, it being so
high among the mountains; but Miss Lilly Winburn came
here from LaGrange, Tenn., was taken ill and died with yel-
low fever.
                         WINONA.
  County seat  of Montgomery county, Miss., located on M.
C. railroad,  265 miles from New Orleans.   First case, Mrs.
Peebles, contracted the disease August 12th, in Grenada, was
well cared for and recovered.  The disease spread.  William
Campbell was the first fatal case.  In half an hour after his 
84                 CONDENSED HISTORY.
death, of 1500 inhabitants, only 150 remained in town. Three
physicians, the only minister, sheriff', deputy sheriff', jailer, all
aldermen  and their  families, were among the first  to  run.
Five prisoners  in jail  were liberated by  Marshal Steel, for
want of food, and guards to attend to them.   Those  persons
who remained here until  now, had to choose between yellow
fever and shot-guns.  One family by the name  of Arnold, did
venture to take refuge  in a vacant house four miles from
town, but were waited upon by  an armed body of twenty
men on the first day of arrival, and given until dark to move
away.  One of this  brave band went so far as  to say  that he
would kill the kind-hearted owner of the house, on sight, for
allowing  the  family of refugees to occupy it.  Total cases,
27; total deaths, 9.   Date of last  death, November 2.  Con-
tributions, $215 ; disbursements, same.

                      WINTERVILLE.
  Small settlement nine miles from Greenville, Miss.   Fever
appeared here late in September.  Jack Waters, the first fatal
case, died September 22d.  Total cases, 24; total deaths,- 9.
Date of last death, October 9th.  Contributions, $350.

                      WITHE DEPOT. .
  Post Village of Shelby county, Tenn., located on the M. &
C. railroad, six miles from Memphis.  Fever appeared among
refugees here late in  September.   W. H. Teague, agent,  died
October 4th, causing great excitement.  Total cases, 16 ; total
deaths, 7.   Contributions, $285.

                      YAZOO CITY.
  County seat of Yazoo county, Miss., located  on the Yazoo
river, 25 miles from Vaughns.   Yellow fever did  not attack
the city till October 1st, appearing among the Sisters of Char-
ity, by whom it was imported  from Vicksburg.  Two died.
Rev. Father Mouton died October 3d.  Total cases, 17; total
deaths, 7.                                          ' 
            DEATH  ROLL  OF  MEMPHIS.

NAMES OF THE DECEASED DURING EPIDEMIC OF
Anderson, Mollie
Anderson, Auguste
Anderson, Willie
Anderson, Martha
Abel, R. H.
Atkinson, George
Atkinson, A. O.
Allison, M. M.
Ames, Lewis F.
Ames, Miss M.
Ames, Willie T.
Ames, Mrs. L. T.
Amandus, Brother
Austin,  William
Argi, Louis
Alfonso, Mother
Aiken, Mr.
Atkinson, John
Amonett, child
Anderson, John
Arnold.
Adams,  Gen. C. W.
Amonette, J. I.
Avery, Allen G.
Amish, M.
Anderson, Sarah M.
App,  Kate
Avent, Dr. B. W.
Arnott,  Kate
Anear, A.
App,  Matilda
Anderson, Henrietta
Airs, Thomas
Arnold, Maude
Arnold, Mrs.
Arnold, Ida
Arnold, child
Arnold, Lee
Arnold, Mr.
Arnold, Mollie
Allen, Fred.
Allen, D. A.
Atchison, Emma
Adams, Robert R.
Aaron, C. F.
Ackland.
Amonette, J. I., Jr.
Adams, Franklin
Allen, Lena
Arft, Lewis
Armstrong, Dr.
Anderson, O.
Armstrong, W.
Amos, Mrs. A.
Allington, J. S.
Atkinson, Mrs. M. J.
Anderson, Martha
Ash, Willie
Adams, Mrs. Lucy E.
Allen, Lula Musby
Anderson, J. W.
Atkinson, William
Adams, Mrs. Annie.
Avery, Major
Allen, W. H.
Allen.
Arata, Mrs. Louisa
Allen, Mr.
Austin, Ran
Bionda, Mrs. Kate
Bergman, George
Bergman, Mary
Bloom, Moses
Brown, Miss Ida
Brown, Dixie G.
Brown, Tom
Brown, Maggie
Brown, E. B.
Brown, Mrs. Emmett
Banksmith,  Minor
Bloomfield,  Morris
Burger, Dr. (col'd)
Brennan, John
Bahl, John
Bell, Mary Bettie
Bell, Annie
Bell, Nannie
Berry, E.
Berry, James
Beil, August
Brooks, Ellen
Barnes, Florence
Brew, Michael
Buchert, J.
Borg, James
Bitteman.
Bitteman, Mrs.
Bitteman, Isaac
Barber, Mollie
Bailey, Mary
Bell, Mr.
Bodinelli, Antonio
           85 
86
CONDENSED  HISTORY.
Bennett, Charles
Banks, David
Brennan, Mrs. K.
Bokle, Rev. J. A.
Bradley, Mrs. Martha
Bedford, George J.
Borge, Katie
Brady, Martha
Bickford, W.  H.
Baker, William
Barker, J. B.
Boyce, Josephine
Bornadia, Sister
Bernard, E. H.
Bisman, Henry
Britten, W. T.
Bussey, Mary E.
Barron, Ellen
Barnes, Sarah
Barnes, W. C.
Bernard, E. H.
Bonner, Carrie
Burns, Thomas
Bruns, Mrs. Rebeca
Bock, Isadore
Bailey, Mr.
Bailey, Robert
Biggers, W. L.
Baum, Elmira
Bonner, John
Bud, Mike
Black, Katie
Beechmont, Pierre
Bender, Fred.
Burke.
Burke, Margaret
Brun, Mike
Brignadella, J.
Bearden, William
Boyd, Jack
Beam, J. D.
Brother, Ernest
Bell,  M.
Bevers, M. J.
Bozleman, Ernest
Bradford, Mrs.
Bolger, James
Bowman, child
Bradford, R. B.
Borsse, P.
Bryson, Thomas
Boylan, M.
Burke, Mrs. L. L.
Batty,  Lutin
Blanz,  Clarence
Boss, Peter G.
Brauner.
Bryson, Thos.
Bird, John
Bennett, Mrs.  De Gray
Beavens, Fannie M.
Boddie, Miss Alia
Brawner, Robert
Best, lone
Bacigalupe, John
Bouze, Maggie
Bolge, Maggie
Burns, A.
Bradford, George
Barker, Mrs. L.
Bailey, Charlie
Bollinger, C.
Bunyan, Fred.
Buckle, H. W.
Brown, M. D. L.
Brown, Mrs. P. P.
Barnes, A.
Baysted, Isaac
Bretliez, H. S.
Bellte, Jacob
Bardinello, Miss T.
Brown, Henry
Bullock, Mrs.
Briggs, Horace H.
Becker, George N., Jr.
Bacher.
Beecher, Dr. P. D.
Blew,  Miss Willie
Blew,  Robert
Blew,  Miss Zilla
Blew,  Mrs. R. W.
Blew,  R. W.
Blew,  Maggie
Blew,  James
Blackmore, L. W.
Belford, Hannah
Burke, Andrew
Barlow, J. W.
Bond, Dr. T. W.
Baker, T. N.
Bergen, Frank
Barnes, A.
Brantz, Henry
Bliss, Mary K.
Brown, Lewis
Burns, Lucy
Bridgeport, Nancy
Bankson, Dr. J. S.
Brooks, Mrs. R. E.
Bulew.
Brown, Col. A., S.
Badinelli, A.
Badinelli, David
Barker, Hattie
Burke, Thomas
Balle, Fredrika
Badinelli, David
Beavens, Nora
Bolle,  Mrs. E.
Boddie, Miss JeweH
Bonne, Rishora
Bernard, H.
Barnes, son, (R. W.)
Bleech, R. E.
Bacon, Thomas
Brown, Lucene
Badger, Caroline
Burke, Mrs.
Beattie, John
Bacigaloupo, Vincent
Bacigaloupo, Mad. Vinc't
Bacigaloupo, Alice1
Bacigaloupo, Mary. A.
Bonivita, Mr.
Bernard, H. H.
Boisseau, D. E.
Burcham, Dr. Robert
Britton, Robert
Borland, Miss Lizzie
Burk,  A. A.
Brooks's son, (Will S.)
Brooks, Charles C.
Boddie, Miss Jessie
Borden, L. 
DEATH ROLL  OF MEMPHIS.                    87
Borden,  Willie
Borden, Annie
Ballinger, Mrs.
Baker, August
Bras, Frank
Bras, Miss Annie
Bras, Fannie
Bras, George
Bolinger,  C.
Bennet, Mr.
Boyd, Charles
Birdie.
Burk, A. A.
Brady, Mary
Botto, Tudie
Butler, George
Beck, Katie
Bossieu, Sallie
Brown, Jacob
Burn's child
Brown, Charles M.
Baker, J.  C.
Butler, Carrie
Booth, Tames
Brigg, Robert
Buchignani, Tony
Brown, P. M.
Brum, Mrs.  Annie
Burleson,  Mrs. M. J.
Bartholomew, Dr.
Burk, Michael
Brown, P. M.
Baker, S.  L.
Brock, Mrs. A.
Britton, Robert
Burke, Mrs.
Brearton,  James
Brearton,  Kate
Billar, Joseph
Bennett, Mrs. May
Bilcher.
Blalock, W. H.
Brock, A.
Brooks, Byron
Brockvogle, William
Blankenburg,  William
Bowen, Alexander
Baudy, J.  F.
Barnett, Bettie
Beatty, H.
Buck, Mrs. Caroline.
Burke, Mary E.
Bodie, Van
Brockvogle, William
Burke, Catharine
Bale, Mary L.
Brown, Jeff.
Behrens,  George
Burns, Mrs.
Bitney, John
Boyd, Willie
Bailey, Mrs. Kate
Brock, Arthur
Brown, A.  W.
Bisman, diaries
Burns, Willie
Black, Henry
Berry, Mrs. Claude J.
Bodell, Mr.
Buckhalter.
Brooks, Clarence B.
Burke, Bartholomew
Burr, C. H.
Brock, Bessie E.
Behn, Miss Katie L.
Clark,  Elijah
Clark, Mr.
Clark, Mrs.
Couns, J. S.
Clure, Margaret
Cloyd, Thomas S.
Cannon,  Mike
Cole, Stella
Cole, Rachael
Cole, Gertrude
Cole, R.
Cunningham, M. J.
Conlin, John
Cloyd, T. A.
Clare, Harry
Cook, Eddie
Caneppo, Mary
Caneppo, Felicia
Church, C. H.
Corry, James
Cummins, Margaret
Crane, Charles
Conlan, Maggie
Campbell, Wm.
Croker, Fritz
Calhoun, W. A.
Chandler, John F.
Cooney.
Connelly, Timothy
Clements, Henry
Cain,  J. E.
Cicalla, Paul
Celeste, John
Cairns, Juliet R.
Chalmers, Vernon
Conchila, T. S.
Consadie, John
Cleveland, P. W.
Cainavan, Alice
Calahan, John
Ciralto, David
Collin, Miss
Craken, Mrs.
Carnes, Mary D.
Cornell, Mrs.
Crositte, C.  C.
Clark, Barney
Cook, Michael
Conley, Dennis
Corrigan, Mike
Carlisle, Elizabeth
Conotti, Cecilia
Coyle, P. J.
Crook, Geo.  W. L.
Crook, David
Chase, Wm., Sr.
Carlston, Charles
Cummings, Capt. John
Cummings, Alex.
Canepo, John
Cadish, Mrs.
Cadish.
Cronin, John
Constance, Sister
Calaway, Elsie
Cook, A. P.  C.
Costillo, Michael
Cruikshank.
Cook, Mrs. W. 
■88
CONDENSED  HISTORY.
Cook, Stephen D.
Canepo, James
Cole, Frederick
Chandler, Wm.
Conrad, Mrs. J. F.
Costella, Mike
Connally, John J.
•Comstock, Mrs. C. M.
Carwin, Thomas
Colman, Ben.
'Cordano,  Tony
>Conners,  Pat.
Cardill.
Cutting, Baxter N.
Carr, J. T.
Crowder's child
Carson, Peter
■Croto, A.
Collins, Rev. C.
Cheek, Geo. A.
'Carmichael, Mrs.
'-Clary, Michael
Coarts, Angje
Clark, Anderson
Cronin, Pat.
Chatnest, Geo.
Child, Cole
 Clancy, Maggie
 Callahan, Miss Mary
 Church, Frank
 Church.
 Clark, Mrs. E. W.
 Clark, Mrs. N.
 Callahan, Maggie
 Castleman, B. D.
 Clapham, Mrs. G. E.
 Cunningham, Mike
 Christman, Rudolph
 Collins, Thomas
 Cook, Richard
 Callahan, Frank
 Cuffey, D. E.
 Calhoun, Mrs.
 Coe, Lev. H.
 Coe, Mrs. Maria
 Coe, Mrs. Alice
 Coe, Jessie
 Caphut, Mr.
Costello.
Clark, Dr. S.  R.
Cook, John
Clary, John D.
Conway,  Frank
Carson, John
Cox, Sarah
Carrol, Sidney
Cook, Mrs. George.
Cook, John
Champlain, George
Chinn, Walter
Connell, Annie
Collins, James
Carroll, Ellen
Coleman,  Adam
Conrad, Munro£
Connell,  Pat
Carroll, Edward
Chevis, Dr. C. L.
Coss, Abe
Carson, Ed.
Cleary, John  D.
Cleary.
Cleary, Mary Ann
Cavanaugh, Martin
Carteon, J. E.
Clark, W. W.
Courts, Lucy
Chapski, Lewis
Cook, R.  R.
Cooper, Katie B.
Cars, W.  Luala
Clayton, Will
Callsin, John
Cargill's son, I. J.
Christensen,  Peter
Connel, Ella
Carlin, Katie
Curtis, Mrs.  Lucy
Curlin, Mrs. Antonio
Cannon, James H.
Cannon, Francis
 Cannon, Bridget
Crabb, John B.
Clara,v Mrs.
Couch, Mrs.  W. H.
Clark, Annie
Cicalla, Paul, Sr.
Cleire, W. P.
Carver, Mrs.
Cazoretta, Peter
Capshart, W. N.
Crouder, Nancy
Cook, George
Caldwell, Fannie
Carey, Albert
Cohen, Harris
Carlim, Frank
Crowel, Henry H.
Crowel, Alice G.
Crouse, John
Cook, Mrs. A.
Canepo's child
Connell, Thomas
Camperdonico, L.
Costoloe, Austin
Conaway, Mrs.
Carraway, Mrs. Ruth
Cearaway, Wm.
Clockton's child
Cohen, H.'s child
Canale, Peter D.
Cockrell, Richard
Cockrell, B. F.
Cain, Mary
Carpenter, Charles
Clark, Eddie
Christianson, N.  P.
Cleere, Mrs. P.
Cohen, Mrs. H.
Campbell, James
Clark, Mrs.
Crampler, Mrs. Emma
Clark, Thad
 Carver, Thomas M.
 Coleman, Eddie
 Cowgil, John H.
 Condon, Miss Mary
 Decker,  Prof. Henry
 Decker, Mrs.
 Dessauer, Fanny
 Duffey,  James
 Davis, Sam
 Davis, Florence
 Davis, Florence 
DEATH  ROLL OF  MEMPHIS.
89
Davis, George
Donnelly, George
Donnelly, Thomas H.
Dolan, Andy
Donnelly, Dennis
Dairy, Frank.
Dugan, Daniel
Donovan, Mrs. John
Donovan, J., Jr.
Duffey, Dan
Dewey, Ellen
Dahlstrom, Frank
Dahlstrom, Charles
Danso, H.
Dusen, Renhardt
Dennison, W. L.
Dunlap, Andrew
Dunlap, Andrew, Jr.
Dallmall, J.
Donnelly, Minnie
Davey, Thomas J.
Demmons,  Thomas
Donoho, Mike
Darby, Mrs.
Davis, John
Daly, Mary
Daly, P.
Dorson,  Annie
Dugan, Louise
Donohue, Ella
Dare, Charles
Dowell,  Frank T.
Dunn, Ed.
Dalton, Elizabeth
Dalton, Mrs. Maggie
Dalton, H. C.
Dalton, Mrs.
Duncan, O. J.
Davy, Mary L.
Dalora, Sister
Dickerson, Dr. P. M.
Dolan, Mike
Dewar, N.
Duncan, C. H.
Davis, C. C.
Dewar, Norman
Davis, Carrie
Devoto,  D.
Devoto, A.
Donalson, Miss
Davis, Miss A. M.
Dea, Michael
Davis, Bob
Dolan, Michael
Davis, Byron
Downs, Mrs.
Oooley, Mike
Diland, Mike
Dawson, Mrs. Dr.
Downs, James
Davis, Mary
Davis, Ella B.
Duncan, Anna B.
Dickerson,  James W.
Dryfus, M.
Darges, Fred.
Doeritch, Miss Amelia
Dyes, Mrs. M. B.
Devoto, Dave
Dorson, John
Dreyfus, Lee
Dodges, Josie
Dickerson, W. P.
Dickerson, H. N.
Dyke, Mrs.
Dawson, Mr.
Day, Owen
Dawson, Annie
Dunn, Mrs. F. P.
Dawson, Dr. G.  R.
Davis, Josephine
Duffey, P.  J.
 Dashiell, Frank
 Duffy, Mrs. T. W.
 Donohue,  John
 Dicker, Mary
 Dupuy, W. P.
 Donk, R.
 Dolan, Maggie
 Dreyfus, L.
 Dravoid, Charles
 Davis, A. E.
 Dumser, Mary
 Darmstadter, Mrs. J.
 Dent, Giles
 Dyke, Mrs. Bettie
Davis, Emma P.
Dun, W. S.
Doyle, James
Duffy, Simon B.
Damstadter, J.
Dunn, Anderson
Donoto, Raf. D. E.
Davis, Charles J.
Davis, George
Donnelly, Thomas
Dod, A. F.
Duffey, Alice
Dougherty. Thomas L.
Debula, Eliza
Dreyfus, Ben.
Durk, Oscar
Domonic.
Dzincki, Charles
Dalton, Ambrose G.
Delany, Wm. J.
Davis, Jefferson, Jr.
Dean, George
Diggens, George
Droyer, Lizzie
Dunn, Mrs. Mary
Dunn, Paul
Dolan, James
 Downey, Jo.
Davis, Mrs. Lizzie
 Davenport, Patty
 Ennis, John
 Erskine, Dr. J. H.
 Edwards, John
 Ebler, Virginia
 Edwards, Robert
 Easley, Dr. E. T.
 Everett, W. E.
 Edwards, Mrs.
 Enwright, Pat.
 Erksine, George
 Erych, Albert
 Echthevarne, G.
 Engell, Peter
 Eyke, Martin
 Elliott, W.
 Eagen, M.  J.
 Esch, Emma
 Edmondson, Joanna 
90                        CONDENSED HISTORY.
Early, John
Elliott, George B.
Elliott, John D.
Elliott, Joseph H.
Elliott, Capt. William
Eppelett, Thomas
Eberhardt, Henry
Erck, Hattie C.
Eyke, Margaret
Early, W. T.
Evans, Allen
Edwards, Charles W.
Edington, Charles
Erasmus, Brother
Eisler, B. H.
Erb, John
Erb, Philip
Early, Rev. J. T.
Eblen, E.
Eddington, Aug.
Erck, George
Eberly, V.
Fuchs, V.
Fuchs, Mrs. Susannah
Farrel, Mary
Forbes, John C.
Fealey, Sarah
Foresty, Thos.
Froese, R.
Ford, Willie L.
Fagan, Charles
Foley, Thos.
Foster, T. J.
Fifer, Wm. S.
Fritz, Lucy
Fritz, John
Fisher, Mrs. C.
Felking,  Eliza
Fullerton, Mattie
Fullerton, Ed.
Fullerton, Mrs. Catharine
Farrell, Pat.
Flynn, D. P.
Frank, Samuel
Fennick, Miss
Frank, Sol.
Flaharty, Grace
Featherstone, W. S.
Fowler, Mrs. J. J.
Friedman, Mrs.
Friedman, Henry
Friedman, Lula
Fields, Dora
Frich, George
Franks,  Frank
Frank.
France,  Henry L.
Firth, R. F.
Fenwick, Mrs. Julia
Fenwick, Miles R.
Flanagan, Katie
Faher, Edward
Ferguson, Harry W.
Fairchild.
Fuller.
Flanagan, Ed.
Farris, J. B.
Flack, Clara
Flack, Mrs.  B.
Flack, T. J.
Flack, W. J.
Flack, L. B.
Flack, Jennie
Flack, Laura
Fithian, Hester E.
Francis, E. G.
Farrel, Hugh O.
Finley, Jennie
Faben, J. W.
Flanery, Mike
Forester, Simon
Fause, N.
Finley,  Annie
Foreman, William
Fenoritz, Alice A.
Fenster, Jack
Fletcher, J. F.
Faris.
Firth, W. G.
Foster,  Ed.  B.
Fenster, Caroline
Fenster, Jacob
Family, Milly
Fisher,  John F.
Flyn, Fred W.
Fabron, John
Forth, R. N.
Ferguson, C. W.
Foster, Mrs. Annie
Field, Mary
Frederick, E.
Foster, Ida
Firth, Ettie
Firth, M. E.
Francis.
Forbes, Dr.
Fischer,  Charles G.
Foster, Clara
Foster, Charlie
Forest, Mrs. E.  G.
Fly.
Forney (infant)
Flynn, Emmet
Farris, Ed.
Fenman, Kate
Farrer, Ed.
Fletcher, Mary
Francis,  Sister
Flynn, Eliza
Fenacy, Margaret
Ficklin, Mrs.
Francis, (child)
Fox,  (child)
Fisher, R.
Fifer, Charles
Force, Dr.
Fazzi, L.
Farrell, Mike
Fort,  Mary
Finnie, Miss Willie
Fisher, Dave
Fitzpatrick, Mary E.
Foy,  E. A.
Fitzgibbons, John
Goodman, A.  H.
Goodman, L.
Glaentz, (child)
Glaentz, Mary
Garry, Bridget
Glaentzer, Wm.
Gusman,  Charley
Gusman, Jennie
Gillen, A. K.
Greber, Annie 
DEATH ROLL OF MEMPHIS.                    91
Goodin, John
Gibbs, George
Gummer.
Gibbs, Fred
Grau, Frank, Jr.
Gleese, Mary
Grimes, Larry
Gause, Frank
Gane, Frank
Goyle, Mary
Griffin, William
Grant, Mr. Lou
Grant, LeVis
Gurley, Henry
Gleason, Archer
Gotschick,  Mrs. M.
Green's son.
Grigsby, Mrs. Mary
Griffin, John
Graff.
Groves.
Grover, Fred
Greenpar, Fred
Graham, Mattie
Graham, Wm.
Green, Mrs.
Gwinn, J. L.
Gray, Mrs.
Grant, Mrs. Margaret
Grady, Thomas
Gains, Mrs.
Getz, Lena
Gates, Frank
Griffin, (infant)
Gray, Walker
Gray, Mary Ellen
Gray, W. A.
Gibson, Nathan
Getshell, Miss
Getshell, Mrs.
Getshell, Linda
Grant, Joseph
Going, Samuel  B.
Gleason, Mrs. M. J.
Gates, Mrs. S. M.
Granning, Wm.
Gist, R. C.
Gatland, J. Coutry
Griswold,  C. A.
Gardner, H. C.
Goermer,  Mrs. Clara
Grogan, Edward
Grant, G.  H., Jr.
Garreson,  Frank
Galney, H. M.
Goery, Mr.
Gill, Annie
Gertrude,  Sister
Griffin, Antonio
Garrett, John
Gibson, E. W.
Goorich, David
Green, Lizzie
Gilbert, G. W.
Goplin, N.
Garry, John
Gable, Sophia
Griffin, Johnnie
Gregor, Robert M.
Gray, Miss Jennie
Gorrell, Dr. J. O. G.
Glass, Capt. Matt.
Gaibler, Elizabeth
Graves, Mrs. Jennie
Griffin, Mary G.
Gregg, Mr.
Gregg, Mrs.
Gregg, Miss Jennie
Gregg's five children
Goodlett,  W. B.
Govan, Eugene
Gilmore, Wm.
Genoka, Caroline
Gimson, Wm.
Greupe, Charles
Garnett, M. C.
Gordon, Willie
Gurlock, Francis, Sr.
Gurlock, Francis, Jr.
Goebel, F.
Goodman, A.
Green, Manuel
Gatti, James P.
Green, Nat. S.
Green, Mrs. Nat. S.
Goodwin's child
Greehan, Mr., Sr.
Gilmot's child
Goodwin, E. B.
Guitavo, Fondain
Gasper,----
Goepel, Miss Eliza
Gossett, Miss Ella
Gear, Mrs.  Docia
Galloway, Mary A.
Goebels, Theodore
Goldstein, Fannie
Guthrie, Michael
Griffin, Darrell F.
Glass, Mrs.
Gill, Henry
Griffin, Mike
Garrison, Fred
Haskell, Mrs. H.
Hahn, Moses
Hodges, W. H.
Huppert, Philip
Hill, E. J.
Haessig, Daniel
Haessig, Henry
Halstead, W. H.
Hills, Walter C.
Hefferman, Jerry
Harrington, H. S.
Hollenberg, Carrie
Hagge, Louise
Hoffner, Rosena
Holley, Luke
Hall, James
Hall, John
Holland, R. C.
Hunter, Sadie
Haynes, Nannie
Holliday, A.
Harder, Henry
Herman, Lizzie
Hughes, John
Hewitt, P.
Hiser, Catharine
Husse, Mrs. C.
Honley, Daniel
Hightower, Daniel
Heyman, Howard
Heyman, Maurice 
92
CONDENSED  HISTORY.
 Heyman, Mrs.
 Hendricks, D.
 Holt, N. B.
 Hargan, Mildred
 Herbert, Henry
 Hoist.
 Hoist, George
 Hoist, Theodore W.
 Hohlen, Amelia
 Hems, Angeline
 Hint, Otto
 Huber, J. J.
 Huber, Emily
 Hauser's child
 Heidman's child
 Hargan, Mrs.
 Hamilton, Chas.
 Harper, James
 Herbers, Frank
 Hodges, Dr. W. R.
 Harrison,  M. J.
 Hope, John
 Hoffman, Jacob
 Hurt's child
 Hunter, Ida
 Hegge, John
 Hannigan, John
 Haggerty, James
 Haggerty's two children
 Hood, Mrs.
 Hayes, Gatsel
 Horn, Mrs. Maggie
 Hunt.
 Hoffman, Henry
 Hicks, George
 Harden, Henry
 Higgins, Wm.
 Hall, Rosa
 Haumsteine
 Herbert.
 Hughes, Mrs.
 Hood, Thomas B.
 Harrington.
 Hamstein, Laura
 Herneson, Pauline
 Hyde, John
 Holt, Herman
Hannstein, E.
Hunter, Willie
Hays, James
Humes, A. R.
Hodges, Mrs. E.
Hope, George
Harris, Willie
Hickerson, Simon
Hutchinson, Robert
Hodges, B. M.
Hawk, Mrs. M.
Hudson, Wm.
Hemmerly, John
Hodges.
Hill, Wm. A.
Holt, Mrs.
Hare, Henry
Huhn, Paul
Hickman,  Wm. B.
Heman, Max
Hitzfeld, Will
Hogden, Jas.
Hanes, R. V.
Heilah, Wm.
Horsley, Mollie
Hope, ---
Haley, Capt.
Hanes, Miss Rosa
Hewitt, Mike
Himple, Mr. E.
Henry, Lula
Huesman,  Fred. R.
Heath, J. W.
Hope, Tim
Hill, W. P.
Hauley, Margaret
Hamilton, J. W.
Higgens, H. C.
Hotchkiss, Thos.
Heath, J. W.
Hayse, Tim
Hammock, R. S.
Hagge, Mrs.
Hagge's child
Hicks, Dr. John
Hicklin, Mr.
Haneustein, Julia
Hudson, Ella
Haston, V.
Henman.
Hagge, John
Headly, Dr. T. J.
Heigh, Mansfield
Harton, W.  H.
Hough, Gustavus
Horton, W.  C.
Harris.
Hallows, Evaline
Haggerty, John F.
Haggerty, Anne
Homan, Capt.
Hunt, Wm.      •
Hemple, Willie
Higgins.  '
Holly.
Hollingshead, C. B.
Hiland, John H.
Hatcher, J. S.
Hickman, Edward
Halley, Joseph L.
Henrique, John R.
Harris, Davie
Heldman, Wm.
Howard, Mrs. C. W.
Holt, John A.
Hewitt, Thomas
Hanley, Peter
Harrington,  A.
Howly, Frank
Hanley, Edward
Hatch, Mrs. Manda
Hinkle, Lida
Hutsch, Theodore
Harris, Ruth
Hawkins, Sir Knight
Holmes,  Maria
Hewett, Mrs. Jessie
Hewett's, Dr.,  child
Hamilton, A. W.
Harvey, Walter W.
Hawkins, A. S.
Holland, T.  P.
Holston, Martha
Heaffy, Cornelius
Henniger, Otto
Halner, Mrs.
Harrington,  Andy 
DEATH ROLL OF MEMPHIS.
93
 Heidel, Robert
 Hollywood, Mrs. John
 Huniger, Fred
 Hollywood, Lawrence
 Helman,  Fred
 Hennerger, Miss A.
 Harris, Mrs.  Mattie"
 Haynes, Walter B.
 Isaacs, Isaac
 Ingalls, Dr.
 Irby, Amanda
 Irwin,  Miss Emma N.
 Ida.
 Irwin,  Mrs. John
 Irby, Lizzie
 Johnson's child, Jennie
 Jefferson, Mrs. B.
 Johnson,  Mrs.
 Jones,  John
 Jones,  Hannah
 Jamison,  Wm.
 Jehl, Edward
 Jefferson, S. W.
 Jefferson, Mrs. S.
 Johnson,  Chas.
 Jones, Marie Ellen
 Johanna.
 Jacobi, J. C.
 Jobe, Sam. M.
 Johnson,  J. S.
 Johnston, T. N.
 Jake.
 Jacobi, J. C.
 Johnson,  Willie P.
 Jones, Frank
 Jones, John
 Just, Marcus B.
 Johnson,  Cora L.
 Joseph, Maria, Moth. Si
 Jones, Mrs. Rachael
•Jones, Catharine
 Jones, Anderson
 Jones, Bob
 Jones,  Littleton
 Jackson, Henry
 Jackson, Colden
 Jackson, R. J-
 Johnson,  Cyrus
Johnson, Ed.
Johl.
Johl, Mrs. Yetta
Jenkins, W.
Jenkins, Wm.
Joslin,  Mrs.
John, Chicago
Jacobs, Joe
Jacobs, Mrs. Roberta
Joyce,  Patrick
Jerome, Mrs. E. H.
Jefferson, Lewis
Jones,  Mrs.
Jones,  Lou
Josephine, Sister
Joet, Joseph
James,  Alice J.
Jenny, F. J.
Jacobs, Dennis
Jones,  Eddie
Jackson,  Robt. Lee
Jackson,  Mrs.
Juda, Charles
Jones,  C.
Johnson, Edward
Jones,  Charles<
Johnson, Ben.
Johnson, John
Judge, Theo.
Jozner, Mary
Jacobi, C. L.
Johnson, Mrs. M.
Jehn, Mrs. Mary
Jukes,  W. C.
Jones,  Daisy
Johnson, Edward
Jackson,  Mrs.
Klener, John
Klener, Johnnie
Klener, Joseph
Kaffki, Andrew
Kelly,  John
Kelly,  John
Kesillen, A.
Kery,  James C.
Kirkland, Henry
Kroeger, Fred
Kealhoffer, George
Kallaher, C.
Kenneally, Martin
Keining, Moses
Keslow, Thomas
Kallaher, Mrs. S.
Kastin,  A.
Kern, Arthur
Kaufman, Lewis
Kroker, Mrs.
Kohler, Amelia
Keefe, Anna
Keefe, child
Knight, Andy
Kaffer, R.
Kennedy, Mrs.
Knox, Florence
Keyer, Martin J.
Kenzler, Mrs. Margaret
Kenzler, Louis
Keffavor, Adolphe
Keller, Mike
Kellaher, F.
Kelhafer, Adolph W.
Kelly, John
Kelly, Mike
Keney.
Kaufman, Henry
Kellaher, John
Kelly, Luckeby
Kelly, Hannah
Kerr, James M.
Keifferlie, Mollie
Kahlfette, Irving
Kadish, Mrs.; child
Kumpf, Willie
Kumpf, Matilda
Koch, Jr., Wm.
Kraft, Peter
Kendall, Millie
Kester,  Susie
Kelarhart, John
Kim, Richard
Knowlton, L. S.
Knowlton, Eugene W.
Kaiser,  A.
Kilburn, H.
Kenney, James
Kameron, Louis 
94
CONDENSED  HISTORY.
Kirwin, Dave
Kennedy, W. A.
Kirchner, Mr.
Kirchner, Alice
Kortrecht, Judge Charles
Kercheval, E.
Kaufman, Charles
Kaufman, Samuel
Kendal, Peter
King, H. S.
Koch, Wm.
Kathriner, Emma
King, Margaret
Kendall, Robt.
Kutch, Kate
Klarutz, John
Koenig, 'J. M.
Kline,  Miss
Kraus, Wm.
Koffod, Thomas
Kerr.
Kerr, Mis. J. H.
Kerr, William
Kerr, Mollie
Kerr, Charles
Kerr, Alexis B.
Krouse, Miss Carlotta  ■
Kane, James
Kinnan, Thomas
Kraus, Mrs.  B.
Kelly, John
Kraus, George
Kaufman, Mrs. L.
Kammers, Amelia
Kennedy, Florence
Kraus, Henry
Keiting, Dr.
Keiger, Mrs. Rebecca
Kutsch, George
Kutsch, John
Kraus, Jacob
Lanigan, Bridget
Loney, R. H. A.
Lane, H. B.
Lillig, Willie
Lohman, Leo.
Lohman, Mrs.
Lauburg, John
Lute, Annie
Laherty, Kate
Ling, Lu
Loeb, Jacob
Leverson, Mrs. B. C.
Loeffel, C.
Lane, Jo.
Love, Allie
Lindsey, W. T.
Leopold, Isaac
Leiber, Albert
Leopold, Jack
Leshan, Miss A.
Landrum,  Herbert S.
Landrum,  George
Lacaganni, L.
Lacey, Capt. A. T.
Lonergan, James
Lane, Lucy
Lindsey, W, T.
Lerchy, Mrs. Rosina
Lego, Charles
Luven, Rosalie
Luster, Fred
Leibert, Ferd.
Leath, Hamilton
Lonsdale, John G., Jr.
Lieben, Miss A.
Lunn, Phil. H.
Lunn, Miss Rose
Lunn, Thomas
Lair, J. N.
Lenhardt, Wm.
Lavagna, Frank
Latch, Amelia
Latch, Louise
Latch, John
Lang, Augusta
Lipsom, Fanny
Leverts, Fannie
Luter, Jacob
Lochmeyer, Wm.
Lochmeyer, A.
Lemons, Nellie
Lynch, Mary
LeGueere,  G. H.
LeGuerre, Julia
Lory.
Lewis, Louisa
Linholm, John
Lohman, Kate
Livingston, Henry
Livingston, Fannie
Lee, James
Lutz,  Jr.,  J.
Lutz,  Jacob
Lepp,baby
Love, Jenks
Lynch, Mrs.
Lynch, Wm.
Lynch, James
Lynch, Mike
Lavallan,  Katie
Lasalle, Mrs.
Lemmon, Tom.
Lawrence, S.  M.
Lemon, G. W.
Lorenz, L. M.
Lewis, F.  W.
Lacey, Mrs. C.
Lawrence, Jos.  H.
Lindsey, Belle
Lippold, Willie
Lindeberg, Miss F.
Lambs, Annie C.
Linburg, John
Lewis, Clara
Lallar, Reuben
Lansford,  W. W.
Lensford,  Leoni
Lake, Daniel
Louis, Adeline
Lawrence, Jennie
Lehman,  Y.
Lindon, Charles
Lowry, Eddie
Laurenz, C.
Lucas, Wm.
Leath, Henrietta
Lee, Charles
Lover, Robert
Love, Buddie
Loeffel, Joe
Love, Charlie
Lane, Adolph
Lertrud, Miss Louisa 
DEATH ROLL OF MEMPHIS.                   95
 Littlejohn, Lewis
 Lonsdale, Mrs. J. G.
 Lewis, John
 Laus, B.
 Lyman, Henry J.
 Leidy, Jr., Eugene
 Luetke, Louis
 Lehman, Henry
 Lankford, C. R.
 Leach, John
 Lonsdale, J. G., Sr.
 Lanham, E. W.
 Lynch, Amelia
 Lake, Miss Flora
 Lolinski, Lewis
 Lebadu,  Mrs.
 Leon.
 Lake, Robert
 Lehman, Mary
 Ludlow, W. F.
 Lake, W. H.
 Lowry, Dr. W. R.
 Labesque, J. M.
 Lamb, Ed.
 Lumpkin.
 Louis, George
 Labrella, Major
 Lowry, R. F.
 Lowry, Mrs. R. F.
 Lowry, child
 Lay, Louisa
 Lane, Richard
 Malowney, Mike
 Metcalf, Sam
 Maricuschalk, Mrs.
 Miller, A.
 Miller, Jennie
 Miller, R. Ben
 Miller, Jo.
 Miller, August
 Miller, S. B.
 Miller, Mrs. S.  B.
 McMahon, Mrs.
Madson,  John
Metcalf,  Emmons
 Miverzagt, Wm.
Mitchell, R. W.
 McKeon, W. James
McKeon.
McKeon, Mary
McKernan, M.
Murphy, Frank
Murphy, Eliza
McCall, F.
Morris, James
Morris, James
Morris, Alice
Melvin, Robert
Mack,  Pat
McGiouly, D. T.
Muller, Albert
Muller, Mrs. John G.
Maginnis, Annetta
Malone, Josie
Magevney, Thomas
Mangus, Annette
Michaelis, Gus
McCann.
Montgomery, Wm.
McCune, Mrs. John
McGarvey, J. R.
Moffitt, John
Minor, T. F.
Manley, Margaret A.
Manley, Maggie E.
McCay, Catharine
McMillan, Mary
Myers, Adolph, Jr.
Myers, Adolph
Moore.
Mansford, E. J.
McCauley, J. B.
Merritt, Geo. R.
Morgan, Walter
McDowell, Mrs.
McElroy, Wm.  M.
Malton, Uriah
Morgan, John
Menken, N.  D.
Maloney, Peter
McCullogh, Ben
Mitchell, Mrs. Dr. R. W.
Mulligan, Richard
Maher, Mike
Murphy, John
McKenzie.
McCooney, John
Mudd, John G.
Moore, Ed.
Moore, Virgil V.
McCormick, John
McLean Robert
McConnell, John
McFresh, James
McDougal, C.  H.
McLean, John W.
Moran, Mike
McKinley, Mrs. Ed.
Moore, Miles
McDonald, Rosa
McCowell, Thomas
Matemur, Father
Mitchell, M.
McKim, Dr. J. W.
Mead, Dr.
Mancher, Mrs. A.
McKinley's child
Meek, Miss S.
Matthews, Mrs. Fannie
McKenzie,  Mrs. S. A.
Mazetla, Anna
McNickels, Thomas
Mitchell, Mollie
Murphy, Mollie
Mitchell's boy
McConnell A.
McFall,  M. E.
Morrissey, Margaret
Mathews, Mrs. Fannie
Morrissey, Peter
McConnell, T.
Mynatt, Thos. B.
Margeaye, Jennette
Milenus Father
Manly, Theresa
McCloy, J.  W.
Milhirit, T. J.
McArniste.
McGrann,  Miss Nellie
Mathews, Fannie A.
Mahny,  Hannah
Moore, Chas. G.
Myers, Francis
Malone, M. 
96
CONDENSED  HISTORY.
 McConnell, Thomas «-
 McLaughlin, Florence
 Morrison, Channing
 Miller, Geo. S.
 McKinley, Mrs.
 Madheart, Elizabeth
 Mertz, Tenny
 Morrison, Charles
«Maloney, M.
 Monahan, Mrs. Ella
 McCallum, W. D.
 McGran, Nellie
 Maffey, Samuel
 McShean, John
 McGee, Paul
 McCall, Henry
 Mcllvain, Mrs.
 Murdock, Lotta
 Miller, Capt. Willie
 Mynatt, Wm. H.
 Multiger, Thos.
 Massei, Joseph
 McCarty, Thomas
 Magg, Geo.
 McKeogh, Martin
 Miller, Lela
 Menees, Dr. Thos. W.
 Maag, Mrs. .Geo.
 Maag, Geo.
 McDonald, J. W.
 Mahaffy, H. J.
 Major, T. J.
 McGregor, Dr. T. H.
 McCann, Geo.
 McFreely, John
 McBride, Ella
 McDonald, Peter
 McMamari, Mrs.
 Moffat, Wm.
 Mason.
 May, Wm. B.
 Mike.
 Mariam, G.
 Mancher, Gus
 Martin, Mary
 Mathias, Fred.
 McMann, A.  H.
 McManus, S.
Marshall, E. C.
Mhoon, W. J.
Marshall, E.
Mitchell, John
Meagher, Annie
Miller, Billie
McCormick, Wm.
Maltese, Mrs.
Monnier, C. V. S.
Myers, Wm.
Mitchell, Mrs. John H.
Malone, C. C.
Morti, Gus A.
Morow, Miss Julia E.
McCoy, Miss  Minnie
Moon, R. B.
Merton, Cornelius
McMinane, Francis
McCrea, Mrs.
Myers, John
Montiverdi, Miss Kate
McGillivery, David
Meinann, Mr.
Matthews, Mrs. Fannie
Morgan,. Mrs.
Morton, Miss L.
Mettern, Frank
Mackall, Thos.  F.
Marguerite.
Monteverdi, Mary
Meath, John
Moore, Jesse
Muller, Geo.
Muller, Mrs.
Mitchell, John H.
Miller, W. W. C.
McMamara's child
Moony, Rev. J.  J.
McClanahan,  Thos. H.
Marso, Mary R.
Madison, John H.
Marsa, Mrs.
McDonald, Mrs.
Marks, Jacob
Mahoney's child (N.Y.)
Mahoney,  Eliza
Mead, Francis
Mullihen, C. R.
Miller.
McDowell, H.
McCall, Robert
Martin, John (Detroit.)
McCully
Mhoon, W. J.
Mann, Sallie
McDonald, J. W.
Moran, John
Michaels.
Mueller, G. W.
Moore, W. H.
Mhoon, Miss
Mack, Mike
Michot, Eugene
Michot, Minnie
Michot, Lady
Michot, Mrs. Eliza
Michot, M. L.
McGregor, Joe
Miller, Joe E.
Mannery,  Pat
Morrow, Mrs. Julia
Morrow, Miss Julia
Morris, John
Mosby, Mrs. M.  L.
Miller, John C.
Mhoon, J. S.
Mitchell, Avery
McNeal, Charles
Montgomery, Dr. B. R.
Mallory, Alpho
Massingate, H. S.
Meyers, Caroline
Maley, May A.
Meyers, Pete
Martin, T.
Madison.
McNeal, James
Monahan, Mrs.
McKerney, Mrs.
McDonald, Kate
Manser, Philip
Maloney, Mrs. Maggie
Manuel, R. C.
McDonnell, Con
Morris, Mary
Murphy, G. 
DEATH  ROLL OF MEMPHIS.
97
 Myers, Ed.
 Mann, Eddie
 Meyers, Wm.
 Maloney, Grace .
 Moore, Robert
 Mayer, W.
 Mayer's child
 Murdox, Charles
 Morris, John R.
 McKay, D.  L.
 Morton,  Albert
 McCoy, Robert J.
 Marsden, John
 Monsarrat, Oscar .
 McElroy, Sergeant:
 Mattingly, M. A. ..
 Messick, Mr.
 McLemore,  John .
 Maher, Wm.
 Mead, Sarah A.
 McAnally, W. T.
 Marks, Moses
 Mahaffy, Leonora W.
 Malsey, Caroline
 Myers, Mrs. Linda
 Mahan, Hannah
 Noonan, Mary
 Noonan,  Mrs.
 Northrup, John  H.
 Nagle, Tillie
 Nelson, Mrs. Dr. A. W.
 Nelson, Miss Julia
 Nail, Mrs. May.
 Northrup, Rachel E.
 Nutting-, G.  A. .
 North.
 Nicholson, S. B. ~
 Norman,  Willie  F...
 Nelson, Samuel...*.
 Noland, Maiy
 Norris, Mary E.  .
 Norris, Mrs.
 Norris, John
 Noel, Emily
 Nelson, Mollie
 Nicholson, Robert
Novetsky, Annie
Newman, Jamea-'
Newman, Mary
Newsom, Ida
Norman, J.
Nelson, Dr.
Nichols, W.
Nichols, W. L.
Neal, Mrs.
Noel, Theo.
Neidig, F.
Nicolati, F.
Nugent, Dr.
Noella, Louis
Noble, Robert
Nail, Col. John H.
Neal, Mrs. M. C.
Norman, Mrs. A. A.
Nash.
Nutall, M. H.
O'Brien, Mike
Olstead, Tim.
Oberst, Wm.
O'Donnell, Mrs.
O'Brien, John
O'Neal, Alice
Omaly.
Otey, Dr. Paul F.
O'Brun, James
O'Conner, Bridget
Oxner, Martin
O'Bryne, John
Owens, John
O'Conner, Mrs. Cathari;
Owen, Mrs. Julia M.
Owen, Lizzie
O'Hern,  Hannah
Onley, Miss
Obermeyer, Joseph
Oberst, Mrs. Catharine
Only, John
Oshen, Henry
Oberst, Julia
Oskman, Henry.
Oates, W. J.
O'Haver, George
O' Keefe, Mamie
O'Donnell, Mrs. B.
O'Brien,  Mrs.
Oertell, H.
Owen, Andrew J.
Osborn, Eliza
O'Hern, Mary
Orsin, Henry
O'Gara, Mary
Otto, A.
Otto, George
Otey, George
O'Hara, James F.
O'Day, Ella
O'Leary, John
O'Grady, Thomas
O'Conner, John
O'Maddox, Robert
O'Brien, M.
O'Leary, Mrs. J. O.
O'Neal, L.
O'Neal, Mike
O'Bowden, Harry
O'Brien, Willie
O'Dell, Catharine
O'Conner, John
O'Clements, T. F.
O'Donnell, Wm.
O'Conner, Ellen
O'Neal, Mrs. Maggie
O'Nettie, G.
Offerd, Alfred N.
Pease, Lucy
Pease, Fannie
Packer, Charles
Paine, Maggie
Page, (child)
Paul, W. P.
Pagell, Charles
Price, Ed.
Pollock, Samuel
Patton, Bud
Patton, E. S.
Precont, G. L.
Pratt, Petty
Pearsell, A.
Piper, August
Patillo, R. F.
Powers, Ed.
Plischke, C. H.
Plischke, Mrs. C. H.
Pohl, Ann 
98                       CONDENSED HISTORY.
Pohl, Theodore
Pilegrins, Rosamond
Paroti, Vincent
Pryor, Green
Porter, Mildred E.
Porter, William
Porter, W. E.
Perkins, N. P.
Paegels, Mrs. Amelia
Paegels, Otto
Pocai, Henry
Powers, John H.
Patillo,  L. C.
Plummer, Frank
Pao, John
Phillips, Wm.
Page, John F.
Pearce,  Mrs. Nancy
Philmont, Annie
Pica, Victor
Parsons, Rev. C. C.
Powell,  W. T.
Prescott, Walter
Presh, F.
Perdeau, B.  D.
Perfect, Earnest
Patchell, James
Piper.
Park, J. G.
Powell,  W. L.
Peck, F. B.
Pohl, Mrs. Thos.
Pharrew, Phil.
Payne, M.
Patillo,  R. H.
Partlow, Mrs F.
Phillips, Mrs. M.  B.
Page, Miss M.  B.
Pearsall, Miss Ida
Pearsall, Miss Clara
Patchell, Mrs.
Perry, Leonora
Plummer, Al.
Plummer, B. F.
Plummer, Mrs.
Pellegrame,  E.
Peters, Thomas
Powers, R. W.
Perry, Sommers
Pierce, Dr. Hyland
Payne, Mary
Phister, Jacob
Peabody, Geo. N.
Patterson, Joseph
Pierce, Nellie
Pullen, Mrs. Ben K.
Powers, Mr.
Partee, Charles L.
Palmer, Lucinda
Poyner, Mr.
Parker, J. C.
Probert, Geo. C.
Pittman, Miss Carrie A.
Palmer, Ella
Pugo.
Porter, Charles
Peabody, John M.
Pearl, Emma
Peeples, Dr. Berlin
Pennacche, Louis
Pritchett, T.  T.
Peeples, Jesse
Pope, Charles
Provenzale, (child)
Pope, Willie
Pillson, Elizabeth
Pollard, J. E.
Provenzale, M.
Pope, Nura
Piaggio,  Vic.
Prescott, O. F.
Plain, Katie
Palmer, H. L.
Phillips, Minnie
Pritchitt, Mrs.
Plain, Mrs. Carrie
Persons, Albert
Pugh, W. T.
Patton, Maggie
Patterson, Martha
Paine, Grimmy
Pallard,  Mrs. M. L.
Pugh, Mary A.
Phelan's child (P.  H.)
Peterson, John
Posey, H. J.
Perry (child)
Quenn, Mary
Quigley, Mary
Quinn, Mike
Quinlin, Eugene
Royster, F.  W., Jr.
Rear, August
Reid, George
Robertson, George
Round, Miss Bell
Romaggi, John
Rentz, John *
Riley, James
Rubenstein, Pike
Ryan, James
Robertson, Eliza
Ressler, Fried.
Ross, Benj.
Reinig, C.
Roberts, John
Rowan, W. G.
Randle, Fred.
Root, Irving
Renner, Dr. J. E.
Riordan, Rev.  Father
Riley, Mrs. Sarah
Roper, Miss Annie
Ruth, Sister
Robinson, Wm.
Reynolds, Harry  S.
Rosebrough, Rev. Dr.
Roper, Miss Lizzie
Roberts, Sarah
Ramsen,  Mary
Reynolds, Miss Fannie
Reynolds, Frank
Rutter, John
Rogerson, Julian A.
Reiner, Martin
Rice, Dr. John L.
Rynders, John
Reilly, Kate
Redford, M. W.
Ruil, Walter
Roberts' son
Roemheld,  John
Rancoskey, H.
Robbins, Miss Annie 
DEATH ROLL OF MEMPHIS.                   99
Reignders, John
Rutter, Miss C.
Reynolds.
Reynolds.
Reynolds.
Rostinger, J.
Revoll, Lena
Ruffin, Freddie
Ringer, Lafayette
Rinkhardt, Mrs.
Roberts,  Mrs. H.
Rosenthal, Aug.
Russell, Maggie
Russell, Joe
Robinson, Ben.
Rousfc, John A.
Rehkopf, Q. F.
Rogers, Dr. John C.
Ryan, Elizabeth
Ryder, Patrick
Riley, Mrs.
Reugg, August
Ring, Maggie
Ring, Dan.
Rezzonica, Mrs. C.
Rezzonica, R.  S.
Roby, Joseph R.
Rummel, A.
Ryan, Stephen
Ringwald, Mrs.
Ringwald, Ed.
Robeson, Mary
Rue, Vincent
Riley,  Mike
Roadman, John
Reckford, Fannie
Reinert,  Joseph
Ragio, Mrs. Mary R.
Ragio, Amelia
Rudd, Wm. A.
Rice, Annie
Rubenstein, Lena M.
Radt, M.
Ryan,  Ellen
Ravenly, J.
Ravenos, A.
Raverall, Alfred
Ravinale, Alfred
Reder, Ada
Reider, Fred.
Rounds, Mrs. James
Risk, E. F., Jr.
Rogers, Capt. Joseph
Rose, J A.
Ramsey, C.
Retwick.
Rash, Richard L.
Rosselle, William
Reardon, Con.
Reid, George
Reid, E. P.
Reid, Wm.
Rogers, Emily
Rich, Henry
Ringwald, S.
Regan, James F.
Raggio, John
Robinson, G.
Radd, Mrs.
Roberts, Susan
Rushton, Wm.
Ruffin, Joe
Raggio, Miss Lizzie
Rounds, James
Ryan, Jack
Rivoil, Mrs. Lou
Restmeyer, Mrs. Fred.
Revoil, Lizzie
Rossi, John
Reed, Ross
Ryan, James
Ruffin, J.  B.
Reinhart,  Dr.
Rill, John
Ruffin, Mollie
Ralston, Walter
Ralston, Mrs. James
Richards, Thomas
Robinson, Clark
Rushing, Miss
Rushing, Mrs.
Ringwald,  Stella
Richards, Mattie
Redford, J. R.
Roper, Jasper
Roach, Mrs. Delia
Richardson, Jane
Rooney, J. P.
Roach, Lena
Roper, Mrs. Maggie
Rapp, Ann R.
Sauer, Rabbi F.
Schalscha, Hanna
Schalscha, Ida
Schalscha, Fannie
Smith, Mrs. B.
Smith, Ann
Smith, John
Smith, Frank
Smith, Mrs.
Smith, W. J., Jr.
Smith, John
Smith, John
Smith, John
Smith, John
Smith, Emma
Smith, Charles M.
Smith, M. F.
Smith, Hester
Smith, Sam
Smith, Dave
Schultze, Henry
Schindler, C.
Schwab, Antony
Shute, Frank
Saunders, T. B.
Schlemmer,  Charles
Slemmer, Henry
Sauter, Charles
Strauburg, Earnest
Stanberg, Ed. A.
Scronce, J.
Scales, Geo.
Schemer, Abe
Sturdivant, Mrs.
Samuels, Morris
Sullivan,, Loritta
Scherbly, John
Speckernagle, Wm.
Schafer, Herman
Shepperd, Thos.
Shepperd, Francis
Sales, Ella
Scully, Agnes 
100
CONDENSED HISTORY.
Stalm, Henry
Stalm, J. N.
Stewart, Maggie
Salziger, H. G.
Sepp, Mary
Sandey, Clara
Sweeney, Ed.
Salziger, H. G.
Solomon, E.
Shipley, Mathias
Scully, Charles
Shelby, Mat
Shelby, Mat
Steneth, John
Sherry, Patrick
Schaper, Alice D.
Shea, Thomas
Saunders, Clara
Schuler, Emma
Sturla, Fred.
Schneider,  Jacob
Steman, Joseph
Stillman, Henry
Stephenson,  E.
Sullivan, M.
Sullivan, Mary
Sullivan, Mrs.
Strehl, Mollie
Sherfuld, child
Schmuck, Peter
Swatkey, Mary
Strong.
Starrett, Mrs. Frances E.
Starrett, Eddie
Shauders, Mrs.
Steele.
Slowart, W. F.
Sneeringer, E. F.
Strausburg,  Chas.
Slowart, Mrs. J.  M.
Slagle, Josephine
Schulze, A.  F.
Swift.
Stansbery, Chas
Saunders, Wm.
Spellman, Wm.
Spilman, P.
Seessel, George
Stanley, Mike
Sullivan, Dennis
Stomburg, Arthur
sPrigg» John
Speers, Mrs. Elizabeth
Schultz, A. C.
Stack, Margaret
Slater, Rev. Dr. E. C.
Slater, Miss Sallie
Slater, Mrs. E.  C.
Slater, Miss Mollie
Sheppard, B. E.
Sterlie, Helen
Schulier, Mollie
Sister Blank
Smith, Mrs. B.
Schultz, Mrs. A.
Schaff, Mrs.
Saylor, Jo.
Schappe, Fred. C.
Staratt, James
Schultz, Gullus
Sullivan, Thos.
Sweney, child
Simmons, L.
Saltalamachia, F.
Stovall, Mollie
Small, Mrs.  M.
Simmons, Mrs.
Sullivan, Jas. J.
Steele, Mrs. C.  L.
Spain, Lucy
Selvin, John
Slack,  Lizzie
Shuttleworth, A.
Sweeney, James H.
Snyder, Kate
Simmons, Julian  A.
Stewart, C. Young
Stewart, Miss Sarah M.
Sticky, James
Stephenson, Wm
Sailor, Mrs. Mary
Shilly, Geo.
Stretch, Sarah Ann
Snyder, Mrs.
Sutton, Willie
Sears, J. J.
Stephenson, W. D.
Stewart, Sarah W.
Stewart, P. B.
Stewart, C. T.
Steinkuhl, Mary
Scott, Martin
Souhr, Josephine
Schneider.
Shumaker, Peter
Shuttleworth, Annie R.
Schaefer, J.
Schneider, Cora
Schuyler, Rev. L. S.
Smith.
Swan, August
Shelton, Mrs. M. L.
Shaw, James
Steinkuhl, Margaret
Stephenson, Miss
Shepperd, W. B.
Slaughter, Sam.
Street, Fannie
Strain.
Shorter, Clara M.
Scanlari, Rev. Father
Steele, Mrs. C. L.
Scharff, Alex.
Stein, Mary
Solari, Tony
Shields, Peter
Scully, J. H.
Stephens, Julian
Spine, W. H.
Smith, Josie
Smith, D. P.
Smith, H.
Smith, Eliza
Schuday,  Margaret
Sassman,  Frank
Shears,  Mr.
Shrud,  Fred.
Scarafiotts, Joseph
Scherrie,  Sister
Schudi,  Mrs. Margaret
Steel's child
Schutz,  Mrs.
Schlich, Mrs.
Schilling, L. 
DEATH ROLL' OF MEMPHIS.               I  101
 Shumecks* Mr%, Sr.
 Stoll, August
 Sanders, Martha
 Scheller, Mrs; M.
 Scheller, Mr.
 Sobrallj Mr.
 Scheley, F; W.
 Stokes, Mrs. Ann
 Sauer, P. H.
 Schilling, Ferdinand
 Snigg, Ed. J.
 Sour, Ada
 Strasman, Ben.
 Schroder,'Caroline
 Sutton, George
 Schneider, Mrs.
 Shelton, R. W.
 Schroeder, Caroline
 Smith, Nellie
 Schroeder, H. L.
 Sheperd, W. B.
 Sheperd, Mrs, W.  B.
 Sheperd, Miss Daisy
 Sullivan, Mrs.
 Sudy, Mrs.
 Sheehan, John
 Scullen, Tim.
 Shaw, Mrs.  Kate
 Stratman, A.
 Stanley, John  R.
 Stanley, Mrs. P.  P.
 Spain, Mary Ann
 Scullen, P.
 Sauer, Mrs.  Margaret
 StrehL Mr. J.  A.
 Sechumeyer, Ed.
 Sample, Dr.  J. F.
 Shippard, Wm.
 Stewart, Thos.
 Schulz, C.
 Smith, Philip
Spiegel, Paul
Scypper, Miss  Mima
Sward, Miss Lena
Smith, August
Strange, Miss
Schultz, Wm.
Shoemaker, Morris
Scales, Ollie
Slack, Mrs.
Stone, James
Stowe, Mrs.
Strikers, Elvira
Shroyer, W. P.
Saupe, Susan
Saupe, Frank
Scruggs, Judge P. T.
Shevenill, Miss
Stowe, Ida
Smith, Mrs. H. D.
Shillin, W. H.
Smith's child (W. E.)
Stevenson, Nelson
Stowe, Maude
Sheehan, Mrs.
Shroyer, Margaret
Somers, Mrs. Margaret
Spicer, Jennie
Sheehan, Mrs. C.
Trumbull.
Trindall, Miss
Tighe, Peter
Tighe, Peter  Aug.
Tighe, Samuel
Tracey, Maggie
Trigg, A.  N.
Turner, Thomas,
Tierney, Maggie
Tierney, Charles
Thorn, Birdie
Thorn, Bertha
Thweat, A.
Tweedy, Thomas
Tait, David
Turner.
Taggart, R. L.
Tate, Lucy A.
Thumel, A. F.
Tarby, Michael
Thomas, Rev. A.
Thompson, R. A.
Townsend, Willie
Townsend, Miss
Taylor, Annie
Tibbs, J.
Thompson, Jerry
Thomas, Caroline
Trigg, Jo. W.
Thompson, Mrs. Mattie
Thompson, Willie
Taylor, Lou
Townsley, Sam.
Tusher, Patrick
Theobas, Thomas
Town, Ernest
Torrance^ Hugh
Thrall, J. C.
Tufel, Mrs. B.
Thweat, Noble
Thecla, Sister
Toulson, Charles
Thomas, Henry
Thompson, Charles G.
Thompson, Al.
Temps, Willie
Termothj  Bernard
Thompson, Billie
Thixton, W. C.
Tilton, R.
Tobin, Ellen
Tuifull, Julius
Taylor, Charles
Terry, John H.
Tuifel, Bettie
Tuck, Francis
Trainn, Thomas
Tighe, James
Teufel, Josephine
Thompson, Mrs.
Tomeny, Hal.
Tobins, Mike
Tobins, Mrs.
Tuerck, Dr.
Tate, Jesse M.
Tomeny, Helen
Taylor, J. B.
Thixton, child
Taylor, John  B.
Tait, Wm.
Thoma, Pauline
Taylor, Michael
Thompson, Aggie
Tomeny, Mrs. J. M.
Tomeny, J. M. 
102
CONDENSED  HISTORY.
  Taylor, D. S.
  Taylor, A. W.
  Taylor," Park
  Thomas, Alma
  Thompson, S. H.
  Thompson, D. H.
  Tildson, Fannie
  Tilson, F.
  Taylor, Jessie
  Taylor, Samuel
  Taylor, Dave
  Townsend, Joseph
  Thoma, Charlotte
  Turner, Thomas
  Thompson, Samuel
  Ullman, Carl M.
  Untrand, Charles
  Uhl, Nick
  Varner, Tom
  Veronica, Sister
  Veishber, John
  Vanhook, John
  Vorbrink,  Joseph
'  Venable, Mrs.
  Venable, Joseph
  Vincentia, Sister
  Virgeson, Marion  W.
  Vanhorn, W.  C.
  Vantroostenberg,  Father
  Voegeli, Henry J.
  Voegeli, Mrs. Henry J.
  Violet, Thomas
  Varley, Thomas
  Volkner, Fred.
  VonKunz, C. A.
  Venn, Mrs. ■
  Venn, Clara
  Venn, Mary T.
  Voorhies, C. V.
  Vaccaro, A.
  Vaughan,  Manuel
  Washer, Hattie
  Wood, Wright
  Wright.
  Wright, Robert
  Weidk, Charlotte
  Wilder, Lillie
  Winters, Thomas
Wheeler, Lillie
Warner, Tom
Wande, Albert
Welsh, Mike
Welsh, Mary
Wray, John H.
Wray, Mrs.
White, Bertie
Winston, Charles
Walsh, Lizzie
Walsh, Thomas
Walsh, Katie
Walsh, Martin
Walsh, Daniel V.
Walker, Ceryl
Wildberger, Stella
Walton, C.
Wild, Ed.
Watson, Dr. K..P.
Woodworth, Mrs.
Wagener, Mike
Woodruff, Wm. C.
West, Anthony
Weidt, G. Annie
Woeller, Jo.
Wallace, Mrs.
Wells,  Frances
Wells,  John
Wildberger, John
Warren, Jennie
Wezy, J. W.
Watkins, Belle
Weidlam, John
Woodward,  A. B.
Weiden, Frank
Wendler, John
Williams, Ed.
Williams, Sarah E.
Williams, Maggie
Williams, C. M.
Williams, Caroline
Williams, Ed.
Wilson, John  O.
Wilson, Mrs. M.
Walker, James M.
Wiley, W.
Waldron, James
Winstein, Josephine
Wadron, Polly
Welstein, Mrs.
Woods, Josephine
Waldon, Jack
Walker, Wm.
Wolf, Mrs. Emma
Warneke, Mrs.  .
Wolf, Augustus
Werrick, child
Williams, Dr. R.  B.
Wilhert.
Woerne, Wm.
Warneke, Caroline
Westfield, A. J.
Wilson, Mrs.
Wileth, Mrs.
Woods, Mrs.
Ward, Lillie
Williamson.
White, Mary S.
Wagoner.
Wilhelmine, Sister
Whitfield, Thomas
White, Robert
Williams, Mrs.  N. H.
Wallin, Bettie
Wilhirst, E.
White, M.
White, Lewis
Walsh,  Bridget
Ward, T. F.
Wilson, Wm.
Wisely, Julia
Woern, Louisa
Wardlaw, David  A.
Woodward, Dr. J. D.
Wardlaw, D. A.
Wright,  Harry
William.
Warring,  H. L.
Walsh, John
Ward, J. C, Sr.
Ward, J. C, Jr.
White,  Eugene D.
Walker, W. J.
Wesche, A.
Wescher, Mrs.
Wescher, A. 
DEATH ROLL  OF MEMPHIS.                  103
Worsham, Ed. R.
Weller, Henry Clay
Waggener, W. A.
Welsk, Kate
Welsk.
Winter, Charles
Ward, Horatio J.
Willis, William
Walsh, Andrew
Worsmick, Mrs.
White, M.
Wilhert, Adolph
Waffon, Wm.
Worth, H.
Waggener, J. H.
Williams, Robert E.
Winson, S.
Winson, Mrs. S.
Wilson, Helena B.
Wosnick, Joseph
Williams, Oswald
Witte, Wilhelm
Wright, Mrs.
Warneke, Fritz
Ward, Lillie
White, Dr.
White, Gotlieb
Wright, King
Ware, J.  Hopson
Whitford, Mrs. E. L.
Welsh.
Waller, Mrs. M. B.
Wilcox, J. H.
Wood, Jonathan
Walsh, Martin
Wright, Casper
Walsh, Dennis
Wells, Mr.
Williams, Davy
Whitmore, Mr.
Wolf, Mr.
Wyle, Wm.
Woods, Martha
Walsh, John
Willard, Mary Ella
Warner,  David E.
Weaver,  J. B.
Woods, George W.
Whalen, Andrew
Welsh, Charlie
Washington, Mrs. E. B.
Whipple, Mrs. E. A.
Weaver, Mrs. J. B.
Wright,  Pat. E.
Warner, F.
Wright,  Mrs. Josie
Windier, Francis
Williams, W. T.
Wells, Mrs.
Williams, Peter
Wiggins, James
Walsh, Johnnie
Webb, Macon
Warner, Carrie
Wenderlin, Brother
Webber, Ed.
White, Martin
Wupperman, A.
Wright, A.
Whitfield, Wm.
Woodruff, Andrew
Welsh, Patrick
Winchester, Louisa
Wellman, Cary
Wellman, M. C.
Williams, Wallace
Wilform, W. Scott
Weatherby, Wm.
Young, Fannie
Young, Annie
Young, Thomas
Young, Thomas
Young, John
York, Wm. J.
York, F. P.
Yonkers, Mrs.
Yerger, Lewis
Yarby, Austin
Zanoni, Mrs.
Zoanne, Baptiste
Zimmerman, Ann
Zeirig's child
Zoyer, Tillie
Zanone, Mary M.
     Whites.....2806
     Colored ....  914
     Unknown ....  657

       Total.....4377 
 
 
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