Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who
Side AYellow Fever Epidemic
1878
Taking 31 Lives in Tuscumbia
Citizen's Relief Committee:
F.H. Aydlett, H.M. Finley, J.J. Davis, James Jackson, Chm.
J.W. Rand Jr., F.A. Ross, J.N. Sampson, Sec. and C. A. Womble.
This committee, together with volunteers of both white and black~~ assisted by trained nurses brought from Memphis~~ nursed the sick, carried supplies, prepared the bodies, dug graves, and buried the dead.
Doctors, Serving around the clock:
Robert T. Abernathy, Samuel J. Cooper, William C. Cross, William Desprez
(who gave his all, his life) and E. P. Rand.
Side B:
The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who died in Tuscumbia
Belcher, Crabtree, •
Boldman, Mrs. Amy, •
Christina, Anna C., •
Clark, Mr. (?), •
Clark, W. A. •
Cooper, DeWitt, •
Desprez, Dr. William, •
Finley, Samuel, •
Gilbert, Mrs. W. A., •
Halpine, Mrs. Bettie •
Jones, Miss Bartie, •
Jones, Mrs. W. H., •
King, L., •
Manush, F. and Wife •
Morton, • Tom, •
Newsome, Alexander, •
Osborne, Sandy, •
Prout, Ed, •
Rather, Mrs. G. T. •
Ross, Mrs. F. A., •
Smoot, Helen, •
Smoot, Mrs. T.L., •
Stamps, Mr. and Mrs. W.L., •
Ventress, Robert •
Warren, Mervyn, •
Williams, Charles, •
Yohnka, Mrs. and Child • Young, William
Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and North Commons Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
