1853 Yellow Fever Deaths in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1853 Yellow Fever Deaths in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The following is the official report of the Board of Health for the week, commencing at 4 o’clock on Saturday the 10th and ending at 4 o’clock on Saturday the 17th of September.

  • John Scheneman, age 45 years, 11 September 1853
  • John Burgess, age 48 years, 11 September 1853
  • Henry Yorkey, age 35 years, 11 September 1853
  • Thomas Gambel, age 45 years, 11 September 1853
  • Margaret Denier age 26 years, 11 September 1853
  • Wm. Linden, age 17 years, 11 September 1853
  • M. Hickman, age 46 years, 11 September 1853
  • Barbara Storm, age 14 years, 11 September 1853
  • Joseph Long, age 30 years, 11 September 1853
  • Josephine Bazin, age 60 years, 11 September 1853
  • Iva Cosby, age 28 years, 11 September 1853
  • Polander, name and age unknown, 11 September 1853
  • George Roach, age 28 years, 13 September 1853
  • Andrew Cust, age 28 years, 13 September 1853
  • Mrs Ashbue, age 26 years, 13 September 1853
  • F. Capdeville, age 25 years, 13 September 1853
  • Miss Annie Macintoch, age 14 years, 13 September 1853
  • Wm. Eskew, age 25 years (Lousisville, Ky), 13 September 1853
  • stranger, name and age unknown, 13 September 1853
  • Thomas Wood, age 53 years, 13 September 1853
  • Mrs Burns, age 40 years, 13 September 1853
  • son of Mr Hickman, age 12 years, 14 September 1853
  • John Coffman, age 30 years, 14 September 1853
  • Mrs Gamble, age 50 years, 14 September 1853
  • Anna Gamble, age 20 years, 14 September 1853
  • Leonard G. Mudd, age 22 years, 14 September 1853
  • Michael Houlhon, age 35 years, 14th September 1853
  • Mrs F. Skinner, age 45 years, 14 September 1853
  • Miss Jane Murphy, age 30 years, 14 September 1853
  • John Storms, age 16 years, 15 September 1853
  • R. Collins, age 25 years, 15 September 1853
  • Sebastian Schneider, age 40 years, 15 September 1853
  • Conrad Fesler, age 33 years, 16 September 1853
  • Eva Storm, age 12 years, 16 September 1853
  • Dr Lorin Very, age 42 years, 16 September 1853
  • Henry S. Tomlinson, age 2 years, 16 September 1853
  • Matthias Shriver, age 21 years, 16 September 1853
  • Edward Woodworth, age 21 years, 16 September 1853
  • Ambrose Law, age 18 years, 17 September 1853
  • Peter McKilrick, age 37 years, 17 September 1853
  • Miss E. Matta, age 40 years, 17 September 1853
  • Charles, son of Mrs Montgomery, age 6 years, 17 September 1853

Deaths from other causes

  • Caleb Blunt, age 22 years, suicide, 15 September 1853
  • Dumas, colored, age 14 years, unknown disease
  • negro child belonging to Mrs Donan, inflammation of the brain, 15 September 1853
  • John Folk, age 13 years, accidental, 17 September 1853

Abstract prepared by Genealogy-Quest.com from “Office of the Board of Health” The Weekly Comet, Baton Rouge, LA, 18 September 1853, 2.

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