Historic Markers Across Alabama
Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who died in Tuscumbia
Marker ID: |
AHA |
Location: |
the intersection of North Main Street and North Commons Street, Tuscumbia, Alabama |
County: |
Colbert |
Coordinates: |
N 34° 44.262 W 087° 42.214 |
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34.7377 -87.70356666 |
Style: |
Free Standing ** |
Waymark: |
WM1PMW
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Text:
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
Erected 1977 by Alabama Historical Association
End of Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who died in Tuscumbia
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