Tour

Tour Stop 1 - Yellow Fever Victims

Between August and November 1873 Shreveport lost one-quarter of its population (or about 2,500 out of 10,000) to the third greatest epidemic of yellow fever to strike the United States. About half of these died and the other half fled, never to return. Almost all of the roughly 1,200 victims are buried at Oakland, 759 of them in a mass grave called the yellow fever mound, in the cemetery's southwestern quadrant. The number of victims in this mound may be lower than the true figure, since the number was calculated from newspaper accounts which were not completely accurate.

Yellow Fever Mound

Date

Name	Age	Race	Cause of Death	In Mound


Date: August 20 1873
Frank M. Nalley	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	White	found dead on street	Yes
Unknown	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 21 1873
James Lewis	16	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 22 1873
Washington Howell	21	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Oliver James, child	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
William Johnson	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Alonzo (Unknown)	10	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 24 1873
Amanda Williams	6	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
John Larrimore	52	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 25 1873
Anna Lawrence	18	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Patrick McGan	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Patrick McGan	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 26 1873
Clara Price	19 months	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 27 1873
Phillip Levy	N/A	White	Yellow Fever
James Barker's child	2 months	White	Yellow Fever
J. Fink's child	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Nancy (Unknown)	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 28 1873
L. Zwally	15	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Samuel C. Byland	3 Weeks	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
F.G. Matthern	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
N. Jones	50	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
C.P. Kachell	39	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 29 1873
R. Jones	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
B. Jones	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
(Unknown) Gracy	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Julia Walker	12	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Samuel Stoner	31	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 30 1873
Mrs. N. Searl	32	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Patrick Gaughn	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Miss Lizzie Booth	14	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
.M. Houlihan	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: August 31 1873
E. Cromwell	67	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Samuel Walker	14	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
H. Washington	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 01 1873
Mrs. D.B. Wilson	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Nelly Scott	6	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
John Shaw	24	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
H.C. Silver	23	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Hugo Smith	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Fred S. Crews	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. A. Hendrick	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Capt. G.E. Boley	36	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
A.G. Beall	36	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Joseph B. Hubbard	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
G.E. Holloway	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Jenny Reed	32	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown Netzer	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
C.W. McCoy	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 02 1873
Jeanette V. Hodges	67	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown Bergman	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Bessie T. Griswold	12	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J.Stall	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
C. Stata	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W. Wilcox	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 03 1873
M. Thompson	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Sadie C. Griswold	14 months	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Wille Green	18 months	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Lewis Byers	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Walter Brooks	90	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
John J. Hodges	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Simon Kahn	58	White	Yellow Fever
Date: September 04 1873
A.Levy	20	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J. Dreyfuss	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Roddy	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 05 1873
Cornelius Smith	N/A	White	Anasarea	Yes
Mrs. T.L. Walker	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Paul Yergerson	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mona Ehrenberg	N/A	White	Convulsions	Yes
Mrs. Neter	N/A	White	Bilious Fever	Yes
Date: September 06 1873
W.W. McKenney	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Thomas Murray	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Ann H. Murray	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
S.D. Pitts	72	White	Congestive Chill	Yes
John Lewis	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
M. Chapman	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
R. Craig	27	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Bell	35	White	not stated	Yes
Gustave Schroeder	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Colored	N/A	White	Small Pox	Yes
Date: September 07 1873
Hank Smith	32	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Elizabeth Zwally	9	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Simon Cohen	27	White	Yellow Fever
F.H. Chapman	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
R.L. Goldston	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Colored	12	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Johannah Hentzel	5	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Joseph Howell	82	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W.S. Porter	32	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Frances Parsons	40	White	Yellow Fever
John Mundy	34	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 08 1873
George Napplin	21	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
William Nocks	49	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
D. McClure	14	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Miss Fanny Norris	18	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
James B. Johnson	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
James L. Anderson	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
George Wappler	21	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Colored	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Alice G. Tilly	22 months	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Chester L. Tilly	4	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 09 1873
M.B.V. Thompson	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
James Spears	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
William Spears	21	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Oscar Thomas	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Maria Schnurr	7	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Tillman Ward	5	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Leopold Baer	45	White	Yellow Fever
William Easton	35	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Frank Davis	32	White	Convulsions	Yes
J.G. Lehman, Jr.	7 Months	White	Convulsions	Yes
Date: September 10 1873
Otto Legros	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Otto Legbius	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
John Keller	29	White	Yellow Fever
Henry Hollingsworth	4	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Gusta Rapinsky	14 Months	White	Yellow Fever
C. Falk	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
George Augusta	14 Months	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
R. Van Acken	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Herman Bergman	11	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Marx .A. Bloch	46	White	Yellow Fever
Charles Vincent Cosby	35	White	Yellow Fever
William Burke	8	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Dave Well	32	White	Yellow Fever
Moses Weil	64	White	Yellow Fever
Jane White	24	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
H.H. Walters	20	White	Epilepsy	Yes
R. Van Acken	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mr. Vernon	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Louisa S. Wilson	21	White	Yellow Fever
Louisa Stringfellow	22	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
B. Schnurr	5	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 11 1873
Charles Roper	22	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. A. Skelton	52	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Miss Jenny Skelton	29	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles Schrader	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown Tilly	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown Tilly	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J.H. Williamson	45	White	Yellow Fever
Martha Vaughn	3	White	Chronic Diarrhoea	Yes
Miss Nannie S. Wafer	18	White	Yellow Fever
Robert Wheaton	22	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Moses Wheeler	30	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
James Waverly	20	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
John Cook	50	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Edouard Arnous	20	White	Yellow Fever
Dr. J.L. Hibbette	41	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Virginia Hamilton	41	White	Yellow Fever
MimiGooch	24	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
G.J. Riddle	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Jenny Reid	10	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Julius Kahn	37	White	Yellow Fever
Amelia Lattier	59	White	Yellow Fever
Date: September 12 1873
John Klumpp	32	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Louise Lockett	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Henry Rigdon	16	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles W. Pomeroy	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Anthony McGinty	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Owen MCGuire	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
C. McClure	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
George Gabe	20	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
G. Fisher	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles Dugan	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
John Current	30	White	Yellow Fever
John Doyle	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Frank Brooks	34	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Edmund Byers	33	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Buhlow	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
William White	18	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles Williams	19	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Miss A. Williams	15	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Joseph B. Wise	35	White	Yellow Fever
Mary Anna Sawyer	2 months	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Kate P Sawyer	29	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 13 1873
Elijah Ross	46	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Henry Scott	26	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Louis Schimidt, Jr.	18	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Hugh Smith	31	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
James Stewart	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Henry Booth	26	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W.T. Brooks	50	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mango Cane	17	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Robert Booth	8	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Ninnie Bahr	3	White	Yellow Fever
Josephine Baker	6	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J.C. Current	34	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
James Dunlap	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Emile Dreyfus	28	White	Yellow Fever
Mrs. Fannie S. Fleming	22	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
A.R. Englehardt	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. A. Hedrick	29	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Jacob Milgam	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
(Unknown) Renicker	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles Herbert Neville	6	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Jacob Ott	50	White	Hemmorhage	Yes
William Pickering	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Isidore Levy	29	White	Yellow Fever
Rosa May	11	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Marion Martin	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Johanna Lundy	18	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles W. Mannering	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Carrie Keller	14	White	Yellow Fever
Mercer Wright Johnston	19	White	Yellow Fever
Elijah Hunt	46	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
T.M. Jackson	23	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 14 1873
Unknown Jackson	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
C.B. Jones	12	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Henry Hower	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Jim Howard	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Moses Keller	47	White	Yellow Fever
Jaynes LaChoin	47	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Laura Lindsay	N/A	White	Yellow Fever
Mrs. Nihil	20	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mary J. Reynolds	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J.H. Meyer	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Max Moritz	22	White	Yellow Fever
Henry Hewer	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Francis Frank	50	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Thomas Garrett	36	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Louis Asher	43	White	Yellow Fever
E.B. Anderson	60	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Auguste Corose	16	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Robert Crangle	36	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
George W. Cole, Jr.	3	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Warren Preston Smith	19	White	Yellow Fever
Mary H.M. Taylor	36	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
G.B.Strodel	14	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown Infant	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Margareta Schnurr	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
D. Shepherd	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Henry Ripinski	5	White	Yellow Fever
Eli Warrington	25	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 15 1873
Abram Weaver	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
E.J.Wooster	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
L. Ross	43	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
C.H. Schoorr	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Andy Smith	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Solomon Simon	32	White	Yellow Fever
Unknown Male	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Geoge R. Todd	31	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Thomas W. Collins	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
William Chambers	61	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Ann Burke	34	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mary Byles	55	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Victoria Andreola	7	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Miss Mary Bercher	33	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Ann Hewes	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs. Sicily L. Fischer	43	White	Yellow Fever
William Henry Dyer	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W.Cuttress	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
L. Deitcher	26	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Addie Morris	13	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J.H. Meyer	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
N.S. McClure, Jr.	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
F.R. Reid	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
George James Rae	29	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
John Phlug	40	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Charles Lewis	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs, M. Martin	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
E. Lagros	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
J.M. Lawton	38	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
A. Kernes	25	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Fred Hock	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
R. Jones	26	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
R. Josey	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 16 1873
A. Jackson	8	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
H. Hoedler	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
M. King	43	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Paph LaCossitt	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W.W. McCain	25	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Louise Bell Martin Levisee	36	White	Yellow Fever
Isidore Queremais	26	White	Yellow Fever
Sarah Reed	8	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown McGoots	70	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Fanny Meyers	27	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W.M. Dunlap	28	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
(Unknown) Glanton	35	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Henry Hardeman	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
A. Barrett, Sr.	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Robert Bremler	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
A. Bardett	31	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Albert Barnett	30	White	Yellow Fever
Thomas Byland	41	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Clement Reid Calhoun	33	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Ann Burnes	38	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
(Unknown) Camp, child	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
(Unknown) Clanton	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
W.E. Smith	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
H.S. Segur	30	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Geoge Simon	55	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Miss P. Yergerson	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Tory Williams	35	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Date: September 17 1873
Maggie Wuhrman	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Mrs.Henrietta Weil	N/A	White	Yellow Fever
T.L. Walker	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
E. Smolensky	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
James Tilly	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
Unknown	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
D.H. Comstock	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
(Unknown) Brook	N/A	White	Yellow Fever	Yes
F.W. Halstedt	N/A	White	Yellow Fever
Colored	N/A	Black	Yellow Fever	Yes
William Henry Elstner	22	White	Yellow Fever
James