Obituary of Yellow Fever Deaths ~ 1862

Transcribed by Carolyn Shank

The Standard of Raleigh: Oct. 1, 1862

         YELLOW FEVER IN WILMINGTON

   -- We learn that this disease is on the increase in Wilmington. It is said 
there were 13 deaths on Friday, 15 deaths on Saturday, and 30 on Sunday last. 
The fever is said to be of the most malignant form. Amond the deaths we regret 
to hear of are those of DR. DICKSON and W.C. BETTENCOURT, ESQ., and GEN. BENJ. 
TROLLINGER. DR. W. G. THOMAS is sick with the fever.

The Standard of Raleigh, Nov. 19, 1862

         THE MARCH OF DEATH [Yellow Fever Epidemic]

   The history of our sister town, Wilmington, for the last few months, is 
indeed a melancholy one. Death has made fearful inroads among its enterprising 
citizens. the editors of the "Journal" alluding to the march of death remarks:
   "Sometimes whole families appear to have been swept away. Two doors west of 
my office stands the handsome brick dwelling of B. BAXTER, ESQ. Within two 
weeks, the whole white family, consisting of himself and his niece, MRS. ANN 
POWERS, were called away, and that home was closed and desolate. Just around 
the corner, on second street, below Princess, within fifty yards of where we 
now sit, is the residence of DR. MCREE. That is indeed a house of mourning. 
Our venerable and respected fellow citizen, the DOCTOR, has lost the venerated 
partner of his life. G. J. MCREE, ESQ., has lost a revered mother, a beloved 
wife, a daughter just blooming into glorious womanhood and a son, a noble, 
intelligent, and manly youth. Surely, this is enough for one house, and yet 
this and the case we have cited before are not solitary instances."





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