Article on Yellow Fever Epidemic, part 2, 1855 - Norfolk Co. VA Yellow Fever Epidemic Deaths, Portsmouth, Virginia, Part 2. __________________________ [Richmond] Daily Dispatch, 21 September 1855 Virginia [page 1] Progress of the Fever. The Petersburg Intelligencer has two letters dated from Norfolk 18th one of which announces the fever on the decrease, and the other states that a number of new cases have occurred. The following, which we find in the Baltimore American, is a list of deaths embracing the names of 322 of the white adults known to have died of yellow fever in Portsmouth since its appearance in that town. The total mortality is known to have certainly reached 678, and the number is probably larger - The number of white children and colored persons who have died is not given: Deaths Among White Adults. Mr. Long Mr. Martin Mrs. Capps Miss King Mr. Davidson Tar Grant Mr. Harriett Peter O’Donald Mr. Swiler Mr. Floud Mrs. L. Cock Dr. C. Heintiat Martha Livesay Mrs. George Butt Mr. Marshall USN Mr. Bowen Mrs. Youngman Mr. Belchum Miss Brown Mrs. Aclove Wm. P. Brittenham Mr. Roch Geo. Brent Jas. Powers Mrs. Sarah Potts Miss Lattliemore Peter Gailee Mrs. Geo. Dill Mr. Geo. Dill Mr.Baker Mr. Files Mr. Allen Mrs. O’Brien P. McGuire Dr. Parker d. Godwin Mr. Godfrey Mr. Chilton Mr.Camp J. E. Wilson Hane Bracy Mrs. Whitney Miss Wilson Mrs. Almn Js. Foster J. B. Davis J. Hancock M. Lynch C. Happer Miss M. Woodhouse Mrs. Dunivan N. Manning Mr. Snead Mr. Sheppard Miss [or Mrs.] M. Dues P. Churchill Mrs. H. Perks Mrs. M. Williams Michael Hutley J. Whitehurst Miss Ghio William Jones Willery Belzon Mrs. Simmons B. F. Buttoe Wm. Handy Mrs. Robinson Miss O’Brien Miss C. Stascy Miss Ross Mrs. Martin B. Jones Mrs. Corbitt J. Suian Miss Ross J. Mahoney Mr. Brent Mr. Hardley P. Williams Mr. Ashton Miss Mary Nevill Wm. Woodley Captain G. Chambers W. Wallax Mr. Cary James Williams, Jr. Mr. Harrison Mr. King Mrs. E. Pritchett Mrs. Toland Mrs. Randolph Mr. Rodes Mr. Pratt Mr. John Gailalee Mr. Richerson Peter Gallaler Mr. Graves Miss M. A. Hessley Mrs. Eliza Jarvis Joseph Dunston J. Lavering Mr. Moore Miss Moore Dr. Lovett Mrs. F. Herbert Miss Emma Houtwill James Anderson Miss Luc--- Ross Mrs. Rundley Mrs. Avery Williams Dr. Wilson Mrs. Hutchison Mrs. Gates Mrs. Matrop Miss C. Baker Miss Hentley Wilson Williams Mrs. Smith Betsey Herbert Mr. Gwynn H. Gwynn Mrs. C. Myers John Myers Mrs. Falcon Moses Williams W. Carey J. Wille Richard Goddin Moring Lacna--ce Francis Fowler Mrs. Atkinson Mrs. Spratt Miss J. J. Nossy Luther Barrott William Collins G. Bowers J. Mesley Mrs. Davis Mrs. Foster Ann Black W. T. Owens Mrs. Buchanan Miss Dunba- M. Roner Mr. Johnson Mr. Harryham Mrs. Burham Mr. Rand Miss Sophreny Gwynn Miss Margaret Manning Mr. Cook Miss Mitcham Jesse Oakley Patrick O’Donald Mrs. Kelly Mrs. Macklin Mrs. {Listol?] N. Cocke Mrs. Talle James Williams Mrs. Cherry Mrs. Davidson Miss Caroline Williams Wm. Ford Mrs. E. Cherry Margaret Robbins John Earl Mrs. Crokett William Weston Miss Ghi-- Capt. C. Cassell Mrs. C. Billsolly Mrs. John Lash Mrs. Bullock Michael Sullivan Mrs. J. D. Cohen Robert Cocke Mr. Bullock Mrs. F. Williams Mrs. Root Thomas Green Joseph Billsolly George Taylor Mrs. Thomas White Robert Bucknor Samuel Richardson Submitted by Gwen Hurst **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************