Article on Yellow Fever Epidemic, part 3, 1855 - Norfolk Co. VA Yellow Fever Epidemic Deaths, Portsmouth, Virginia, Part 3. __________________________ [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 [continued]. John Land Michael Burk Mrs. Coleman M. Godfre John McGuire G. W. George Mr. Heatly John Davis Mr. Chitty Richard Williams M. Lynet Dr. Nicholas Mr. Fisher Mrs. Pulling Mrs. Dunstop Miss G. Buckner R. Churchell G. Wells Thomas Pearce Luke Perks Mrs. Kiltop James Totterdell John Whitehurst Capt. Taylor Mrs. Buch---- Jacob Miller Mr. Holland Miss Vermillion Mrs. James Williams, Jr. Miss West Miss Simmons Joseph George W. B. Collins G. Chambers John Nash J. W. Collins Miss Eliza Rand Mrs. Bryant Mrs. Totterdall Mr. Bullock Mrs. P. C. Thomas Mrs. Toppin Mrs. C. Myers Mrs. Porch William Creekmore Mrs. Brannamon Lenman Dean Jno. Denison Joshua Grimes Mrs. Hudson Mrs. Cusing Mrs. J. B. Davis Mr. McPhadden Capt. Samuel Forbes Mrs. Susan Owyen Miss Billisolly W. Pebworth Mr. Bryant Miss Morressitt Molle Williams J. D. Cooper Thomas Rudd John Woodly Mr. Mattrose Mr. Levant F. Land Geo. Hope William Fay Mrs. Peterson Miss J. Bingly Robert McDonald Richard Eskridge Mrs. Carl Reynolds Mrs. Brickley Mrs.Brittenham Mrs. H. Brewer Mrs. S. A. W. P. Allen Mrs. Boutwall Mrs. Cor. Coleman Mrs. Lane Jordan Mrs. Sarah White Samuel Parker John Vermillion Richard Ballentine Miss Martha Peters Wells Cowper Mrs. John Accinelly Miss Etherage Mrs. E. F. Brown Mrs. Gamble Mrs. Forch Mrs. Wm. Richardson Samuel Creekmore John Hodges Joshua B-----ine William Brockell Mrs. William Ross Mrs. J. H. Hodges William Kelly Lawrence Kearnes Miss Rebecca Robinson Mrs. Fisher Dr. Marshall Dr. Smith Rev. Vernon Eskridge Rev. Mr. Chisholm D. F. Daughtery William Cook, sr. George Barber William Singleton William Read Mrs. Penn John Lahforth Derby Clark Samuel Harrald Mrs. B. Cherry Sudan Johnson Miss Edwards Charles Billisolly J. T. Powell Mrs. M. Sullivan William Burton Mr. Cherry Mrs. John Cherry Mrs. James Avery John Nelson Samuel Harwood Mrs. E. Cherry Mrs. Millteau Levy C. Witty- Joshua Morrisett M. L. Johnson Mrs. Yeates Miss Bevlin Mrs. D. F. Daughtery 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. ****************************************************************