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Samuel Powel (1738-1793) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1738.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-76, 1789-90.
Died, from yellow fever, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
29, 1793 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Andrew Onderdonk (1756-1797) —
of New York.
Born May 6,
1756.
Son of Hendrick Onderdonk (1724-1809) and Phebe (Tredwell) Onderdonk
(1730-1801).
Member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1796-97.
Died of yellow fever, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
23, 1797 (age 41 years, 140
days).
Interment at Monfort Family Cemetery, Port Washington, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edward Langworthy (1738-1802) —
of Georgia; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1738.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777.
Died, of yellow fever, in Baltimore,
Md., November
2, 1802 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Old
Episcopal Churchyard (which no longer exists), Baltimore, Md.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826) —
also known as Richard C. Anderson, Jr. —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August 4,
1788.
Son of Richard Anderson and Elizabeth (Clark) Anderson.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. Minister
to Gran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.
Died, of yellow fever, near Cartagena, Colombia,
July
24, 1826 (age 37 years, 354
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky.
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James Shannon (c.1791-1832) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., about 1791.
Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1832, died in office 1832.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of yellow fever, 1832
(age about
41 years).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfort, Ky.
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John Clark (1766-1832) —
also known as "Keeper of the Live Oaks" —
of Georgia.
Born February
28, 1766.
Governor
of Georgia, 1819-23.
Died of yellow fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now
part of Panama City, Bay
County), Fla., October
2, 1832 (age 66 years, 217
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in
1922 at Marietta
National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Donald McIntosh (1797-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
1797.
Physician;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1832-34.
Died in a yellow fever epidemic, 1837
(age about
40 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Ferrell Ross (1791-1837) —
Born October
29, 1791.
Son of John Ross and Temperance (Ferrell) Ross.
Secretary
of state of Alabama, 1818.
Died, of yellow fever, Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., October
12, 1837 (age 45 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ross and Temperance (Ferrell) Ross; married to Anne Amelia
Fisher and Mary (Bolling) Tabb. |
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Robert Raymond Reid (1789-1841) —
also known as Robert R. Reid —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Beaufort
County, S.C., September
8, 1789.
Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1816-19, 1827-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-23; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1823-25; justice of
Florida territorial supreme court, 1832-39; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1839-41.
Unitarian.
Died of yellow fever. at Blackwood Plantation (now called
Harwood Plantation), Leon
County, Fla., July 1,
1841 (age 51 years, 296
days).
Interment at Harwood
Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
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Lackland McIntosh Stone (1801-1842) —
also known as Lackland M. Stone; Lachlan McIntosh
Stone —
of St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, Gulf
County), Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
11, 1801.
Son of Henry
Dessex Stone and Ann (Maxwell) Stone.
Lawyer;
member
Florida territorial council, 1828-31.
Died, of yellow fever, in St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port
St. Joe, Gulf
County), Fla., April 11,
1842 (age 40 years, 212
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) —
also known as William S. Murphy; "Patrick Henry of the
West" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in South Carolina, about 1796.
Whig. Lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844.
Died, of yellow fever, in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 13,
1844 (age about 48
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment somewhere
in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married 1821
to Lucinda Sterret. |
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Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) —
also known as Patrick C. Jack —
of Texas.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., 1808.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-44.
Died of yellow fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August 4,
1844 (age about 36
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William Houston Jack (1806-1844) —
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., April 12,
1806.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in
office 1844.
Died of yellow fever in Brazoria
County, Tex., August
20, 1844 (age 38 years, 130
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 10,
1813.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charge
d'Affaires to the United States, 1842; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic to
the United States.
Died of yellow fever while campaigning
for Governor, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
11, 1847 (age 34 years, 93
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Isaac S. McMicken (d. 1860) —
of Texas.
Born in Pennsylvania.
U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1858-60, died in office 1860.
Died, of yellow fever, in Acapulco (Acapulco de
Juárez), Guerrero,
1860.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) —
also known as H. E. Peck —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 20,
1821.
Republican. College
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1856;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Haiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,
near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were arrested
and charged
with "infringement of the Fugitive
Slave Law"; the trial
ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were
indicted for kidnapping.
Died, of yellow fever, in Haiti,
June
9, 1867 (age 45 years, 324
days).
Interment somewhere
in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Anthony Martin Branch (1823-1867) —
of Texas.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., July 16,
1823.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1859; member of Texas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died of yellow fever, in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., October
3, 1867 (age 44 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex.
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James H. McColley (d. 1869) —
of Pennsylvania.
U.S. Consul in Callao, 1864-69, died in office 1869.
Died, of yellow fever, in Lima, Peru, April 17,
1869.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander M. Arzeno (d. 1878) —
of Newport, Monroe
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1847; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1853-54.
Died, of yellow fever, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
19, 1878.
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Son of Joseph Thomas Nast and Appolonia (Abriss) Nast.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; news
correspondent and cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines
and newspapers;
noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant and
Democratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York City
political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German
ancestry.
Died, of yellow fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Crafts —
of Massachusetts.
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1797-99.
Died of yellow fever.
Burial
location unknown.
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