Thank you for taking the trouble to list those leads. I spend a fair amount of time in the Fever Cemetery, (which is suffering greatly from neglect) reading and cleaning the stones, and many graves are now unmarked, their headstones long gone. I hope to use book proceeds to endow a full restoration of this cemetery. If it isn't rescued soon it will eventually disappear for the most part. Andrew Shepherd will be figuring prominently in my book. Thank you again. L. On Sep 7, 2007, at 8:20 AM, MaryCarol wrote: > You can read about the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 under city of > MARTIN on Weakley County website. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etnweakle/martin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etnweakle/ > Yellow_Fever_Martin_TN_History.html > > One of the true heroes of the time was Railroad man, Andrew Shepherd > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etnweakle/Andrew_Shepherd_Railroadman.html > > Abner ATKINSON - 1st to be buried in Yellow Fever Cemtery. - Mrs > ATKINSON also listed, but no tombstone found. > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etnweakle/54_Yellow_Fever_Cemetery.html > > Several years ago, when I took photos of the tombstones in Yellow > Fever Cemetery, I was surprised that there were only a handful of > tombstones from the Yellow Fever Epidemic. The following have been > listed in earlier sources - I must have missed, or it is no longer > there - the tombstone of Mrs Sarah E. wife of W. H. DRAKE. - the > rest I did find and are up under TOMBSTONE project. I got to > wondering about the other deaths (listed in early newspapers) - were > they buried in Yellow Fever Cemetery without a tombstone that > survived?? Where some of them buried in family cemteries?? If you > have any info on where any of those listed are buried, please let me > know. See list below those with tombstones in Yellow Fever Cemetery. > > Thanks, > > MaryCarol > > I already found one - Mrs. Marshall MARTIN (Cora Belle WILSON) b. > 7-3-1852 d. 9-10-1878 buried in Old Martin Family Cemetery. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etnweakle/tombstones_WeakleyCo_TN.htm > > *A. ATKINSON, Oct. 14, 1830-Sept. 9, 1878 > *Mrs. Sarah E., wife of W. H.DRAKE, Born Nov. 10, 1846, Died Oct. 27, > 1878 > *Emanuel HOLLAND, Jan. 7, 1823-October 9, 1878 > *Mollie Lue,HOLLAND Sept. 15, 1859-Sept. 24, 1878 > *Minnie A. HOLLAND(Mollie and Minnie were daughters of B.C. and M.P. > HOLLAND) October 4, 1861-Sept. 24, 1878 > *Mary L.WHITE, wife of M.C. DRAUGAN, Feb. 14, 1843-Oct. 6, 1878 > *L. A.BLAKE (an early mayor of Martin) Nov. 25, 1843-Sept. 24, 1878 > & his wife > ------------- > Most complete list of those deaths from Yellow Fever 1878 > > Thomas HARVEY > Jimmie FIELDS > W. H. MARTIN > Mr. LEWIS > T. P. ESTEP > Walter GREEN > Mrs. JOHNSON > *Mrs. Marshal MARTIN (Cora Belle WILSON) b. 7-3-1852 d. 9-10-1878 - > Old Martin family cemetery > W. Z. LOONEY > *Mr. and Mrs. Abner ATKINSON - 1st buried in Yellow Fever Cemetery - > his tombstone found > *Miss Mollie HOLLAND - tombstone - Yellow Fever Cemetery > *Miss Minnie HOLLAND - tombstone -Yellow Fever Cemetery > Ben MURPHY, > T. J. MURPHY > Tom ACRES, > Miss Forest DIBRELL > *Mrs. Henry DRAUGAN (Mary L. WHITE) - tombstone Yellow Fever Cem > Harrison VOWELL > James CARTER > *L. A. BLAKE - tombstone Yellow Fever Cem > *Mrs. L. A. BLAKE - tombstone Yellow Fever Cem > William CARTER > Mrs. James CARTER > Walter JOHNSON > *E.[Emanuel] HOLLAND - tombstone Yellow Fever Cem > Charles GARDNER > Mr. JONES the artist > Mrs.JONES, the artist's wife > Captain POWELL > Captain DEAN > Wm. BOYD > Joe FELPS’ little child > two negroes > a child of Mr. and Mrs JONES > R. J. McCOMB > Mrs. DRAKE > W. V. BRAWLEY > Mrs. ACRES > Mrs. FUQUA > James KIMBRO > (These names were taken from a list published in a 1915 issue of > the Martin Mail.) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWEAKLE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message