1855 PESTILENCE IN VIRGINIA
Photos by Donna Bluemink
CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY MEMORIALS
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
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INDEX: Allmand - Cornick * Daly - Halson * Hankins - Murphy * Nimmo - Woodfin
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Susan
M. Nimmo
27-5th Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line
East Row
To the memory of
Mrs. Susan M.
Daughter of
Wm. T. & Mary Ann Nimmo
Who departed this life
Sep. 10th, 1855
Those who knew her loved her best.
Lot Owner: Charles K. Kennedy
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Theodore
D. Owens
12-1st Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave, West Row
To my son
Theodore Owens
Died Sep. 5, 1855
Aged 22 years
Lot Owner: James Owens
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Miss
Catherine M. Redman
36-1st Alley East Cedar Grove, Grave 12
In memory of my dear sister
Miss Catherine M. Redman
who died September 30, 1855
Calm in the bosom of thy God,
Pure Spirit, rest thee now,
For while with as thy footsteps trod,
His seal was on thy brow.
Lot Owner: Susan Redman
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George
Reid
28-4th Alley East Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line, East Row
George Reid
Son of William & Catharine Reid
Born Dec'r 14, 1832
Died Sept. 287, 1855
"I know that my Redeemer liveth."
Lot Owner: George Reid
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William
Reid
28-4th Alley East Cedar Grove, 2nd from North Line,
East Row
WILLIAM REID
Born March 29, 1808
Died Sept. 21, 1855
AND HIS WIFE
CATHARINE REID
Born March 10, 1811
Died Dec'r 10, 1855
Even so, Father, for so seemed good in thy sight.
Lot Owner: George Reid
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Virginia
Robertson
39 Main Avenue Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line, East
Row
Virginia
Wife of
Joseph N. Robertson
and daughter of
Richard & Elizabeth Taylor
Born May 1, 1814
Died Aug. 25, 1855
Lot Owner: Joshua Robertson
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Nicholas
Parker Rose
29-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave, Center
Row
Nicholas Parker
Son of Robt. W. & E. T. Rose
Born May 30, 1851
Died Sept. 21, 1855
Lot Owner: Copeland Parker
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Laura
Virginia Sclater
2-1st Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave, Center
Row
Sacred to the memory of
Laura Virginia
Eldest daughter of
W. S. & A. V. Sclater
Who died Sep. 2, 1855
Lot Owner: Lewis Bobee
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William
L. Sclater
1-1st Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave,
Center Row
William L. Sclater
Born July 26th, 1828
Died August 16th, 1855.
Aged 27 years.
Lot Owner: Lewis Bobee
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Susan
Selden
1-2nd Ally West Cedar Grove, North Grave Center Row
Susan Selden
Born June 4, 1810
Died September 18, 1855
Lot Owner: Dr. William Selden
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William
C. Simmington (1811-1855)
57-4th Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from North Line,
West Row
In memory of
Wm. C. Simmington
Who died Sept. 12, 1855
Aged 44 years, 9 months
Lot Owner: Thomas C. Dixon
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Com. Arthur Sinclair, his wife Sarah S. & their children
Elizabeth Munford, Arthur,
Lucy J. & Richard
11-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove
[See Whittle vault below.]
Elizabeth Munford, Arthur, Richard Page & Lucy Jones Sinclair
children of Wm. B. & Lucy Sinclair
Lot Owner: Arthur Sinclair
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Mrs.
Aristides (Eliza W.) Smith and children
Aristides Dodemead & Eliza J.
(monument with cross in foreground)
22 Main Alley Cedar Grove
Eliza W. Center Grave West Row
Aristides Dodamead 2nd from North Line, West Row
Eliza Joseph 2nd from South Line, West Row
Erected by the late and present pupils of the
Norfolk Female Institute
in affectionate remembrance of
Mrs. Eliza Wilkerson
Wife of the Rev. Aristides S. Smith
Who departed this life Sep. 8, 1855
. . . followed by two of her children who sleep by her side
Those also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Aristides Dodemead
Son of the Rev. A. S. & E. W. Smith
Born Dec. 3, 1838, Died Sept. 17, 1855
I shall go to him but he shall not return to me. II Sam. 12:23
Eliza Joseph
Daughter of Rev. A. S. & E. W. Smith
Born Aug. 4, 1843, Died Sep. 14, 1855
Suffer the little children to come into me, and forbid them not; for of
such
is the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 19:14
While repeating these words of consolation to her sorrowing father,
the Good Shepherd came and took her into His arms.
Lot Owner: Christ Church
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Marian
Southgate
21-2nd Alley East Cedar Grove, North Grave, East
Row
Marian Southgate
Born 17th November 1824
Died 12th September 1855
Lot Owner: W. C. Southgate
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Susan
Southgate
21-2nd Alley East Cedar Grove, North Grave, Center
Row
Susan Southgate
Born 19th February 1823
Died 2nd October 1855
Lot Owner: W. C. Southgate
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Elizabeth
Nicol Soutter
56-58 3rd Alley West Cedar Grove, West Row- family
plot
Elizabeth Nicol
Second daughter of
Robert & Margaret Soutter
Born November 24th, 1807
Died September 12th, 1855
My soul trusteth in thee; yea, in the shadow of they wings
I will make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Psalm 57:1
Lot Owner: Robert Soutter
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Capt.
William E. Stark & Family
4th Alley West Cedar Grove, North of Center Lane
Capt. Wm. E. Stark
United States Marine Corps
Died Aug. 18, 1855, aged 50 years.
Elizabeth Stark, wife of Capt. Stark
Died Aug. 31, 1855, aged 45 years
Wm. D. Stark
Died Sept. 10, 1855, aged 15 years
Mary E. Stark
Died Aug. 29, 1855, aged 19 years.
Lot Owner: Alexander Wilson
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Thomas Burnham Stevens 1845-1855
Thomas Burnham Stevens
Son of William & Maria Stevens
Died August 31, 1855
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William
K. Stores
17-2nd Alley East Cedar Grove, Grave
1
William K. Stores
Born Sep. 8, 1803
Died Sep. 2, 1855
He sleeps quietly in the grass.
His spirit we trust is at rest with God.
Lot Owner: William Taylor & C. C. French
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John
Tunis
48 2nd Alley West Cedar Grove (family plot)
John Tunis
Who was born in Newtown, L. I., Nov. 18, 1803,
and died in this city of the prevailing epidemic, September 19, 1855.
Sacred to the memory of John Tunis, philanthropist and merchant prince of
Norfolk.
This monument was erected by the citizens of Norfolk in grateful memory and
as a
loving tribute to one who gave his life in ministering to this stricken community
during the
prevailing epidemic . . . remaining in the city attending and administering
to the wants
of the sick until he himself fell a victim to its ravages.
Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.
He was respected and esteemed by all who know him for his integrity and virture
and faithful discharge of all the duties devolving upon him either in public
or private
life. He was intimately associated with the improvements of the City and took
a
deep interest in everything tending to her advancement. The community of which
he
was a valued and influential member for 23 years mourn his death as a public
loss.
He died perfectly resigned in the hope of a blissful immortality. He was a
loving husband
and indulgent parent and a sincere friend.
Lot Owner: John Tunis
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Anna
N. M. Walke
29-3rd Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from North Line,
West Row
Anna M. N. Walke
Died Sept. 13, 1855
Aged 15 years.
Death like an untimely host,
Snatched from us the purest
Flower of the field.
Owner: John H. Walke
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Mrs.
Mary Walke
4-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, South Grave, East Row
In memory of
Mrs. Mary L. Walke
Wife of Rev. Lewis Walke
Born Oct. 8th, 1820
Died Sept. 11, 1855
She fell victim to the pestilence.
Faithful unto death, a ministering angel to the suffering.
Erected by the Ladies of Christ Church.
Lot Owner: William Walke
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Mary
Webb
20-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line
Center Row
Mary Rose Webb
Born
Jan. 16, 1829
Died
Aug. 10, 1855
Lot Owner: Lt. William Jameson
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Elizabeth
McPherson Whitehead
35-3rd Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave Center Row
Elizabeth McPherson
Daughter of
Nathan C. and Elizabeth Whitehead
Born December 16th, 1824
In the terrible pestilence of 1855, walking with Jesus
who Himself born our sicknesses, by the will of God
she fell asleep September 11th.
And a book of remembrance was written before him of those who
revered the LORD and thought on his name. They shall be
mine, says the LORD of hosts, my special possession on the day when
I act, and I will spare them as parents spare their children
who serve them. Malachi 3: 16, 17
Lot Owner: H. C. Whitehead
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7 Victims of yellow fever memorialized on this
vault:
Sarah S. Sinclair,
Sinclair children: Arthur, Richard Page, Lucy Jones
& Elizabeth Munford.
Mrs. E. B. (or E. D.) Kennon & infant
[Kennons found on lot owner card.]
11-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, Southwest Corner Vault
Com. Arthur Sinclair, U. S. N.
Sarah Sinclair, his wife
Infant son of Lieut. Wm. C. Whittle
U. S. Navy
Elizabeth Beverly, wife of Capt. Wm. C. Whittle, U. S. N.
Arthur Sinclair Whittle,
Mary D. Whittle. 1855. Elizabeth Munford,
Arthur, Richard Page, & Lucy Jones, children of
Dr. Wm. B. & Lucy F. Sinclair,
Lucy, wife of Dr. W. B. Sinclair.
Lot Owner: Arthur Sinclair
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Arthur
S. Whittle
11-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, South Grave, East Row
Arthur S. Whittle
Born April 8, 1835
Died Sep. 3, 1855
Aged 20
Lot Owner: Arthur Sinclair
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Margaret
Ann Wilkinson
15-4th Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave Center
Row
In memory of
Miss Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Born December 8, 1820
Died September 12, 1855
A sainted spirit having now her abode in the realms of bliss.
Lot Owner: John Wilkinson
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Sarah
Virginia Wilkinson
13-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave, East Row
In memory of
Sarah Virginia
Second daughter of
John A. & Martha E. Wilkinson
Died Sep. 22, 1855
Age 10
Owner: Benjamin Russell
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Helen L. Wilson
2AW-Lot 7
Monuument of Capt.
William E. Stark & Family
Helen L. Wilson
Died Sept. 2, 1855
Age 52.
Owner: Alexander Wilson
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Sarah
A. Woodfin
18 2nd Alley East Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line,
West Row
My Mother
Sarah A. Woodfin
Born July 25, 1809
Died Sep. 1, 1855
Aged 46 years.
Lot Owner: W. C. Veale, S. E. Veale & H. Cotton
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Cedar Grove Cemetery
Skyline
December 2003
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