{"id":501,"date":"2011-12-26T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T02:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/?page_id=501"},"modified":"2011-12-26T21:47:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T02:47:43","slug":"influenza-epidemic-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/influenza-epidemic-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"Influenza Epidemic 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"

excerpted from: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917 – 1919<\/strong><\/em>, by Annie Sutton Cameron, published shortly after the end of WWI<\/span><\/p>\n

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Influenza Deaths in Orange County, 1918<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Deaths in Carrboro<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Henry Joseph Burgess
\nRosa A. Clark
\nMrs. Ida Biggs Vaughan
\nJohn A. Foushee
\nSidney Cates
\nMartha Blackwood
\nNonie Burgess
\nDonnie Williams King (infant)
\nJames O. Hargraves (Colored)
\nMelvina Jones (Colored)
\nQuen Victoria Brewer (Colored)<\/p>\n

Deaths in and around Hillsboro<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Robert Adams, 10\/19\/1918
\nFrank Riley, 10\/20\/1918
\nJames Jones (Colored), 1024\/1918
\nJim Jones (Colored), 10\/1918
\nMrs. Lacy Marlette, 11\/1918<\/p>\n

Deaths in Chapel Hill<\/span>:<\/p>\n

John N. Alston
\nBessie Corinna Roper
\nEdward Kidder Graham
\nVeron Herndon
\nMary Louise Strowd
\nW. McB. Bunting, non-resident
\nRobert L. Temple, non-resident
\nK. McKoy Scott, non-resident
\nJosephine T. Hannah, non-resident<\/p>\n

Deaths in Little River Township<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Mrs. Ida Wagoner
\nDock Parrish
\nEd Hester (Colored)<\/p>\n

Deaths in Cedar Grove<\/span>:<\/p>\n

There were about 375 cases of Spanish influenza in\u00a0Cedar Grove Township and only four deaths.<\/p>\n

Red Cross Volunteers<\/span><\/p>\n

The ladies of the Red Cross were asked to make garments for the sick in emergency cases, and this was gladly done at a moment’s notice.\u00a0 People were very generous in furnishing buttermilk and soup, not only those in town, but a quantity of milk was furnished by people out of town, especially east of town.\u00a0 The Rev. Mr. Hester, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Robertson and Mrs. J. C. Web alternatively collected this milk for use at West Hill and in town.\u00a0 Among those who helped by serving or furnishing nourishment are:<\/p>\n

Miss Hattie Kirkland.\u00a0 Mrs. Giles,\u00a0 Mrs. Tom Jackson,\u00a0 Mrs. Frank Weaver,\u00a0 Mrs. James Scarlett,\u00a0 Mrs. Jesse Martin,\u00a0 Mrs. Cain Roberts,\u00a0 Mrs. John Bacon,\u00a0 Mrs. W. Y. Walker,\u00a0 Mrs. J. W. Walker,\u00a0 Mrs. P. S. Walker,\u00a0 Mrs. John W. Jackson,\u00a0 Mrs. John Sharp,\u00a0 Mrs. W. D. Benton,\u00a0 Mrs. W. H. Webb,\u00a0 Mrs. E. M. Lockhart,\u00a0 Mrs. Charles Andrews,\u00a0 Mrs. W. A. Hayes,\u00a0 Miss Sue Hayes,\u00a0 Mrs. P. C. Collins,\u00a0 Mrs. W. L. Wall,\u00a0 Miss H. P. Collins,\u00a0 Miss Mary A. Collins,\u00a0 Mrs. Jos. C. Webb,\u00a0 Mrs. James Newman,\u00a0 Mrs. Mollie E. Latta,\u00a0 Mrs. T. N. Webb,\u00a0 Mrs. J. S. Spurgeon,\u00a0 Miss Pattie Spurgeon,\u00a0 Miss Mary Spurgeon,\u00a0 Mrs. Shepperd Strudwick,\u00a0 Mrs. tom Arrowsmith,\u00a0 Miss Annie Strudwick,\u00a0 The Misses Cate,\u00a0 Gen. J. S. Carr,\u00a0 Miss Margaret Webb,\u00a0 Miss Mary Webb,\u00a0 Miss Sarah Webb,\u00a0 Miss Helen Webb,\u00a0 Miss Margaret Forrest,\u00a0 Miss Josephine Forrest,\u00a0 Miss Virgie Cole,\u00a0 Miss Lillie Bivins,\u00a0 Miss Reba Reeves,\u00a0 Mrs. James Webb,\u00a0 Mrs. Claud Sharp,\u00a0 Mrs. W. A. Heartt,\u00a0 Miss Rebecca Wall,\u00a0 Miss E. R. Hamilton,\u00a0 Miss Annie Cameron,\u00a0 Mrs. George Lynch,\u00a0 Mrs. S. W. Oldham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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