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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Edward
& Rebecca Daly
9 Main Alley, Cedar Grove
Edward - South Grave, Center Row
Rebecca - 2nd from South Line, Center Row
Sacred to the memory of Edward and Rebecca Daly
Who departed this life
on the 1st day of September 1855.
Lot Owner: Edward Daly
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Edward
J. Delaney
24-1st Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave East Row
EDWARD
Son of Edward & Amanda E. Delaney
Born June 12, 1853
Died Sept. 3, 1855
Lot Owner: Edward Delaney
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Florence
Delaney
24-st Alley West Cedar Grove, Southeast Grave, Center
Row
Baby of Edward J. & Amanda E. Delaney
Born August 12, 1853
Died Sept. 20, 1855
. . .she has been gathered
Ere life's thorn could waste its bloom
Pure as when she was first . . .
She now rests within.
Lot Owner: Edward Delaney
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John
R. Delaney
24-1st Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line,
West Row
To the memory of John R. Delaney
Born Oct. 13, 1828
Who died Sept. 2, 1855
Lot Owner: Edward Delaney
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William
D. Delaney (Mayor)
Lot 24, 1st Alley West, Cedar Grove, Grave #4
To the memory of my husband
William D. Delaney
Born Oct. 22, 1810
Who died Sept. 18, 1855
Thou canst not come to me,
There are no tears in heaven and thou wouldst weep.
Couldst thou but bend above my troubled sleep,
And mark how bitterly I call on thee.
Lot Owner: Edward Delaney
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Thomas
C. Dixon
57-4th Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from South
Line, East Row
In memory of Thomas C. Dixon
Born December 20, 1791
Died Sep. 5th, 1855
This corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality. I Cor. 16:53
Lot Owner: Thomas C. Dixon
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William
D. Dunbar
33-1st Alley East Cedar Grove, South Grave East Row
In memory of Wm. D. Dunbar
Born Sept. 25th, 1801
Died Sept. 2nd, 1855
He was a victim to that dreadful scrounge
the yellow fever which raged in the summer of 1855.
A devoted husband, an affectionate father.
Into thy hand I commit my spirit. Ps. XXXI:V
Lot Owner: W. D. Dunbar
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Jno.
S. & Julia A. Fatherly
24-4th Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from North Line,
Center Row
Father
Capt. Jno. S. Fatherly
1808-1855
Mother
Julia A. Fatherly
1810-1855
Son
Jno. W. Fatherly
1852-1880
Lot Owner: John S. Fatherly & John Peck
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Henry
Ferguson
7-4th Alley West Cedar Grove, South Grave, West Row
Henry Ferguson
Died in 1855.
Lot Owner: Henry Ferguson Estate
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William
Boyd Ferguson
18-5th Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from North Line,
Center Row
President of the Howard Association
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Dr.
Alexander Galt
34-1st Avenue West Cedar Grove, North Grave East Row
(Postmaster)
In memory of
Alexander Galt
Born in Williamsburg
Feb. 12, 1799
Died in Norfolk
Sept. 22, 1855
Lot Owner: Alex Galt
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Ann
J. Galt
34-1st Avenue West Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line
East Row
(1st name on gravestone)
Anne Jeffery Galt
Daughter of Alexander and Mary Silvester Jeffery Galt
Born Dec. 14, 1822
Died Oct. 20, 1855
Lot Owner: Alex Galt
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James
Washington Gibbons
E 1/2 15-3rd Alley East Cedar Grove, Center Grave
West Row
In memory of
James Washington Gibbons
Who died Aug. 23, 1855
Aged 53.
Their children:
Robert, died Aug. 30, 1855, aged 5 mon.
Washington, died March 8, 1850, aged 2 day.
Lot Owner: Jesse White & John Gibbons
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Matilda
Gibbons
E. 1/2 15-3rd Alley East Cedar Grove, 2nd from South
Line West Row
(gravestone lies in front of that of James W. Gibbons)
Matilda Gibbons
Daughter of
Jas. Wash. & Catharine Gibbons
Died Aug. 23, 1855
Lot Owner: Jesse White & John Gibbons
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Charles, Mary & Thomas Gilbert
Mrs. Fannie Green
20-2nd Alley East Cedar Grove
Thomas W. Gilbert
His wife Mary E.
Their son Charles W.
Mrs. Fannie Green
Died 1855
Lot Owner: Thos. W. Gilbert & Robt Parrott
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David
W. Glass
45-5th Alley West Cedar Grove, 2nd from North Line,
East Row
Died
August 6, 1855
David W. Glass
Lot Owner: D. W. Glass
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John Dozier Gordan, Sr.
Cedar Grove East Main 5-Lot 7
Initials on Footstones & Urn
Sources: Register of Death & Richmond Daily Dispatch
John Dozier Gordan, Sr., September 24, 1855, age 56
Susan Gordan, wife of John, September 16, 1855, age 50
Francis Gordan, son, September 21, 1855
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William
Greenwood
14-3rd Alley East Cedar Grove, 2nd from South Line
East Row
In memory of
Wm. Greenwood
Born March 31, 1823
Died August 20, 1855
Lot Owner: M. Greenwood
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William
H. Hallet
57-4th Alley West Cedar Grove, South Grave, West Row
In memory of William J. Hallet
Born Sep. 12th, 1814
Died Sep. 2nd, 1855
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and the Lamb
shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. Rev. XXII:3
Lot Owner: Thomas C. Dixon
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George
I. Halson, M. D
8-2nd Alley West Cedar Grove, North Grave, Center
Row
(gravestone lying down)
George I. Halson, M. D.
Born October 4, 1817
Died September 2, 1855
A devoted son, an affectionate brother
A faithful friend, an upright citizen
A skillful physician, a true Christian
He nobly sacrificed himself in saving others
from the ravages of the pestilence.
Lot Owner: George Halson
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