Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Samuel Powel (1738-1793) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October28, 1738.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-76, 1789-90; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1790-93.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died, fromyellow fever, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September29, 1793 (age54 years, 336days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Andrew Onderdonk (1756-1797) — of New York. BornMay 6,1756.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1796-97; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1797; died in office 1797.Died ofyellow fever, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September23, 1797 (age41 years, 140days).Interment atMonfort Family Cemetery, Port Washington, Long Island, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Onderdonk and Phebe (Tredwell) Onderdonk; married to MaryMagdalene Moore. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Hilary Baker (1746-1798) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornFebruary21, 1746.Hardwaremerchant;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1796-98; died in office 1798.Died, fromyellow fever,September25, 1798 (age52 years, 216days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Eleazer McComb (1740-1798) — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,August11, 1740.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;merchant;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84;Delawarestate auditor, 1787-93;bankdirector.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, fromyellow fever, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del., December,1798(age58years, 0 days).Interment atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Edward Langworthy (1738-1802) — of Georgia;Baltimore,Md.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,1738.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777-79;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777.Died, ofyellow fever, inBaltimore,Md.,November2, 1802 (ageabout 64years).Original interment atOldEpiscopal Churchyard (which no longer exists), Baltimore, Md.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Samuel Hunt (1765-1807) — of New Hampshire. Born in Charlestown,SullivanCounty, N.H.,July 8,1765.Lawyer;farmer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1802-03;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1802-05.Died, fromyellow fever, in Gallipolis,GalliaCounty, Ohio,July 7,1807 (age41 years, 364days).Interment atMoundCemetery, Marietta, Ohio. | | Josiah Simpson (1787-1817) — of New Jersey; Mississippi. BornJanuary8, 1787.Judgeof Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1812, 1816.Died, fromyellow fever, near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,September21, 1817 (age30 years, 256days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Simpson and Isabella (Wilson) Simpson. |
| | Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) — also known asRichard C. Anderson, Jr. — of Kentucky. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August4, 1788.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. MinistertoGran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.Slaveowner. Died, ofyellow fever, near Cartagena,Colombia,July24, 1826 (age37 years, 354days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky. | | James Shannon (c.1791-1832) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Claysville,WashingtonCounty, Pa., about 1791.Lawyer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toCentral America, 1832, died in office 1832.Irishancestry.Died, ofyellow fever,1832(ageabout41 years).Intermentsomewherein Frankfort, Ky. | | John Clark (1766-1832) — also known as"Keeper of the Live Oaks" — of Georgia. BornFebruary28, 1766.Governorof Georgia, 1819-23.Died ofyellow fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (nowpart of Panama City,BayCounty), Fla.,October2, 1832 (age66 years, 217days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in1922 atMariettaNational Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. | | Donald McIntosh (1797-1837) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Inverness,Scotland,1797.Physician;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1832-34.Died in ayellow fever epidemic, in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,October6, 1837 (ageabout 40years).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Jack Ferrell Ross (1791-1837) — BornOctober29, 1791.Secretaryof state of Alabama, 1818.Died, ofyellow fever, Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,October12, 1837 (age45 years, 348days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Ross and Temperance (Ferrell) Ross; married to Anne AmeliaFisher and Mary (Bolling) Tabb. |
| | Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839) — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,September11, 1792.Lawyer;secretaryof Alabama Territory, 1818-19;Alabamastate attorney general, 1819;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1825-30.Presbyterian.Died, in ayellow fever epidemic, in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,August11, 1839 (age46 years, 334days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Mobile, Ala. | | Robert Raymond Reid (1789-1841) — also known asRobert R. Reid — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.;St. JohnsCounty, Fla.Born inBeaufortCounty, S.C.,September8, 1789.Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1816-19, 1827-32;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-23; circuit judge inGeorgia, 1823-25;justice ofFlorida territorial supreme court, 1832-39;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,1838-39;Governorof Florida Territory, 1839-41.Unitarian.Slaveowner. Died ofyellow fever. at Blackwood Plantation (now calledHarwood Plantation),LeonCounty, Fla.,July 1,1841 (age51 years, 296days).Interment atHarwoodPlantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla. | | Lackland McIntosh Stone (1801-1842) — also known asLackland M. Stone;Lachlan McIntoshStone —of St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe,GulfCounty), Fla.Born in Georgia,September11, 1801.Lawyer;memberFlorida territorial council, 1828-31.Died, ofyellow fever, in St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now PortSt. Joe,GulfCounty), Fla.,April11, 1842 (age40 years, 212days).Burial location unknown. | | William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) — also known asWilliam S. Murphy;"Patrick Henry of theWest" —of Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio.Born in South Carolina, about 1796. Whig.Lawyer;delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charged'Affaires toTexas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844.Died, ofyellow fever, in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,July 13,1844 (ageabout 48years).Original interment and cenotaph atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reintermentsomewherein Chillicothe, Ohio. | | Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) — also known asPatrick C. Jack — of Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,1808.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-44.Died ofyellow fever in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August4, 1844 (ageabout 36years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Houston Jack (1806-1844) — of Alabama; Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,April12, 1806.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died inoffice 1844.Died ofyellow fever inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,August20, 1844 (age38 years, 130days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known asLouis D. Wilson — ofEdgecombeCounty, N.C.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,May 12,1789.Democrat.Notarypublic; justice of the peace;merchant;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died inoffice 1847;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegateto Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1835;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromyellow fever, while serving in the U.S. Army in theMexicanWar, in Veracruz,Veracruz,August12, 1847 (age58 years, 92days).Original interment atRocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in1904 atTarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C. | | Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) — of Texas. Born inFranklinCounty, Tenn.,July 10,1813.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charged'Affaires to the United States, 1842;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic tothe United States.Died ofyellow fever whilecampaigningfor Governor, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October11, 1847 (age34 years, 93days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | Moseley Baker (1802-1848) — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; San Felipe,AustinCounty, Tex.;GalvestonCounty, Tex.;HarrisCounty, Tex.Born inNorfolk,Va.,September20, 1802.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Armyduring the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;candidate forTexasRepublic Senate, 1842.Died, ofyellow fever, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,November4, 1848 (age46 years, 45days).Original intermentsomewherein Houston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Isaac S. McMicken (d. 1860) — of Texas. Born in Pennsylvania. U.S. Consul inAcapulco, 1858-60, died in office 1860.Died, ofyellow fever, in Acapulco (Acapulco deJuárez),Guerrero,1860.Burial location unknown. | | Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) — also known asH. E. Peck — of Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1821.Republican.Collegeprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toHaiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 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 werearrestedandchargedwith "infringement of theFugitiveSlave Law"; thetrialended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) wereindicted for kidnapping.Died, ofyellow fever, inHaiti,June9, 1867 (age45 years, 324days).Intermentsomewherein Oberlin, Ohio. | | Anthony Martin Branch (1823-1867) — of Texas. Born inBuckinghamCounty, Va.,July 16,1823.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859; member ofTexasstate senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died ofyellow fever, in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,October3, 1867 (age44 years, 79days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Huntsville, Tex. | | James Sanders Holman (1804-1867) — also known asJames S. Holman — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born inHarrisonCounty, Ky.,February7, 1804.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayorof Houston, Tex., 1837.Died, fromyellow fever, in Bryan,BrazosCounty, Tex.,December8, 1867 (age63 years, 304days).Burial location unknown. | | James H. McColley (d. 1869) — of Pennsylvania. U.S. Consul inCallao, 1864-69, died in office 1869.Died, ofyellow fever, in Lima,Peru,April17, 1869.Burial location unknown. | | Alexander M. Arzeno (d. 1878) — of Newport,MonroeCounty, Mich.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Monroe County, 1847;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member ofMichiganstate senate 8th District, 1853-54.Died, ofyellow fever, in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,November19, 1878.Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Jesse Hale Moore (1817-1883) — also known asJesse H. Moore — of Illinois. Born near Lebanon,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,April22, 1817.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1869-73; U.S. ConsulinCallao, 1881-83, died in office 1883.Died, fromyellow fever, in Callao,Peru,July11, 1883 (age66 years, 80days).Original intermentsomewhere in Peru; reinterment atGreenwoodCemetery, Decatur, Ill. | | John R. Meade (c.1851-1894) — of New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in New York, about 1851. Democrat.Printer;U.S. Consul inSanto Domingo, 1893-94, died in office 1894.Died, fromyellow fever, in Santo Domingo,DominicanRepublic,January21, 1894 (ageabout 43years).Burial location unknown.  | Thomas Nast (1840-1902) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Landau,Germany,September27, 1840.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;newscorrespondent andcartoonistforHarper's Weekly and othermagazinesandnewspapers;noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant andDemocratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York Citypolitical bossWilliamM. Tweed; U.S. Consul General inGuayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.Germanancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died, ofyellow fever, in Guayaquil,Ecuador,December7, 1902 (age62 years, 71days).Original intermentsomewherein Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | | Frederick Bonar (c.1869-1905) — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born about 1869.Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inPensacola,Fla., 1900-05.Died, fromyellow fever, in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,October10, 1905 (ageabout 36years).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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