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The surname is in ALL CAPS, the date of death as recorded, the cause of death is next and notes by Basil McVey and possible links to other information is included in the last column.
Names are included if the cause of death was influenza, typhoid fever, pneumonia fever (but not just pneumonia) or related to the flu. There were other deaths where the cause of death was illegible or unknown and they are not included unless it appears that a family member died from one of the above causes just before or after they died.
From 10 Sep 1918 through 30 Apr 1919, 147 people died per the death records. Subtracting illegible, not stated and unknown death causes leaves a total of 131. There were 68 deaths that were related to influenza from September 1, 1918 thorugh April 30, 1919.
Name |
Death Date |
Cause of Death |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace CROW | 10 Sep 1918 | influenza | |
| Joe R. SMITH | 15 Oct 1918 | influenza | |
| Mrs. Martha CRESS | 20 Oct 1918 | influenza | Martha Ellen "Mattie" Arnold |
| John Thomas PLEASANT | 23 Oct 1918 | influenza | |
| James W. ALLEN | 24 Oct 1918 | Spanish influenza | |
| Eva Virginia STURGILL | 26 Oct 1918 | pneumonia following influenza | d/o Benjamin Harrison Sturgill and Cora Eula Dollar, Shingletown Cemetery |
| Bertha May NEELY | 27 Oct 1918 | influenza and heart failure | J. S. & Mattie L. Neely, Acre Field Cemetery |
| John P. DAVIS | 28 Oct 1918 | Spanish influenza | |
| Alvon Ray CRESS | 30 Oct 1918 | influenza followed by pneumonia | |
| Elbert W. WATSON | 30 Oct 1918 | influenza | |
| Reuette BROOKSHIRE | 2 Nov 1918 | typhoid fever | |
| Ruby Selvia JONES | 6 Nov 1918 | influenza | |
| James L. MAIN | 7 Nov 1918 | influenza | |
| Zelda Pearl CAMPBELL | 8 Nov 1918 | influenza | |
| Infant MCQUEEN | 10 Nov 1918 | unknown | father died the next day |
| John D. MCQUEEN | 11 Nov 1918 | influenza | died the day after his daughter |
| Robert SWIFT | 15 Nov 1918 | pneumonia following influenza | |
| Lora May WALKER | 21 Nov 1918 | cold and influenza | |
| Otis LEWIS | 23 Nov 1918 | Spanish influenza | Otis David Lewis s/o John C. Lewis and Lillie Callie Hampton |
| Susannah STOUT | 26 Nov 1918 | influenza | |
| Willard STANSBERRY | 27 Nov 1918 | influenza | |
| Roscoe VAUGHT | 1 Dec 1918 | Spanish influenza followed by pneumonia | s/o David H. Vaught and Evaline Snyder, Vaught Cemetery |
| Mary SHOUN | 3 Dec 1918 | influenza | |
| David HORN | 5 Dec 1918 | Spanish influenza | |
| Delie HEATON | 8 Dec 1918 | pneumonia following influenza | |
| Vera CHRISTIE | 12 Dec 1918 | influenza followed by pneumonia | Vera Tester Christie d/o Nathaniel C. Tested and Cordelia Ward, Tester Cemetery |
| Lonnie H. ROBERTS | 13 Dec 1918 | influenza | |
| Blain Evert WILSON | 14 Dec 1918 | hooping cough followed by influenza | s/o William Wilson and Callie Dowell, Hawkins Cemetery |
| Hubert HORN | 14 Dec 1918 | pneumonia following influenza | |
| Okie Ann NORRIS | 14 Dec 1918 | pneumonia fever | |
| Charles PATRICK | 15 Dec 1918 | pneumonia following influenza | |
| Jellada DUNN | 16 Dec 1918 | thought to be influenza | |
| Rosecrans SHAW Jr. | 19 Dec 1918 | influenza | |
| Infant SWIFT | 18 Dec 1918 | premature delivery, mother had influenza | mother Ethel Roberts Swift died the next day |
| Ethel Roberts SWIFT | 19 Dec 1918 | pulmonary edema, influenza | d/o Ed Roberts and Mary Jane Stout, w/o Richard Lawson Swift, Wilson Cemetery |
| John ROARK | 29 Dec 1918 | influenza | |
| Donald RANKINS | 29 Dec 1918 | pneumonia followed by influenza | |
| Felist Stout ROBERTS | 31 Dec 1918 | influenza | |
| Blaine HEATON | 3 Jan 1919 | flue | s/o Samuel Jesse Heaton and Martha Jayne Tester |
| Ellen ARNOLD | 5 Jan 1919 | influenza | d/o John Arnold and Martha Church |
| Doran Donally ROBERTS | 5 Jan 1919 | influenza and broncho pneumonia | |
| Mrs. Mollie CHURCH | 12 Jan 1919 | influenza followed by pneumonia | |
| Hytie Bell WILSON | 14 Jan 1919 | influenza followed by pneumonia | |
| Millie Ida BOWERS | 16 Jan 1919 | broncho pneumonia, premature delivery and influenza | |
| Memphis M GENTRY | 17 Jan 1919 | influenza | |
| Mrs. Elizie POWELL | 18 Jan 1919 | influenza | |
| Ethel BROWN | 19 Jan 1919 | Spanish influenza | |
| Mrs. Myra Bowers DUGGER | 20 Jan 1919 | influenza | |
| Jasper Parked WILSON | 22 Jan 1919 | flue | |
| Robert Logan MAYS | 23 Jan 1919 | influenza | |
| Garfield CHURCH | 23 Jan 1919 | influenza | |
| Norma Rebecca FARTHING | 25 Jan 1919 | influenza and broncho pneumonia | |
| Baxter R. Gentry | 26 Jan 1919 | pneumonia and influenza | s/o Lafayette Gentry, Phillippi Cemetery |
| Sallie B. GARFIELD | 29 Jan 1919 | influenza and pneumonia | d/o William James Morefield and Margaret Greer |
| Andrew Dewey ISAACS | 30 Jan 1919 | supposed to be influenza | |
| Benie Mae BROOKS | 31 Jan 1919 | pneumonia following influenza | |
| Infant WAGNER | 16 Jan 1919 | stillborn, mother ill with influenza 5 days | |
| Sanford GARLAND | 4 Feb 1919 | influenza and pneumonia fever | |
| Nettie Belle ARNOLD | 7 Feb 1919 | influenza | d/o Edward Charles Arnold and Christine (Christina) Shepherd, Phillippi Cemetery |
| Birtha BENTLEY | 10 Feb 1919 | influenza and whooping cough | |
| Ruby Jane ELDRITH | 15 Feb 1919 | Spanish influenza | |
| Arlena HEATON | 20 Feb 1919 | influenza and pneumonia fever | |
| Beatrice JOHNSON | 23 Feb 1919 | spinal meingitis following influenza | |
| S.D. PHILLIPPI | 23 Feb 1919 | bronchial pneumonia following influenza | Samuel D. Phillippi, Jr. s/o Samuel D. Phillippi and Pearl Loretta Gentry, Phillippi Cemetery |
| Mary POTTER | 5 Mar 1919 | typhoid fever followed by pneumonia | |
| Elvy Grace WILSON | 11 Mar 1919 | supposed to be influenza | |
| Malinda HODGE | 17 Mar 1919 | influenza | |
| James Edgar THOMAS | 30 Apr 1919 | influenza, broncho pneumonia |
"The Spanish Influenza pandemic is the catastrophe against which all modern pandemics are measured. It is estimated that approximately 20 to 40 percent of the worldwide population became ill and that over 50 million people died. Between September 1918 and April 1919, approximately 675,000 deaths from the flu occurred in the U.S. alone. Many people died from this very quickly. Some people who felt well in the morning became sick by noon, and were dead by nightfall. Those who did not succumb to the disease within the first few days often died of complications from the flu (such as pneumonia) caused by bacteria." Source: http://www.pandemicflu.gov/general/historicaloverview.html
To find out more about Pandemic Flu visit www.pandemicflu.gov. To see the History of Pandemics click here.
True or False: The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed more people than died in World War I?
Want to be sure? Check out this link.
1. Johnson County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts, 1908-1943 by Eddie M. Nikazy
This book is still available by requesting the book and sending a check or money order for $25.00 to:
Eddie M. Nikazy
139 Glenn Hill Dr
Hendersonville, TN 37075-5136
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This page added December 5, 2006 and updated December 6, 2006
Copyright © 2006 Basil L. McVey & Eddie M. Nikazy