1918-1919 Spanish Influenza Epidemic |
Exactly when and where the Spanish Influenza began remain uncertain; however, it was so-called because Spain was the first serious point of attack. Accute respiratory infections suddenly began to be noticed at military installations in the United States. Fort Riley, Kansas was the first to be hit by the disease, in March 1918. By October 1918, some U.S. Army camps were reporting a death every hour. The outbreak is thought to have killed about 500,000 Americans. By 1930's scientist were able to find the virus that caused influenza, and later a cure. This list contains a hand full of Richland Parish residents who's death certificate listed either of Influenza or Pneumonia as the cause of death. Please note, this list is not a complete listing of influenza epidemic deaths for the Richland Parish area. Due to uncontrollable circumstances some deaths were not officially recorded. |
RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA |
NAME | AGE |
SEX |
RACE/COLOR | STATUS |
DEATH DATE |
CERT. NO. |
Anderson, Dal | 50 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Dec 17 1918 |
23857 |
Anthony, Donny | 30 |
Male |
Black |
? |
Nov 10 1918 |
24380 |
Anthony, Edd | 30 |
Male |
Black |
? |
Nov 15 1918 |
24382 |
Babon, Lillie | 30 |
Female |
Black |
? |
Nov 22 1918 |
24383 |
Ball, Lillie Hooker | 49 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Jan 27 1919 |
1137 |
Bird, Trine | 24 |
Female |
Black |
Married |
Jan 03 1919 |
1165 |
Brago, Laura | 23 |
Female |
Black |
Married |
Nov 01 1918 |
24875 |
Brown, Edna | 30 |
Female |
Black |
- |
Nov 20 1918 |
23862 |
Brown, Fannie | 20 |
Female |
Black |
Married |
Nov 04 1918 |
20446 |
Buckley, Ella | 12 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Oct 29 1918 |
20428 |
Burk, Lucinda | 12 |
Female |
Black |
- |
Jan 07 1919 |
1158 |
Burley, Joseph | 18 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Dec Nov 1918 |
23865 |
Burley, Millie | 8 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Dec 20 1918 |
23867 |
Carter, Felix | 17 |
Male |
Black |
- |
Jan 07 1919 |
1141 |
Cherry, Lue Reatha | 4 mos |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Nov 19 1918 |
20450 |
Chesley, Mary | 30 |
Female |
Black |
- |
Jan 31 1919 |
1149 |
Creese, Melborne | 35 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Jan 24 1919 |
1148 |
Daggett, Lilla | 70 |
Female |
Black |
Widow |
Oct 20 1918 |
24870 |
Davis, Mary | 30 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Dec 29 1918 |
23868 |
Dees, Nancy Penda | 33 |
Female |
White |
- |
Jan 10 1919 |
1153 |
Dublin Jr., Forest | 20 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Jan 06 1919 |
1156 |
Fagan, Daisy | 28 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Dec 29 1918 |
23869 |
Ford, Clara Pearl | 28 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Nov 27 1918 |
20451 |
Gibson, Mark | 14 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 07 1918 |
20449 |
Gonzales, Mary B | 3 |
Female |
Col. Mex. |
Single |
Nov 2 1918 |
24373 |
Goss, Ethel | 21 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Jan 10 1919 |
1152 |
Gray, Haywood | 33 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Jan 10 1919 |
1144 |
Grayson, Laura | 45 |
Female |
Black |
- |
Nov 24 1918 |
20447 |
Green, Liza | Abt 1 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Dec 13 1918 |
24378 |
Gwin, Isbella Barfield | 73 |
Female |
White |
- |
Jan 08 1919 |
1142 |
Haley, Harriet | 68 |
Female |
Black |
Married |
Nov 26 1918 |
20454 |
Handy, Mary Beatris | 3 mos |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Jan 08 1919 |
1159 |
Harland, Lusana | 6 mos |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Jan 03 1919 |
1167 |
Harris, Thomas C | 77 |
Male |
White |
? |
Sept 7 1918 |
24374 |
Heeding, Belle | 52 |
Female |
Black |
Widow |
Jan 11 1919 |
1134 |
Hill, Mandy | 2 mos |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Jan 06 1919 |
1168 |
Hooker, Annie E | 15 |
Female |
White |
Single |
Jan 13 1919 |
1135 |
Hooter ( ?iby), Evelyn | 30 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Nov 02 1918 |
20452 |
Jackson, Mamie | 40 |
Female |
Black |
? |
Dec 15 1918 |
24379 |
Jackson, S.J. | 35 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Nov 12 1918 |
24876 |
Jacobs, S.S. | 35 |
Male |
Black |
- |
Jan 03 1919 |
1150 |
Jenkins, James | 63 |
Male |
Black |
Widow |
Nov 21 1918 |
20445 |
Jenkins, Sis | 12 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Nov 07 1918 |
20443 |
Jenkins, Willie | 09 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 06 1918 |
23859 |
Jett, Jennie | 22 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Oct 28 1918 |
23854 |
Jew, Joe | 22 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Oct 30 1918 |
20437 |
Jiles, Willie | ? |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Oct 12 1918 |
20426 |
Jones, Sylvester | 37 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Dec 22 1918 |
24877 |
Keys, Julia | 4 mos |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Nov 05 1918 |
20448 |
Lark, Elishar | 3 mos |
Male |
Black |
- |
Jan 08 1919 |
1160 |
Loyd, Robert | 11 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 28 1918 |
20435 |
Mack, Tommie | 20 |
Male |
Black |
- |
Jan 19 1919 |
1145 |
Marshall, Simon | 37 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Jan 07 1919 |
1133 |
McCree, Foster | 21 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 02 1918 |
20438 |
Mitchell, Sony | 16 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Dec 30 1918 |
23858 |
Moore, Eddie | 37 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Nov 13 1918 |
23874 |
Murry Jr., Geo | 09 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Sep 15 1918 |
24873 |
Nelson, Joe | 49 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Dec 12 1918 |
23856 |
Nichols, Tom | 22 |
Male |
Black |
? |
Oct 28 1918 |
24376 |
Perkins, Joe | 50 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 14 1918 |
20432 |
Phillips, Lucy | 28 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Dec 02 1918 |
23864 |
Pinlen, Helen | 5 |
Female |
White |
Single |
Nov 04 1918 |
20431 |
Poindexter, T.B. Dr. | 77 |
Male |
White |
- |
Nov 29 1918 |
23863 |
Pomer, Annie | 18 |
Female |
Black |
- |
Nov 23 1918 |
20434 |
Rencher, Hully | 16 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 03 1918 |
20430 |
Reynolds, Ms. | UKN |
Male |
White |
? |
Oct 5 1918 |
24375 |
Robinson, Char Aron | 36 |
Male |
White |
Single |
Nov 03 1918 |
20440 |
Robinson, Lem | 19 |
Male |
Black |
- |
Nov 12 1918 |
23861 |
Rushing, George | 39 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Nov 15 1918 |
20433 |
Sharbono, George | 1 |
Male |
White |
Single |
Jan 02 1919 |
1155 |
Sharbono, Mandy | 28 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Jan 07 1919 |
1166 |
Shevon(?), Lee | 70 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Oct 29 1918 |
24874 |
Smith, Etta Morris | 26 |
Female |
White |
Married |
Nov 10 1918 |
20444 |
Spears, David | 6 |
Male |
Black |
- |
Jan 06 1919 |
1157 |
Spencer, Joh?? | 19 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Jan 11 1919 |
1164 |
Staton, Chas | 33 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Dec 31 1918 |
23866 |
Sturdivant, Friley | 34 |
Male |
White |
Married |
Oct 15 1918 |
20427 |
Thomas, Johnnie | 6 days |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Nov 14 1918 |
24381 |
Tigna, Dara | 21 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Nov 16 1918 |
20453 |
Veland, Nona | 52 |
Female |
Black |
- |
Nov 08 1918 |
23860 |
Wagham, John | 88 |
Male |
White |
- |
Sep 12 1918 |
24872 |
Walls, Bill | 14 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Jan 12 1919 |
1161 |
White, Felix | 8 |
Male |
Black |
- |
Jan 10 1919 |
1143 |
Williams, Luvenia | 2 mos |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Oct 30 1918 |
20429 |
Wilson(?), Mack | 47 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
May 31 1917 |
24877-A |
Wilson, Woodrow | UKN |
Male |
Black |
? |
Oct 29 1918 |
24377 |
Wood, Annie | 37 |
Female |
Black |
Divorced |
Nov 27 1918 |
20441 |
Wood, Maggie | 24 |
Female |
Black |
Single |
Nov 29 1918 |
20442 |
Wright Jr., Louis | 33 |
Male |
Black |
Married |
Jan 01 1919 |
1140 |
Wright, Clara Hare | 33 |
Female |
White |
- |
Dec 14 1918 |
23855 |
Wright, Fred | 1 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Jan 13 1919 |
1162 |
Wright, Willie | 16 |
Male |
Black |
Single |
Oct 23 1918 |
23870 |
NOTE: Color or Race for "Black, Col, Colored, Negro" was change to Black.
If your ancestor is listed and you want a copy of the death certificate,
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State of Louisiana State Archives
3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809-2137, (225) 922-1000
Page added July 6, 2000/Revised June 12, 2001