The Great Influenza Pandemic of the Winter of 1918-1919

During the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, over 550,000 people in the State of Louisiana died of Influenza.  During the five month period of September 1, 1918 to January 31, 1919, Tensas Parish had 136 people die.  While all of them might not have died of the flu, the vast majority of them did.  Millions more died around the world including over 8 million in Spain where it is believed to have started.

 

Name	Death Date	Estimated Birth Year	Parish	Age
Leana Diggs	2-Sep-18	1885	Tensas	33
Wilton Taylor	3-Sep-18	1907	Tensas	11
Dorsha Henderson	4-Sep-18	1867	Tensas	51
Mary Carter	7-Sep-18	1917	Tensas	1
Samuel Marks	7-Sep-18	1855	Tensas	63
Joseph Parker	7-Sep-18	1880	Tensas	38
Leo Parson	13-Sep-18	1917	Tensas	1
Alex Washington	17-Sep-18	1918	Tensas	0
George Skinner	21-Sep-18	1893	Tensas	25
Caroline Smith	25-Sep-18	1900	Tensas	18
Frank H. Bailey	26-Sep-18	1870	Tensas	48
Hirum Johnson	26-Sep-18	1872	Tensas	46
Lydia Bradshaw	27-Sep-18	1870	Tensas	48
Malem C. Mallory	27-Sep-18	1860	Tensas	58
Emma Wright	28-Sep-18	1888	Tensas	30
Jack Robison	29-Sep-18	1833	Tensas	85
N. A. Walton	30-Sep-18	1871	Tensas	47
Exoline Nelson	1-Oct-18	1908	Tensas	10
Henry Blunt	4-Oct-18	1897	Tensas	21
Maggie Millis	4-Oct-18	1883	Tensas	35
Magy Willis	4-Oct-18	1883	Tensas	35
Sidney Hardley	5-Oct-18	1890	Tensas	28
Lora Howard Monroe	5-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
Will Thomas	5-Oct-18	1890	Tensas	28
Childs	7-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
Childs	7-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
Edith Fulton	8-Oct-18	1880	Tensas	38
Brant Blue Lee	8-Oct-18	1898	Tensas	20
Neal Bordley	10-Oct-18	1846	Tensas	72
William Duncan Grisham	11-Oct-18	1846	Tensas	72
Emma Framon	12-Oct-18	1848	Tensas	70
Susie B. Smith	12-Oct-18	1883	Tensas	35
Margaret Brown	13-Oct-18	1892	Tensas	26
Louis White	13-Oct-18	1868	Tensas	50
Searles Haynes	14-Oct-18	1912	Tensas	6
James Bennett	15-Oct-18		Tensas
Iza Evans	15-Oct-18	1899	Tensas	19
Joseph Henry	15-Oct-18	1915	Tensas	3
Henry Nelson	15-Oct-18	1844	Tensas	74
Cora Linsey Donall	17-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
Russell Mason	17-Oct-18	1916	Tensas	2
Peter Petty	18-Oct-18	1901	Tensas	17
Josephine Wesly	18-Oct-18	1853	Tensas	65
Martha Bishop	19-Oct-18	1891	Tensas	27
William Henry Davis	19-Oct-18	1866	Tensas	52
Jacob Parker	19-Oct-18	1872	Tensas	46
Clay Arta Cary	20-Oct-18	1917	Tensas	1
Richard Eusters Fulton	21-Oct-18	1882	Tensas	36
Roxie Dennis	22-Oct-18	1898	Tensas	20
Madison Griffin	22-Oct-18	1858	Tensas	60
Ben McDonald	22-Oct-18	1883	Tensas	35
Ruth Hyman	23-Oct-18	1888	Tensas	30
Georgia Elliott	24-Oct-18	1912	Tensas	6
Mary Wide	24-Oct-18	1897	Tensas	21
Andrew Marshall	25-Oct-18	1871	Tensas	47
Florene Toner	26-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
Florene Tower	26-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
George Clark	28-Oct-18	1890	Tensas	28
Andrew Jones	28-Oct-18	1892	Tensas	26
Collins	29-Oct-18	1918	Tensas	0
Dora Hyne	31-Oct-18	1899	Tensas	19
Lea Kinstra	1-Nov-18	1897	Tensas	21
Henry Nelson	1-Nov-18	1898	Tensas	20
Simon Stevenson	1-Nov-18	1900	Tensas	18
Nathan Bryant	2-Nov-18	1897	Tensas	21
Sallie Evans	4-Nov-18	1898	Tensas	20
Hannah Fox	4-Nov-18	1893	Tensas	25
Rena Adams	5-Nov-18	1883	Tensas	35
Susan Thomas	5-Nov-18	1848	Tensas	70
Ellen Bell	7-Nov-18	1845	Tensas	73
Earl Smith	7-Nov-18	1918	Tensas	0
Rosa Lee	9-Nov-18	1893	Tensas	25
Menerva Richardson	10-Nov-18	1896	Tensas	22
Liza Slatton	10-Nov-18	1880	Tensas	38
Julia Wiley	10-Nov-18	1843	Tensas	75
Viola Lewis	12-Nov-18	1913	Tensas	5
Irene Waits	12-Nov-18	1848	Tensas	70
Lula Kempe	14-Nov-18	1885	Tensas	33
Hearetta Ruffin	16-Nov-18	1844	Tensas	74
Frank Sulivan	16-Nov-18	1899	Tensas	19
Jonas Jones	17-Nov-18	1866	Tensas	52
Leona Jackson	18-Nov-18	1886	Tensas	32
Callie Johnson	18-Nov-18	1904	Tensas	14
Betsy Scott	21-Nov-18	1892	Tensas	26
Conestta Valenti	22-Nov-18	1892	Tensas	26
Willie Lee Johnston	24-Nov-18	1871	Tensas	47
Middleton Taylor	24-Nov-18	1901	Tensas	17
Allen Borden	26-Nov-18	1868	Tensas	50
Howard Johnson	26-Nov-18	1918	Tensas	2??
Ben Cage	27-Nov-18	1883	Tensas	35
Nina Lucas	27-Nov-18	1888	Tensas	30
Mary Smith	28-Nov-18	1830	Tensas	88
Prince Scott	30-Nov-18	1848	Tensas	70
Agee Young	30-Nov-18	1892	Tensas	26
Samuel Breckenridge	2-Dec-18	1885	Tensas	33
Eliza Trueman	2-Dec-18	1863	Tensas	55
Mattie Washington	2-Dec-18	1881	Tensas	37
Albert Ellis	3-Dec-18	1913	Tensas	5
Asberry Braxton	4-Dec-18	1910	Tensas	8
Dan Pine	4-Dec-18	1912	Tensas	6
Hozey Holmes	6-Dec-18	1907	Tensas	11
Mary Green	12-Dec-18	1828	Tensas	90
Bosa Dears	15-Dec-18	1892	Tensas	26
Joe Jones	15-Dec-18	1869	Tensas	49
Rosa Bordonaro	17-Dec-18	1865	Tensas	53
Rosa Young	24-Dec-18	1898	Tensas	20
Joseph Russom	2-Jan-19	1893	Tensas	26
Staves	3-Jan-19	1919	Tensas	0
Nathan Gilmore	6-Jan-19	1919	Tensas	0
Hester White	6-Jan-19	1879	Tensas	40
Fannie Corbett	7-Jan-19	1846	Tensas	73
Ailsey Lewis	8-Jan-19	1849	Tensas	70
Emma Moore	9-Jan-19	1886	Tensas	33
Polly Crage	10-Jan-19	1839	Tensas	80
Thomas Curtroy	10-Jan-19	1874	Tensas	45
Louis Mathews	10-Jan-19	1879	Tensas	40
Garland Smith	10-Jan-19	1855	Tensas	64
Charles Rowan Smith	11-Jan-19	1919	Tensas	0
Mattie Ruffin	12-Jan-19	1856	Tensas	63
James Weeks	12-Jan-19	1873	Tensas	46
Sandy Bates	15-Jan-19	1844	Tensas	75
James Wicks	15-Jan-19	1873	Tensas	46
Albert Southern	17-Jan-19	1852	Tensas	67
Henry Waits	20-Jan-19	1847	Tensas	72
Isabelle Blume	21-Jan-19	1874	Tensas	45
Emma Berry	22-Jan-19	1881	Tensas	38
Rosello Bland	22-Jan-19	1889	Tensas	30
Elizabeth Johnson	23-Jan-19	1916	Tensas	3
Bell Gadison	25-Jan-19	1844	Tensas	75
Patents Evans	26-Jan-19	1860	Tensas	59
Carrie B. Jackson	26-Jan-19	1902	Tensas	17
Courtney Bird	27-Jan-19	1910	Tensas	9
Elnora Broms	27-Jan-19	1899	Tensas	20
Antonio Bruno	29-Jan-19	1867	Tensas	52
Henry Maits	30-Jan-19	1847	Tensas	72
Lisay Swanson	30-Jan-19	1889	Tensas	30

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