Edward GARRIGUES (1756-1845) married Margaret Price in 1779, they had 6 children. They resided on Cherry St, Philadelphia. Edward was a carpenter and master builder, who was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1793. By 1798 he was in the richest 10% of Philadelphians, with his own house and outbuildings, riding coach, horse, cow, and several adjacent houses, which he rented to laborers. His wealth did not affect his humanitarian concern for the citizens of Philadelphia.
In the summer of 1798, a virulent yellow fever epidemic struck Philadelphia, taking approximately 4,000 lives. An estimated 80 percent of the city’s population left Philadelphia for the healthier environment of the surrounding counties. Nearly all who remained were poor and did not have the financial wherewithal to leave. More than one third of those who stayed in the city died from the fever. Although Edward had the financial means to re-locate out of the city he remained, caring for the sick and poor. Fully understanding the considerable risks but, "believing this City my proper place," he decided to stay to help "better the situation of some of my fellow creatures who are now suffering under poverty and disease." Edward, Margaret, and their daughter, Mary, all became ill with the fever, but recovered.
Edward Garrigues kept a diary in which recorded his feelings, thoughts and actions, as well as the horror that the fever caused as it spread throughout the city. His diary vividly recounts his very long days devoted to tending to the sick, comforting those who lost friends and relatives, helping inter the growing number of dead, and worrying about whether the fever would take him or a member of his family. The following is a typical passage:
“On passing through a sick neighbourhood, the cries of a child arrested my progress by its moans for its departed mother and in vain I offered to Console this poor orphan. And surely the cries ‘Oh my mother is dead, my mother is dead’ vibrating in my heart at present ought to excite thankfulness on my part that this language has not been applicable in my own house.”
Besides his commitment to aiding the afflicted in a private fashion, Edward served on a committee of a dozen men appointed by the Board of Hospitals and the ‘Guardians of the Poor’ to relieve citizens "not in a situation to remove" from the city. While "publicly attending to the wants of the infirm poor in Company with my Colleagues on this appointment," he prayed, "May my heart be always ready to attend to their wants with alacrity."
Source: Wrestling the 'Pale Faced Messenger' - The Dairy of Edward Garrigues During the 1798 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic, by Anita DeClue and Billy G. Smith.
Edward Garrigues was president of the Philadelphia Board of Health in 1799 and 1800
Margret died in 1812; Edward married again in 1814, to Susanna Lightfoot.
Children of Edward and Margaret:
Hannah Garrigues, b. 1780; d. 1866;
Mary Ralph Garrigues, b. 26 Jan. 1782; d. 4 Sept. 1849; m. 1811 Joshua Hoopes;
Benjamin Garrigues, b. 8 Feb. 1795; d. 5 Jan. 1845; m. 2 May 1816 Anna Lee;
James Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Martha Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Edward Garrigues, Jr. lived only three years.
Child of Edward and Susanna
Thomas Garrigues d. 1898.
Note: There are about 90 tombstones at Darby Friends Burial Ground that have only initials or just some dates and some have no writing on them at all. One of these headstones must belong to Edward.
From the Quaker records: Darby Monthly Meeting, Births and Burials, 1835-1848:
Name: Edward Garrigues
When deceased: 5th day of 1st mo 1845
Age: 88 years 11 months 6 days
Buried: Darby
Late Residence: Kingsessing
In the summer of 1798, a virulent yellow fever epidemic struck Philadelphia, taking approximately 4,000 lives. An estimated 80 percent of the city’s population left Philadelphia for the healthier environment of the surrounding counties. Nearly all who remained were poor and did not have the financial wherewithal to leave. More than one third of those who stayed in the city died from the fever. Although Edward had the financial means to re-locate out of the city he remained, caring for the sick and poor. Fully understanding the considerable risks but, "believing this City my proper place," he decided to stay to help "better the situation of some of my fellow creatures who are now suffering under poverty and disease." Edward, Margaret, and their daughter, Mary, all became ill with the fever, but recovered.
Edward Garrigues kept a diary in which recorded his feelings, thoughts and actions, as well as the horror that the fever caused as it spread throughout the city. His diary vividly recounts his very long days devoted to tending to the sick, comforting those who lost friends and relatives, helping inter the growing number of dead, and worrying about whether the fever would take him or a member of his family. The following is a typical passage:
“On passing through a sick neighbourhood, the cries of a child arrested my progress by its moans for its departed mother and in vain I offered to Console this poor orphan. And surely the cries ‘Oh my mother is dead, my mother is dead’ vibrating in my heart at present ought to excite thankfulness on my part that this language has not been applicable in my own house.”
Besides his commitment to aiding the afflicted in a private fashion, Edward served on a committee of a dozen men appointed by the Board of Hospitals and the ‘Guardians of the Poor’ to relieve citizens "not in a situation to remove" from the city. While "publicly attending to the wants of the infirm poor in Company with my Colleagues on this appointment," he prayed, "May my heart be always ready to attend to their wants with alacrity."
Source: Wrestling the 'Pale Faced Messenger' - The Dairy of Edward Garrigues During the 1798 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic, by Anita DeClue and Billy G. Smith.
Edward Garrigues was president of the Philadelphia Board of Health in 1799 and 1800
Margret died in 1812; Edward married again in 1814, to Susanna Lightfoot.
Children of Edward and Margaret:
Hannah Garrigues, b. 1780; d. 1866;
Mary Ralph Garrigues, b. 26 Jan. 1782; d. 4 Sept. 1849; m. 1811 Joshua Hoopes;
Benjamin Garrigues, b. 8 Feb. 1795; d. 5 Jan. 1845; m. 2 May 1816 Anna Lee;
James Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Martha Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Edward Garrigues, Jr. lived only three years.
Child of Edward and Susanna
Thomas Garrigues d. 1898.
Note: There are about 90 tombstones at Darby Friends Burial Ground that have only initials or just some dates and some have no writing on them at all. One of these headstones must belong to Edward.
From the Quaker records: Darby Monthly Meeting, Births and Burials, 1835-1848:
Name: Edward Garrigues
When deceased: 5th day of 1st mo 1845
Age: 88 years 11 months 6 days
Buried: Darby
Late Residence: Kingsessing
Edward GARRIGUES (1756-1845) married Margaret Price in 1779, they had 6 children. They resided on Cherry St, Philadelphia. Edward was a carpenter and master builder, who was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1793. By 1798 he was in the richest 10% of Philadelphians, with his own house and outbuildings, riding coach, horse, cow, and several adjacent houses, which he rented to laborers. His wealth did not affect his humanitarian concern for the citizens of Philadelphia.
In the summer of 1798, a virulent yellow fever epidemic struck Philadelphia, taking approximately 4,000 lives. An estimated 80 percent of the city’s population left Philadelphia for the healthier environment of the surrounding counties. Nearly all who remained were poor and did not have the financial wherewithal to leave. More than one third of those who stayed in the city died from the fever. Although Edward had the financial means to re-locate out of the city he remained, caring for the sick and poor. Fully understanding the considerable risks but, "believing this City my proper place," he decided to stay to help "better the situation of some of my fellow creatures who are now suffering under poverty and disease." Edward, Margaret, and their daughter, Mary, all became ill with the fever, but recovered.
Edward Garrigues kept a diary in which recorded his feelings, thoughts and actions, as well as the horror that the fever caused as it spread throughout the city. His diary vividly recounts his very long days devoted to tending to the sick, comforting those who lost friends and relatives, helping inter the growing number of dead, and worrying about whether the fever would take him or a member of his family. The following is a typical passage:
“On passing through a sick neighbourhood, the cries of a child arrested my progress by its moans for its departed mother and in vain I offered to Console this poor orphan. And surely the cries ‘Oh my mother is dead, my mother is dead’ vibrating in my heart at present ought to excite thankfulness on my part that this language has not been applicable in my own house.”
Besides his commitment to aiding the afflicted in a private fashion, Edward served on a committee of a dozen men appointed by the Board of Hospitals and the ‘Guardians of the Poor’ to relieve citizens "not in a situation to remove" from the city. While "publicly attending to the wants of the infirm poor in Company with my Colleagues on this appointment," he prayed, "May my heart be always ready to attend to their wants with alacrity."
Source: Wrestling the 'Pale Faced Messenger' - The Dairy of Edward Garrigues During the 1798 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic, by Anita DeClue and Billy G. Smith.
Edward Garrigues was president of the Philadelphia Board of Health in 1799 and 1800
Margret died in 1812; Edward married again in 1814, to Susanna Lightfoot.
Children of Edward and Margaret:
Hannah Garrigues, b. 1780; d. 1866;
Mary Ralph Garrigues, b. 26 Jan. 1782; d. 4 Sept. 1849; m. 1811 Joshua Hoopes;
Benjamin Garrigues, b. 8 Feb. 1795; d. 5 Jan. 1845; m. 2 May 1816 Anna Lee;
James Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Martha Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Edward Garrigues, Jr. lived only three years.
Child of Edward and Susanna
Thomas Garrigues d. 1898.
Note: There are about 90 tombstones at Darby Friends Burial Ground that have only initials or just some dates and some have no writing on them at all. One of these headstones must belong to Edward.
From the Quaker records: Darby Monthly Meeting, Births and Burials, 1835-1848:
Name: Edward Garrigues
When deceased: 5th day of 1st mo 1845
Age: 88 years 11 months 6 days
Buried: Darby
Late Residence: Kingsessing
In the summer of 1798, a virulent yellow fever epidemic struck Philadelphia, taking approximately 4,000 lives. An estimated 80 percent of the city’s population left Philadelphia for the healthier environment of the surrounding counties. Nearly all who remained were poor and did not have the financial wherewithal to leave. More than one third of those who stayed in the city died from the fever. Although Edward had the financial means to re-locate out of the city he remained, caring for the sick and poor. Fully understanding the considerable risks but, "believing this City my proper place," he decided to stay to help "better the situation of some of my fellow creatures who are now suffering under poverty and disease." Edward, Margaret, and their daughter, Mary, all became ill with the fever, but recovered.
Edward Garrigues kept a diary in which recorded his feelings, thoughts and actions, as well as the horror that the fever caused as it spread throughout the city. His diary vividly recounts his very long days devoted to tending to the sick, comforting those who lost friends and relatives, helping inter the growing number of dead, and worrying about whether the fever would take him or a member of his family. The following is a typical passage:
“On passing through a sick neighbourhood, the cries of a child arrested my progress by its moans for its departed mother and in vain I offered to Console this poor orphan. And surely the cries ‘Oh my mother is dead, my mother is dead’ vibrating in my heart at present ought to excite thankfulness on my part that this language has not been applicable in my own house.”
Besides his commitment to aiding the afflicted in a private fashion, Edward served on a committee of a dozen men appointed by the Board of Hospitals and the ‘Guardians of the Poor’ to relieve citizens "not in a situation to remove" from the city. While "publicly attending to the wants of the infirm poor in Company with my Colleagues on this appointment," he prayed, "May my heart be always ready to attend to their wants with alacrity."
Source: Wrestling the 'Pale Faced Messenger' - The Dairy of Edward Garrigues During the 1798 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic, by Anita DeClue and Billy G. Smith.
Edward Garrigues was president of the Philadelphia Board of Health in 1799 and 1800
Margret died in 1812; Edward married again in 1814, to Susanna Lightfoot.
Children of Edward and Margaret:
Hannah Garrigues, b. 1780; d. 1866;
Mary Ralph Garrigues, b. 26 Jan. 1782; d. 4 Sept. 1849; m. 1811 Joshua Hoopes;
Benjamin Garrigues, b. 8 Feb. 1795; d. 5 Jan. 1845; m. 2 May 1816 Anna Lee;
James Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Martha Garrigues, lived only a few months.
Edward Garrigues, Jr. lived only three years.
Child of Edward and Susanna
Thomas Garrigues d. 1898.
Note: There are about 90 tombstones at Darby Friends Burial Ground that have only initials or just some dates and some have no writing on them at all. One of these headstones must belong to Edward.
From the Quaker records: Darby Monthly Meeting, Births and Burials, 1835-1848:
Name: Edward Garrigues
When deceased: 5th day of 1st mo 1845
Age: 88 years 11 months 6 days
Buried: Darby
Late Residence: Kingsessing
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