Mississippi Genealogy Trails- Issaquena County Biographies
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Obituary:
Death of Samuel Gwin
Col. Samuel Gwin of Mississippi, Cashier of the Union Bank of that State, and formerly receiver of public monies, died suddenly in this city, at the Exchange Hotel, on the evening of the 24th inst. His illness lasted only 3 days. He had been in delicate health for several weeks previous to the last attack. The disease that carried him off was pronounced to be congestive fever, of the most malignant type.---N.O. Com Bulletin
Source: The Weekly Mississippian, Jackson, MS., August 3, 1838, pg. 3
(Note: Congestive Fever is an old medical term for Malaria)
Col. Samuel Gwin was buried on the Springfield Plantation in the Stirling Family Cemetery, in East Baton Rouge, LA. The cemetery and Springfield Plantation no longer exist.
Mississippi Genealogy Trails- Issaquena County Biographies
https://genealogytrails.com/miss/issaquena/bios.html
Obituary:
Death of Samuel Gwin
Col. Samuel Gwin of Mississippi, Cashier of the Union Bank of that State, and formerly receiver of public monies, died suddenly in this city, at the Exchange Hotel, on the evening of the 24th inst. His illness lasted only 3 days. He had been in delicate health for several weeks previous to the last attack. The disease that carried him off was pronounced to be congestive fever, of the most malignant type.---N.O. Com Bulletin
Source: The Weekly Mississippian, Jackson, MS., August 3, 1838, pg. 3
(Note: Congestive Fever is an old medical term for Malaria)
Col. Samuel Gwin was buried on the Springfield Plantation in the Stirling Family Cemetery, in East Baton Rouge, LA. The cemetery and Springfield Plantation no longer exist.
Gravesite Details
The Stirling Cemetery was located on the Springfield Plantation in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
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