Eber, the son of Bishop Edward Cridge and Mary Anne Winmil Cridge, died early at six years and two months of age from 'black measles' which was also known as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a tickborne disease first recognized in 1896 in the Snake River Valley of Idaho. It was originally called "black measles" because of the look of its rash in the late stages of the illness, when the skin turns black. It was also called 'Typhus' on many death certificates which is different from 'Typhoid Fever.'
Eber, the son of Bishop Edward Cridge and Mary Anne Winmil Cridge, died early at six years and two months of age from 'black measles' which was also known as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a tickborne disease first recognized in 1896 in the Snake River Valley of Idaho. It was originally called "black measles" because of the look of its rash in the late stages of the illness, when the skin turns black. It was also called 'Typhus' on many death certificates which is different from 'Typhoid Fever.'
Inscription
In Memory of
Four beloved children of
The very Rev. Edward Cridge
Dean of Christ Church Cathedral
and Mrs. Cridge
Frederick Pemberton
Edward Scott
Eber and Grace
died 1865
Also Mary Abbot Cridge
Sister of the Dean
Died 1870
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