Sarah Margaret Postell is the daughter of:
Sarah Catharine Pelot Gignilliat who was born Jun. 30, 1799, & died Oct. 1, 1873.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat is the Daughter of Sarah Catherine Pelot, (who was the daughter of Rev. Jean Francois " John Francis" Pelot), and her 1st husband, ( "Senator" James Gignilliat Jr.)
She is named after her mother.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat married Rev. Edward Perry Postell. They had eight children : Charles, Susanna, Elizabeth, Jane Eliza, Sarah Margaret, Caroline Clifford , Julia Porcher and Laura Edwards.
Susanna Postell became the second wife of Dr. Francis Yonge Porcher, her sister, Caroline Clifford Postell, married Gadsden King, Esq., and Laura Postell married Dr. Eli Geddings.
Sarah Margaret Postell died on the 24th of May 1849, her younger sister Julia Porcher Postell died the day after that, May 25, 1849.
The fact that they both died at the same time is significant. Dengue, also know as "Break-bone" fever & Yellow fever both of which are spread by mosquitoes as well as Cholera were pervasive in Savannah at the time. Both of them are buried at Bonaventure cemetery,in Savannah. As is their mother.
See. http://www.pbase.com/savannahga/bona&page=all .
Beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery Photo Gallery
Sarah Catharine Pelot Gignilliat who was born Jun. 30, 1799, & died Oct. 1, 1873.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat is the Daughter of Sarah Catherine Pelot, (who was the daughter of Rev. Jean Francois " John Francis" Pelot), and her 1st husband, ( "Senator" James Gignilliat Jr.)
She is named after her mother.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat married Rev. Edward Perry Postell. They had eight children : Charles, Susanna, Elizabeth, Jane Eliza, Sarah Margaret, Caroline Clifford , Julia Porcher and Laura Edwards.
Susanna Postell became the second wife of Dr. Francis Yonge Porcher, her sister, Caroline Clifford Postell, married Gadsden King, Esq., and Laura Postell married Dr. Eli Geddings.
Sarah Margaret Postell died on the 24th of May 1849, her younger sister Julia Porcher Postell died the day after that, May 25, 1849.
The fact that they both died at the same time is significant. Dengue, also know as "Break-bone" fever & Yellow fever both of which are spread by mosquitoes as well as Cholera were pervasive in Savannah at the time. Both of them are buried at Bonaventure cemetery,in Savannah. As is their mother.
See. http://www.pbase.com/savannahga/bona&page=all .
Beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery Photo Gallery
Sarah Margaret Postell is the daughter of:
Sarah Catharine Pelot Gignilliat who was born Jun. 30, 1799, & died Oct. 1, 1873.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat is the Daughter of Sarah Catherine Pelot, (who was the daughter of Rev. Jean Francois " John Francis" Pelot), and her 1st husband, ( "Senator" James Gignilliat Jr.)
She is named after her mother.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat married Rev. Edward Perry Postell. They had eight children : Charles, Susanna, Elizabeth, Jane Eliza, Sarah Margaret, Caroline Clifford , Julia Porcher and Laura Edwards.
Susanna Postell became the second wife of Dr. Francis Yonge Porcher, her sister, Caroline Clifford Postell, married Gadsden King, Esq., and Laura Postell married Dr. Eli Geddings.
Sarah Margaret Postell died on the 24th of May 1849, her younger sister Julia Porcher Postell died the day after that, May 25, 1849.
The fact that they both died at the same time is significant. Dengue, also know as "Break-bone" fever & Yellow fever both of which are spread by mosquitoes as well as Cholera were pervasive in Savannah at the time. Both of them are buried at Bonaventure cemetery,in Savannah. As is their mother.
See. http://www.pbase.com/savannahga/bona&page=all .
Beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery Photo Gallery
Sarah Catharine Pelot Gignilliat who was born Jun. 30, 1799, & died Oct. 1, 1873.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat is the Daughter of Sarah Catherine Pelot, (who was the daughter of Rev. Jean Francois " John Francis" Pelot), and her 1st husband, ( "Senator" James Gignilliat Jr.)
She is named after her mother.
Sarah Catherine Pelot Gignilliat married Rev. Edward Perry Postell. They had eight children : Charles, Susanna, Elizabeth, Jane Eliza, Sarah Margaret, Caroline Clifford , Julia Porcher and Laura Edwards.
Susanna Postell became the second wife of Dr. Francis Yonge Porcher, her sister, Caroline Clifford Postell, married Gadsden King, Esq., and Laura Postell married Dr. Eli Geddings.
Sarah Margaret Postell died on the 24th of May 1849, her younger sister Julia Porcher Postell died the day after that, May 25, 1849.
The fact that they both died at the same time is significant. Dengue, also know as "Break-bone" fever & Yellow fever both of which are spread by mosquitoes as well as Cholera were pervasive in Savannah at the time. Both of them are buried at Bonaventure cemetery,in Savannah. As is their mother.
See. http://www.pbase.com/savannahga/bona&page=all .
Beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery Photo Gallery
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