Richard Clinton Glover and Amanda Berry Glover are my 3x great grandparents. The story of their deaths, passed down through the years & told to me by their great granddaughter, begins with their marriage and the birth of their only child, Oscar Willis Glover, who was a little over a year old when his parents both contracted "the fever." The three of them were living in the "big bend of the river." No one today is sure what river. It could have been the Elk, Tennessee, Richland Creek, Second Creek, no one knows. Both contracted the fever, which I believe was Yellow Fever due to their having been an outbreak in & around the area in
1873. One died at their home, the other made it back to the home of family in Giles County with their young son and died there. The story goes that family members went to their home to see to whomever had died there. There was no mention of where they were buried.
It is worth noting that in 1873, it was believed that yellow fever was spread by dead bodies and that bedding of the dead was burned. I believe it is entirely possible that the bodies of Richard and Amanda were burned as well. But it is just as possible that they were buried.
Either way, their son went on to marry Bethany Ann Van Pelt and become the patriarch of many, many Glovers in the Lauderdale and Limestone Counties of Alabama and the Giles and Lawrence Counties of Tennessee. Without the union of these two young people who lived so few years, and the survival of their son, none of us would be here
1873. One died at their home, the other made it back to the home of family in Giles County with their young son and died there. The story goes that family members went to their home to see to whomever had died there. There was no mention of where they were buried.
It is worth noting that in 1873, it was believed that yellow fever was spread by dead bodies and that bedding of the dead was burned. I believe it is entirely possible that the bodies of Richard and Amanda were burned as well. But it is just as possible that they were buried.
Either way, their son went on to marry Bethany Ann Van Pelt and become the patriarch of many, many Glovers in the Lauderdale and Limestone Counties of Alabama and the Giles and Lawrence Counties of Tennessee. Without the union of these two young people who lived so few years, and the survival of their son, none of us would be here
Richard Clinton Glover and Amanda Berry Glover are my 3x great grandparents. The story of their deaths, passed down through the years & told to me by their great granddaughter, begins with their marriage and the birth of their only child, Oscar Willis Glover, who was a little over a year old when his parents both contracted "the fever." The three of them were living in the "big bend of the river." No one today is sure what river. It could have been the Elk, Tennessee, Richland Creek, Second Creek, no one knows. Both contracted the fever, which I believe was Yellow Fever due to their having been an outbreak in & around the area in
1873. One died at their home, the other made it back to the home of family in Giles County with their young son and died there. The story goes that family members went to their home to see to whomever had died there. There was no mention of where they were buried.
It is worth noting that in 1873, it was believed that yellow fever was spread by dead bodies and that bedding of the dead was burned. I believe it is entirely possible that the bodies of Richard and Amanda were burned as well. But it is just as possible that they were buried.
Either way, their son went on to marry Bethany Ann Van Pelt and become the patriarch of many, many Glovers in the Lauderdale and Limestone Counties of Alabama and the Giles and Lawrence Counties of Tennessee. Without the union of these two young people who lived so few years, and the survival of their son, none of us would be here
1873. One died at their home, the other made it back to the home of family in Giles County with their young son and died there. The story goes that family members went to their home to see to whomever had died there. There was no mention of where they were buried.
It is worth noting that in 1873, it was believed that yellow fever was spread by dead bodies and that bedding of the dead was burned. I believe it is entirely possible that the bodies of Richard and Amanda were burned as well. But it is just as possible that they were buried.
Either way, their son went on to marry Bethany Ann Van Pelt and become the patriarch of many, many Glovers in the Lauderdale and Limestone Counties of Alabama and the Giles and Lawrence Counties of Tennessee. Without the union of these two young people who lived so few years, and the survival of their son, none of us would be here
Gravesite Details
Location of burial has been lost to time, but there is a marker honoring Richard and Amanda Berry Glover at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Goodsprings, Giles County, Tennessee.
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