Here's something that I just had to post. The next two weekends should bring a flurry of activity from both worldly and otherworldly. And, of course we have a soundtrack that is both beautifully macabre and oddly familiar to "lingering" souls of the mansion.
September is the month most commonly associated with the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 for most "Memphis history buffs". It was reported that nearly 200 Memphians died daily, having lost to "the plague" during this fateful month. Accounts of the chapel bell at Elmwood Cemetery rang day in and day out...nonstop.
September was also a mournful month for the Fontaine family. Three members of the family died in the mansion, though years apart, during this month. Interment in the Fontaine family plot, #266 Miller Circle, Elmwood Cemetery.
Seward Fontaine (11 mo) September 27, 1886
Mr. Noland Fontaine (72) September 16, 1912
Mr. Elliott Fontaine (34) September 26, 1918
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