Ophelia England - Oakwood Cemetery - Austin, TX
N 30° 16.555 W 097° 43.651
14R E 622392 N 3350045
The broken column tombstone of Ophelia England at Austin's historic Oakwood Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMQDND
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2016
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Ophelia England is buried under a tall broken column tombstone in Section 1, plot 27 near Navasota Street entrance to the cemetery.
"SACRED to the memory of
OPHELIA ENGLAND
[carving of an eye with rays]
Born May 6th, 1836
Died April 27th, 1861"
From the records of the Oakwood cemetery: (
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"Apr 27
Died Ophelia England, Wife of P W England,
of Irasipales of the Lungs
Native of Miss
Aged 24 years 11 months and 21 days"
We did some research, and we think the disease that killed her is erysipelas, a bacterial staph infection that spread to her lungs and killed her. Blasterz are not doctors, but we think she may have died from of pneumonia?