Dr. T. W. McCaa - Gainesville, FL
N 29° 37.686 W 082° 18.926
17R E 372653 N 3278299
The grave of Dr. T. W. McCaa is located in Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville, Florida, USA. In 1871, he died of yellow fever.
Waymark Code: WMXFG7
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2018
Views: 1
The headstone inscription reads:
Dr. T. W. McCaa
Died from Yellow Fever
while treating the Cedar Key
Epidemic of 1871. John 15:13
God's noblest work
An honest man.
The following information is from the Doctor Gator website:
"One early Gainesville physician highlighted was Dr. Thomas W. McCaa. When a yellow fever epidemic hit Cedar Key, he was one of the few area doctors to risk his own life to treat the sick there. Often a community struck by yellow fever was simply quarantined and abandoned..."
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