Félicité
N 30° 00.165 W 091° 48.802
15R E 614448 N 3319683
One of three markers located in the New Iberia Civic Center plaza on East Main St.
Waymark Code: WM8M50
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2010
Views: 4
Marker Text states:
A black woman, native of Haiti. During the yellow fever epidemic here in 1839, she nursed the sick, administered to the dying, closed the eyes of the dead, and wept over their graves. Loved and honored by townspeople for the remainder of her life, she died in January 1852. The day of her burial every buisness in New Iberia closed its doors, and every man, woman and child in town followed her to her last resting place in St. Peter's Cemetery. She was an angel of mercy in a time of pestilence. Her name shall not be allowed to drop into oblivion.
Marker Name: Félicité
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Person
Parish: Iberia
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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