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Catholic priests Father Isidore Quemerais and Father Louis Gergaud were two of the heroes of the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic that wiped out a quarter of Shreveport’s population.
These priests, knowing death was certain, were two of five priests w

Marty Loschen, field technician for the Spring Street Museum, observes LSUS student Gage Sloop using ground penetrating radar to determine if any of the burial plots in the Kelly family section of Oaklawn Cemetery had been previously exhumed. Ground disturbance indicated that two graves had been previously exhumed, and that in addition to the historical record points to two Catholic priests who died in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic being buried initially in the Kelly family section.
LSUS professor, students uncover original burial sites of two famous priests
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