Eldest Child of Rev Pierce Connelly and Cornelia Augusta Peacock, born in Natchez MS, educated in England, returned to New Orleans, contracted Yellow Fever and died at the age of 21. He was entombed at the Girod Street Cemetery (New Orleans’ earliest Protestant cemetery), opened in 1822 by Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral. The cemetery was deconsecrated in 1957. Remains of white persons were transferred to Hope Mausoleum; those of African Americans were transferred to Providence Memorial Park.
Eldest Child of Rev Pierce Connelly and Cornelia Augusta Peacock, born in Natchez MS, educated in England, returned to New Orleans, contracted Yellow Fever and died at the age of 21. He was entombed at the Girod Street Cemetery (New Orleans’ earliest Protestant cemetery), opened in 1822 by Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral. The cemetery was deconsecrated in 1957. Remains of white persons were transferred to Hope Mausoleum; those of African Americans were transferred to Providence Memorial Park.
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