- Robert Hillebrandt married before the Civil War, and he and his wife, along with his sister Alzinette, still unmarried, died during the yellow fever epidemic at Beaumont in October, 1862. (W.T. Block)
also: from Block "Yellow fever plagued area during 1860s":
"Nevertheless the virulent illness did arrive there, and Beaumonters were fortunate to endure only 8 fatalities, as opposed to the 150 persons who died at Sabine Pass. Otto Ruff, Dr. George Hawley, Mrs. Sylvester Mansfield, Alzinette Hillebandt, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hillebrandt were 6 of the 8 Beaumonters who died during the epidemic."
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