Elizabeth Philpott Dies of Flu Just One Week After Her Wedding, 1918

Death Notices from The Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, N.C., Nov. 15, 1918

Mrs. O’Brian Dead

Mrs. Elizabeth Philpott received a message Tuesday that her daughter, Mrs. Lilah O’Brian had died in Cincinnati, Ohio, of influenza. She was married just a week ago to Sgt. William O’Brian of Middleton, Ohio, and was taken ill immediately. She had been living in Oak City for several years before her marriage.

Mrs. O’Brian was the oldest child of Mrs. Philpott and leaves a mother, husband, aged grandmother, one sister, Miss Katie Philpott, and one brother, Sgt. John Philpott of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. The community sympathizes deeply with the bereaved family.