Edmund Moore Rhett (Alicia Rhett's Father)-- Part 1: Died of Spanish Flu in 1918

I did find out some more about Edmund Moore Rhett.

From WikiTree.

Born 7 April 1877 in Charleston, SC.   Died 10 October 1918 in Wilmington, Delaware.  His father was a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, who had commanded Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor until 1863.

Edmund was admitted to the United States Military Academy June 15, 1896.  Graduated in 1900 as a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers.

He was working for the railroad when he met his future wife, Isabel Beatrice Murdoch, who worked as a stenographer for the company.  The couple married in 1913-1914,  and had one child, Alicia (who was in the cast of "Gone With the Wind"), born in Savannah in 1915.

The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, sometime around 1917.  He was employed as a chemical engineer at Du Pont  Company and the family resided at 1623 Rodney Street in Wilmington.  This was also his address given for his World War draft registration.

This is also where he was living when he died of the influenza.

When I saw he died that date, I was wondering whether he had died of the Spanish flu.  He had.

He was buried in Charleston, S,C, at St. Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery.

--Old Secesh