diocese and insisted on annual reports from clergy and parishes in order to bring the diocese out of great debt. Death and legacy Elder died in Cincinnati on October 31, 1904, from influenza. He is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Elder High School, a Cincinnati parochial school, was named for Elder. See also Archdiocese of Cincinnati References External links Biography of William Henry Elder St. Mary Basilica Archives, Natchez, Mississippi Civil War diary (1862-1865) of Bishop William Henry Elder, Bishop of Natchez Episcopal succession 1819 births 1904 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States Roman Catholic archbishops of Cincinnati Deaths from influenza Infectious disease deaths in Ohio Religious leaders from Baltimore People from Natchez, Mississippi People of Mississippi in the American Civil War Religious leaders from Cincinnati Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson Catholics from Mississippi