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Blanche Butler Ames :us34stars: Born: March 2, 1847 Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts Father: Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler 1818 – 1893 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Mother: Sarah Jones Hildreth 1816 – 1876 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Husband: Brig. General Adelbert Ames 1835 – 1933 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Married: July 21, 1870 in Lowell, Massachusetts Children: US Congressman Butler Ames 1871 – 1954 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Edith Ames Stevens 1873 – 1958 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Sarah Hildreth Ames 1874 – 1931 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell...
Clarissa Harlowe “Clara” Barton :us34stars: Clarissa Harlowe Barton was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk. Nursing education was not very formalized at that time and she did not attend nursing school, so she provided self-taught nursing care. Born: December 25, 1821 Birthplace: North Oxford, Massachusetts Father: Captain Stephen Barton Jr. 1774 – 1862 (Buried: North Cemetery, Oxford, Massachusetts) Mother: Sarah “Sally” Stone 1783 – 1851 (Buried: North Cemetery, Oxford, Massachusetts) Education: Attended Colonel Stones High School 1839: Received a Teacher’s Certificate Attended Clinton Liberal Institute Life...
Mary Ann Ball “Mother” Bickerdyke From A to Z - Women Mary Ann Bickerdyke, also known as Mother Bickerdyke, was a hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the American Civil War and a lifelong advocate for veterans. Born: July 19, 1817 Birthplace: Knox County, Ohio Father: Hiram Ball 1786 – 1847 (Buried: Secrist – Tarres Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio) Mother: Annie Rogers 1794 – 1818 Husband: Robert Bickerdyke 1803 – 1859 (Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Illinois) Married: April 27, 1847 in Cincinnati, Ohio Children: James R. Bickerdyke 1850 – 1904 (Buried: Bunker Hill Cemetery, Bunker Hill, Kansas) Hiram Ball Bickerdyke 1854 – 1909 (Buried: Capitol Cemetery, Capitol, Montana) Education: One of the first women to...
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Elizabeth Blackwell was a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. Born: February 3, 1821 Birthplace: Bristol, England Father: Samuel Blackwell 1790 – 1838 (Buried: St. Giles Churchyard, Matlock, England) Mother: Hannah Lane – 1838 (Buried: St. Giles Churchyard, Matlock, England) Husband: None Adopted Children: Katherine “Kitty” Barry 1848 – 1936 Occupation before College: Teacher at Cincinnati English and French Academy 1844: Teacher in Henderson, Kentucky Music Teacher at Academy in Asheville, North Carolina Teacher at Boarding House in...
Appoline Alexander Blair :us34stars: Born: September 14, 1828 Birthplace: Kentucky Father: Andrew J. Alexander 1796 – 1833 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Mother: Mirah Madison 1803 – 1886 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Husband: Major General Francis Preston Blair Jr. 1821 – 1875 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Married: September 9, 1847 in Woodford, Kentucky Children: Andrew Alexander Blair 1848 – 1932 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Christine Biddle Blair Graham 1852 – 1915 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) James Lawrence Blair 1854 – 1904 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Dr. Francis...
Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair: :us34stars: Born: August 22, 1821 Birthplace: Portsmouth New Hampshire Father: US Senator Levi Woodbury 1789 – 1851 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery Portsmouth New Hampshire) Mother: Elizabeth Williams Clapp 1796 – 1873 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery Portsmouth New Hampshire) Husband: US Postmaster General Montgomery Blair 1813 – 1883 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.) Married: July 6, 1846, in Portsmouth New Hampshire Children: Minna Blair Richey 1850 – 1919 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.) Maria G. Blair 1851 – 1862 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.) Woodbury Blair 1852 – 1933 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.) Gist Blair 1860 – 1940 (Buried: Rock Creek...
Mary Richmond Bishop Burnside From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: October 26, 1828 Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island Father: Captain Nathaniel Bishop 1784 – 1860 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Mother: Fanny Winsor 1791 – 1883 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Husband: Major General Ambrose Burnside 1824 – 1881 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Married: April 27, 1852 in Newport, Rhode Island Children: None Life Events: 1852: Met her future husband when he was stationed at Newport 1852 – 1876: Wife of Major General Ambrose Burnside Her family invested in Bristol Firearms Company 1866 – 1869: First Lady of the State of Rhode Island Died: March 9, 1876...
Sarah Jones Hildreth Butler From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: August 17, 1816 Birthplace: Dracut, Massachusetts Father: Dr. Israel Hildreth 1791 – 1859 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Mother: Dolly Jones 1792 – 1858 Husband: Major General Benjamin F. Butler 1818 – 1893 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Married: May 16, 1844 at Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lowell, Massachusetts Children: Paul Butler 1845 – 1850 Blanche Butler Ames 1847 – 1939 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Paul Butler 1852 – 1916 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Ben – Israel Butler 1855 – 1881 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts)...
Margaretta Brua Cameron :us34stars: Born: April 9, 1803 Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Father: John Peter Brua 1771 – 1842 Mother: Catherine Rupley 1773 – 1833 Husband: Secretary of War Simon Cameron 1799 – 1889 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Married: October 17, 1822, Maytown, Pennsylvania Children: Rachel Jane Cameron Burnside 1823 – 1871 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Major William Brua Cameron 1826 – 1864 (Buried: Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Pennsylvania) US Senator James Donald Cameron 1833 – 1918 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Margaretta Cameron Haldeman 1836 – 1915 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Simon...
Frances Caroline “Fanny” Adams Chamberlain From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: August 12, 1825 Birthplace: Boston Massachusetts Father: Asher Adams 1777 – 1860 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Mass.) Mother: Emily Wyllys Unknown – 1854 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Mass.) Husband: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain 1828 – 1914 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Married: December 7, 1855 in Brunswick, Maine Children: Grace Dupee “Daisy” Chamberlain Allen 1856 – 1937 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Infant Son Chamberlain 1857 – 1857 Harold Wyllys Chamberlain 1858 – 1928 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Emily Chamberlain 1860 –...
Katherine Jane “Kate” Chase From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: August 13, 1840 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Father: Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase 1808 – 1873 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Mother: Eliza Ann Smith 1821 – 1845 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Husband: Governor William Sprague IV 1830 – 1915 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Married: November 12, 1863 in Washington, D. C. Divorced: 1882 taking her maiden name back Children: William “Willie” Sprague V 1865 – 1890 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Portia Sprague Browning 1867 – 1932 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, South Kingstown, Rhode Island) Ethel Chase Sprague Donaldson 1869...
Harriet Wood a.k.a. "Pauline Cushman" From A to Z - Women Born: June 10, 1833 Birth Name: Harriet Wood Stage Name: Pauline Cushman (legally changed, about Age 18, in homage to Charlotte Cushman, her favorite performer) Other Names: Pauline Fryer Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Father: Name unknown, claimed to be a Spanish merchant who had served in Napoleon Bonaparte’s army 1st Husband: Charles C. Dickinson (1831–1862) Married: in New Orleans in 1855, until his death in 1862 2nd Husband: August Fichtner ( -1873) Married: in San Francisco in 1872, until his death in 1873 3rd Husband: Jere Fryer (1849–1902) Married: in Arizona Territory in 1879, until their separation in 1890 Children: Charles Dickenson (1858–1864) Ida...
Elizabeth Clift “Libby” Bacon Custer From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: April 8, 1842 Birthplace: Monroe, Michigan Father: Judge Daniel Stanton Bacon 1798 – 1866 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan) Mother: Eleanor Sophia Page 1814 – 1854 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan) Husband: George Armstrong Custer 1839 – 1876 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Marriage: February 9, 1864 in Monroe, Michigan Children: None Early Life: Only one of her and her siblings to live to be an adult 1862: met George Armstrong Custer officially and fell in love 1862: Graduated from a girl’s seminary 1864: Married George Armstrong Custer who she called Autie Midlife: Followed her husband...
Dorothea Lynde Dix From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Dorothea Lynde Dix was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses. Born: April 4, 1802 Birthplace: Hampden, Maine Father: Rev. Joseph William Dix Mother: Mary Bigelow Occupation before War: School Teacher in Boston, Massachusetts School Teacher for poor and neglected Children 1824 – 1830: Author of devotional books and Children Stories Governess on Beacon Hill for family of William Ellery Channing Witnessed her first slave in...
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield :us34stars: Born: April 19, 1832 Birthplace: Hiram, Ohio Father: Zebulon Rudolph 1803 – 1897 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hiram, Ohio) Mother: Arabella Mason 1810 – 1879 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hiram, Ohio) Husband: U.S. President James Abram Garfield 1831 – 1881 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio) Married: November 11, 1858 in Hiram, Ohio Children: Eliza Arabella “Troft” Garfield 1860 – 1863 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery Hiram Ohio) Harry Augustus Garfield 1863 – 1942 (Buried: Williams College Cemetery Williamstown Massachusetts) James Rudolph Garfield 1865 – 1950 (Buried: Mentor Municipal Cemetery Mentor Ohio) Mary “Mollie” Garfield Stanley – Brown 1867 – 1947 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery...
Julia Boggs Dent Grant First Lady of the United States From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: January 26, 1826 Birthplace: Saint Louis, Missouri Father: Frederick Fayette Dent 1787 – 1873 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Mother: Ellen Bray Wrenshall 1793 – 1857 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Brother: Brig. General Frederick Tracy Dent (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Husband: President Ulysses S. Grant 1822 – 1885 (Buried: General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York) Married: August 22, 1848, in Saint Louis, Missouri Children: Frederick Dent Grant 1850 – 1912 (Buried: US Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Ulysses Simpson “Buck”...
Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin Second Lady of the United States :us34stars: Born: September 14, 1835 Birthplace: Minot, Maine Father: Stephen Albert Emery 1790 – 1863 Mother: Jennette Loring 1800 – 1858 Husband: U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin 1809 – 1891 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine) Married: September 25, 1856 in Paris Maine Religion: Unitarian Children: Hannibal E. Hamlin 1858 – 1938 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine) Frank Hamlin 1862 – 1922 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine) Antebellum Events: 1856: Became the second Wife of Hannibal Hamlin. 1858: Birth of Son Hannibal E. Hamlin 1858: Death of her mother Jeannette Loring Hamlin 1858 – 1861: Her husband served in the United States...
Almira Dubois Russell Hancock From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: 1832 Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Father: Samuel Russell 1810 – 1859 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Mother: Adaline E. Dubois 1814 – 1884 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Husband: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock 1824 – 1886 (Buried: Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania) Married: February 14, 1850, in New York City, New York Children: Russell Hancock 1850 – 1884 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Ada Elizabeth Hancock 1857 – 1875 (Buried: Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania) About: 1850 – 1886: Wife of Winfield Scott Hancock 1886 – 1893: Widow of Winfield Scott Hancock...
Harriet Ward Foote Hawley From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: June 25, 1831 Birthplace: Guilford Connecticut Father: George Augustus Foote 1789 – 1878 (Buried: Foote – Ward Cemetery Guilford Connecticut) Mother: Eliza Spencer 1812 – 1908 (Buried: Foote – Ward Cemetery Guilford Connecticut) Husband: Brig. General Joseph Roswell Hawley 1826 – 1905 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery Hartford Connecticut) Married: October 25, 1855 Life Role: Cousin of the famous Beecher Family Secretary & Advisor to her husband during the war Honored by 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment for her role as Secretary Every post her husband was stationed she worked as a nurse Nurse at hospital in Armory Square in Washington D.C. 1865: Nursed the Former...
Lucy Ware Webb “Lemonade Lucy” Hayes First Lady of the United States From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: August 28, 1831 Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio Father: Dr. James Webb 1795 – 1833 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Mother: Marietta “Maria” Cook 1801 – 1866 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Husband: President Rutherford B. Hayes 1822 – 1893 (Buried: Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial, Fremont, Ohio) Married: December 30, 1852 in Cincinnati, Ohio Children: Birchard Austin Hayes 1853 – 1926 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio) Brig. General James Webb Cook Hayes 1856 – 1934 (Buried: Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial, Fremont, Ohio) Rutherford Platt Hayes 1858 – 1927 (Buried: Oakwood...
Catherine Mary “Kate” Hewitt From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Photo taken of Kate Hewitt in Philadelphia, just after General Reynolds was killed. Est. Mid-1863 Catherine Hewitt was Maj. General John Reynolds' secret fiancé. Kate Hewitt's existence wasn't discovered by John's colleagues or family until his death when they found Kate's Catholic medal and a gold ring in the form of clasped hands around John's neck. Inside the ring were inscribed the words "Dear Kate". They also noticed that John's West Point ring was missing. Disambiguation: The Catherine "Kate" Hewitt of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, born in 1834, is a different person, and was never engaged to be married to Maj. Gen. John Fulton Reynolds. Born: April 1...
Mary Johnson Stover Brown: :us34stars: Born: May 8, 1832 Birthplace: Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee Father: U.S. President Andrew Johnson 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Mother: U.S. First Lady Eliza McCardle 1810 – 1876 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) 1st Husband: Colonel Daniel Stover II 1826 – 1864 (Buried: Fitzsimmons Cemetery Elizabethton Tennessee) Married: April 7, 1852 2nd Husband: William Ramsey Brown 1817 – 1902 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Married: April 20, 1869 -Divorced her husband after the death of her parents Children: Eliza M. "Lille" Stover Maloney 1855 – 1892 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery...
Eliza McCardle Johnson First Lady of the United States From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: October 4, 1810 Birthplace: Telford, Tennessee Father: John McCardle – 1826 Mother: Sarah Phillips 1791 – 1851 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee) Husband: President Andrew Johnson 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee) Married: May 17, 1827, in Greeneville, Tennessee Children: Martha Johnson Patterson 1828 – 1901 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee) Charles Johnson 1830 – 1863 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee) Mary Johnson Brown 1832 – 1883 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville...
Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane :us34stars: Born: May 12, 1836 Birthplace: Liverpool, England Father: Banker William Wood 1808 – 1894 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Mother: Harriet Amelia Kane 1809 – 1846 Husband: Brig. General Thomas Leiper Kane 1822 – 1883 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pennsylvania) Married: April 21, 1853 Children: Harriet Amelia Kane 1855 – 1896 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pennsylvania) Elisha Kent Kane Sr. 1856 – 1935 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pennsylvania) Dr. Evan O’Neill Kane 1861 – 1932 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pennsylvania) Dr. Thomas Leiper Kane Jr. 1863 – 1929 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pennsylvania) Antebellum Events: 1838...
Agnes Maxwell Kearny Upshur From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: ca. 1833 Birthplace: New York Father: Hugh Maxwell Mother: Agnes Maxwell 1st Husband: U.S. Major General Philip Kearny Married: 1858 in Paris, France 2nd Husband: John Henry Upshur, USN Married: 1868 Children: Susan Watts Kearny Selfridge 1856 – Unknown Archibald Kennedy Kearny 1858 – 1862 (Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York) Virginia D. L. Kearny Hunt 1861 – 1897 (Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York) Antebellum Events: Evening Star, Washington, DC, July 3, 1917 Page 2, LOC Collection. 1853: At age 20, Agnes is engaged to be married to a young man she knows from New York 1853: While visiting Paris with her Parents, Agnes meets...
Laura Keene :us34stars: Soon after British born actress Laura Keene started her twenty-year career, she also became a theater manager in Baltimore, becoming the first female American actor-manager. Famous for playing the lead part in the play, Our American Cousin, which was famously attended by President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, DC. That evening, at Ford's Theater, Laura not only witnessed the aftermath of the assassination, but also claimed to visit the mortally wounded President in his box, and comfort him, getting his blood on her dress. Born: July 20, 1826 Birthname: Mary Frances Moss Also Known As: Laura Keene (Stage Name), Laura K. Lutz (Married Name) Birthplace: Winchester, England Father: Tomas Moss Mother: Jane...
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln First Lady of the United States From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and as such the First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865. She dropped the name Ann after her younger sister, Ann Todd (Clark), was born, and did not use the name Todd after marrying. Born: December 13, 1818 Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky Father: Robert Smith Todd 1791 – 1849 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Mother: Elizabeth Ann “Eliza” Parker 1794 – 1825 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Husband: President Abraham Lincoln 1809 – 1865 (Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois) Married: November 4...
Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan :us34stars: Born: August 15, 1838 Birthplace: Petersburgh, Boone County, Missouri Father: Captain John Marion Cunningham 1812 – 1873 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Illinois) Mother: Elizabeth Hicks LaFountaine 1818 – 1866 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Illinois) Husband: Major General John A. Logan 1826 – 1886 (Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: November 27, 1855 in Gallatin County, Illinois Religion: Baptist and Methodist Children: John Cunningham Logan 1856 – 1857 (Buried: Murphysboro City Cemetery, Murphysboro, Illinois) Mary Elizabeth “Dollie” Logan Tucker 1858 – 1940 (Buried: US Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery...
Mary Ellen Marcy (Nelly) McClellan From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: May 6, 1835 Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin Father: Brig. General Randolph Barnes Marcy 1812 – 1887 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey) Mother: Mary Ametia Mann 1815 – 1878 Husband: Major General George B. McClellan 1826 – 1885 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey) Marriage: May 22, 1860, in Calvary Church, New York City, New York Children: Mary McClellan Desprez 1861 – 1945 George Brinton McClellan Jr. 1865 – 1940 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Life Story: 1854: Friend / love interest of Lt. General Ambrose Powell Hill 1854: Upon hearing the suggestion of Hill's marriage proposal, her father...
Helen Burden McDowell From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: January 22 (or June 27), 1826 Birthplace: Troy, New York Father: Henry Burden 1791 – 1871 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery Menands New York) Mother: Helen McOuat 1803 – 1860 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery Menands New York) Family Origin: Henry and Helen, came to America from Scotland via Quebec. The family settled first in Albany, NY, then Troy, NY, where Helen's father owned the Burden Iron Works, which made horseshoes. Husband: Major General Irvin McDowell 1818 – 1885 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco California) Marriage: November 17, 1849 New York City, New York Children: Helen Eliza McDowell 1850 – 1937 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge...
Margaretta Sergeant Meade :us34stars: Born: June 26, 1814 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: US Congressman John Sergeant 1779 – 1852 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Margaretta Watmough 1787 – 1869 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Husband: Major General George Gordon Meade 1815 – 1872 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Marriage: December 31, 1840 at St. Peters Church, Philadelphia, PA. Children: John Sergeant Meade 1841 – 1865 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania) George Meade Jr. 1843 – 1897 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania) Margaret Butler Meade 1845 – 1905 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery...
Virginia Louisa Minor :us34stars: Born: March 27, 1824 Birthplace: Caroline County, Virginia Father: Warner Washington Minor 1792 – 1830 Mother: Maria Madison Timberlake 1797 – 1853 Husband: Francis Minor 1820 – 1892 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Married: August 31, 1843 in Albemarle County, Virginia Children: Francis Gilmer Minor 1852 – 1866 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Life Events before War: 1826: Birth of her sister Lucy Ellen Minor Swann 1827: Birth of her sister Maria Warner Minor Workman 1829: Birth of her sister Harriet Ann Minor 1830: Death of her sister Harriet Ann Minor 1830: Birth of her brother Warner M. Minor 1830: Death of her father Warner Washington...
Anna Morgan Starr Newton :us34stars: Born: February 24, 1831 Birthplace: New London, Connecticut Father: Jonathan Starr 1781 – 1852 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut) Mother: Catherine Lumiere Synthoff 1794 – 1874 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut) Husband: Major General John Newton 1822 – 1895 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Married: August 30, 1849, in New London, Connecticut Children: Infant Son Newton (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Virginius M. Newton 1852 – 1929 (Buried: Saint Columba Cemetery, Chester, New York) John Thomas Newton 1855 – 1942 (Buried: Saint Columba Cemetery, Chester, New York) Anna Maria...
Martha Johnson Patterson: :us34stars: Born: October 25, 1828 Birthplace: Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee Father: US President Andrew Johnson 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Mother: US First Lady Eliza McCardle 1810 – 1876 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Husband: U.S. Senator David Trotter Patterson 1818 – 1891 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Married: December 13, 1855 Children: Andrew Johnson Patterson 1857 – 1932 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Mary Belle Patterson Landstreet 1858 – 1891 (Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee) Education: 1844 – 1845: Attended...
Mary Whitney Phelps :us34stars: Born: January 8, 1812 Birthplace: Portland, Maine Father: George Whitney Mother: Abigail Jones Husband: Brig. General John Smith Phelps 1814 – 1886 (Buried: Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri) Married: April 1834 Children: Brevet Brigadier General John Elisha Phelps 1839 – 1921 (Buried: Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri) Thomas Benton Phelps 1842 – 1842 (Buried: Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri) Lucy Jane Phelps 1844 – 1847 (Buried: Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri) Mary Ann “Mollie” Phelps Montgomery 1846 – 1943 (Buried: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon) Lucy Jane Phelps 1850 – 1858 (Buried: Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri) Life Events before...
Eleanor Carroll Brent Poe :us34stars: Born: August 26, 1843 Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Father: Thomas Lee Brent 1813 – 1858 (Buried: Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) Mother: Jane Duncan Wilkins 1824 – 1908 Husband: Brig. General Orlando Metcalfe Poe 1832 – 1895 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Married: June 17, 1861 in Detroit, Michigan Children: Charles Carroll Poe 1863 – 1895 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Winifred Lee Poe Fitzhugh 1866 – 1891 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Orlando Warner Poe 1876 – 1889 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Died: February 16, 1922 Place of Death...
Clara Harris Rathbone From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: September 4, 1834 Birthplace: Albany, New York Birthname: Clara Hamilton Harris Father: U.S. Senator Ira Harris 1802 – 1875 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Mother: Louisa Tubbs 1809 – 1845 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Step Mother: Pauline Rathbone (Married to her father Ira Harris on August 1, 1848) Husband: Major Henry Rathbone 1837 – 1911 (Buried: Stadtfriedhof Engesohde, Hanover, Germany) Married: July 11, 1867, at Albany, New York Children: Henry Riggs Rathbone 1870 – 1928 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery & Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois) Gerald Laurence Rathbone 1871 – 1936 (Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California)...
Ann Eliza Hegeman Rosecrans From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: October 4, 1823 Birthplace: New York Father: Adrien Hegeman – 1826 Mother: Eliza Balister 1794 – 1869 (Buried: Mexico City National Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico) Husband: Major General William Starke Rosecrans 1819 – 1898 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Married: August 24, 1843 at St. Paul’s Church in New York City, New York Children: Rev. Adrian Louis Rosecrans 1849 – 1876 (Buried: Saint Paul the Apostle Church Vault, Manhattan, New York) Sister Mary Louise “Sister St Charles” Rosecrans 1852 – 1878 (Buried: Ursuline Cemetery, Saint Martin, Ohio) Lily Elizabeth Rosecrans Toole 1854 – 1939 (Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Helena...
Frances Adeline Miller Seward From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: September 25, 1805 Birthplace: Cayuga County, New York Father: Judge Elijah Miller 1772 – 1851 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Mother: Hannah Foote 1784 – 1811 Buried: Westlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Massachusetts) Husband: Secretary of State William Henry Seward 1801 – 1872 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Married: October 20, 1824 in Auburn, New York Children: Lt. Colonel August Henry “Gus” Seward 1826 – 1876 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Frederick William Seward 1830 – 1915 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Cornelia/Frances Seward 1836 – 1837 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) William...
Anna Kneeland Haggerty Shaw :us34stars: Born: July 9, 1835 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Ogden Haggerty 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Mother: Elizabeth Sedgwick Kneeland 1813 – 1888 (Buried: Church of the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Massachusetts) Husband: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw 1837 – 1863 (Buried: Battery Wagner Mass Union Grave, Charleston, South Carolina) Married: May 2, 1863 at Church of the Ascension in New York City, New York Antebellum Events: 1837: Birth of her brother Ogden Haggerty Jr. 1841: Birth of her sister Clemence Haggerty Crafts 1844: Death of her brother Ogden Haggerty Jr. Civil War Life Events: 1861: She met Robert Gould Shaw 1863: She married Colonel Robert...

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