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 Prisoners of War at Wilmington N.C.
Life after War:
1866 – 1867: First Lady of the State of Connecticut
President of Indian Rights Association
1885: Adopted her niece Margaret Spencer Foote
Died: March 3, 1886
Place of Death: Washington D.C.
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Burial Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery Hartford Connecticut
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