Fanny Longfellow

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Fanny Longfellow

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
11 Sep 1848 (aged 1)
Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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She was the first American-born child whose mother received anesthesia during childbirth. Her mother was anesthetized with ether administrated by Dr. Nathan Cooley Keep. When baby Fanny died the next year, her father published a poem in her honor titled "Resignation".
She was the first American-born child whose mother received anesthesia during childbirth. Her mother was anesthetized with ether administrated by Dr. Nathan Cooley Keep. When baby Fanny died the next year, her father published a poem in her honor titled "Resignation".


  • Created by: Big Ern
  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35991240/fanny-longfellow: accessed ), memorial page for Fanny Longfellow (7 Apr 1847–11 Sep 1848), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35991240, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Big Ern (contributor 46620889).