Abigail is listed as a Doctress in later census. She was said to have graduated from Harvard medical school, although this can't be confirmed. Family stories said that one of her professors was the famous Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was at Harvard medical school from 1827 until 1880. The story goes that he taught the students to wash their hands when delivering babies. Because of this Abigail never had a case of child-bed fever. Also listed are children Marietta 10y/o, birth place Ohio BD circa 1840, Jane 7y/o birth place Ohio, John 4y/o birth place Ohio. Eliza Jane Trumbull became Eliza Jane Trumbull Ishmael (see under Ishmael, Wm Thomas Ishmael II), her Birth date 3/19/1843. Sydney age 2. Marietta probably named for the first town and early capital of Ohio
Abigail is listed as a Doctress in later census. She was said to have graduated from Harvard medical school, although this can't be confirmed. Family stories said that one of her professors was the famous Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was at Harvard medical school from 1827 until 1880. The story goes that he taught the students to wash their hands when delivering babies. Because of this Abigail never had a case of child-bed fever. Also listed are children Marietta 10y/o, birth place Ohio BD circa 1840, Jane 7y/o birth place Ohio, John 4y/o birth place Ohio. Eliza Jane Trumbull became Eliza Jane Trumbull Ishmael (see under Ishmael, Wm Thomas Ishmael II), her Birth date 3/19/1843. Sydney age 2. Marietta probably named for the first town and early capital of Ohio
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