Mrs. Leonora Wright, 467 North Third Street, died at 12:30 o'clock Friday morning after a long illness.
Mrs. Wright was a nurse during the civil war, having served in the regimental hospital in this city, and later recommended by Governor O.P,.Morton and sent to the battle of Stony River, Later she was on duty at the Jackson hospital at Memphis Tenn. After fours years of service she was granted an honorable discharge.
Mrs. Wright, whose maiden name was Leonora Watson, was born in Henderson County, Ky. in 1831, and was the daughter of William P. Watson, who moved to Rockville, Ind. when Mrs. Wright was but 11 years old. There she lived until the civil war. Following the was she came to Terre Haute and
purchased the property at 467 North Third Strreet.Mrs. Wright traced her ancestors back to the well known Timothy Pickering of Tennessee.
She was a member of the National Associations of Army Nurses and for four years, while in active
service, held the position of department president, which honorary position she held at the time of her death.
Mrs. Wright was the mother of eight children, three of whom died in their infancy. Those who arestill living are Mrs. George E. Smith, Hicksville Mo.; Mrs. Mary F. Hobson, Terre Haute; Mrs. Bessie Beatty, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Rosalyn P. Ferguson, Chicago; an Mrs. Gertrude Valin, San Franscico. Of thechildren Mrs. Hobson and Mrs. Ferguson were were at the bedside at the time of her death, and Mrs. Valin arrived later.
After private funeral services at the house the body will be shipped to Washington D.C. to be buried in the nurse burying ground in the Arlington Military Cemetery. The G.A.R. will have charge of the funeral
(Contrubuted by Richard Mckim her great grandson)
A native of Henderson County, Ky., Leonora married Levi Culver Smith (1823 -1898) of Terre Haute in 1857. Leonora needed employment to support their two children. Nurses earned 40 cents a day.
Returning to Terre Haute after the war and residing at 467 N. Third St., Leonora outlived Smith and two subsequent husbands. After raising five children to adulthood, she became active in the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War.
Four years prior to her death in Terre Haute on May 15, 1914, at age 83, Leonora (Watson Smith) Wright was made honorary president of the association.
She is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Mrs. Leonora Wright, 467 North Third Street, died at 12:30 o'clock Friday morning after a long illness.
Mrs. Wright was a nurse during the civil war, having served in the regimental hospital in this city, and later recommended by Governor O.P,.Morton and sent to the battle of Stony River, Later she was on duty at the Jackson hospital at Memphis Tenn. After fours years of service she was granted an honorable discharge.
Mrs. Wright, whose maiden name was Leonora Watson, was born in Henderson County, Ky. in 1831, and was the daughter of William P. Watson, who moved to Rockville, Ind. when Mrs. Wright was but 11 years old. There she lived until the civil war. Following the was she came to Terre Haute and
purchased the property at 467 North Third Strreet.Mrs. Wright traced her ancestors back to the well known Timothy Pickering of Tennessee.
She was a member of the National Associations of Army Nurses and for four years, while in active
service, held the position of department president, which honorary position she held at the time of her death.
Mrs. Wright was the mother of eight children, three of whom died in their infancy. Those who arestill living are Mrs. George E. Smith, Hicksville Mo.; Mrs. Mary F. Hobson, Terre Haute; Mrs. Bessie Beatty, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Rosalyn P. Ferguson, Chicago; an Mrs. Gertrude Valin, San Franscico. Of thechildren Mrs. Hobson and Mrs. Ferguson were were at the bedside at the time of her death, and Mrs. Valin arrived later.
After private funeral services at the house the body will be shipped to Washington D.C. to be buried in the nurse burying ground in the Arlington Military Cemetery. The G.A.R. will have charge of the funeral
(Contrubuted by Richard Mckim her great grandson)
A native of Henderson County, Ky., Leonora married Levi Culver Smith (1823 -1898) of Terre Haute in 1857. Leonora needed employment to support their two children. Nurses earned 40 cents a day.
Returning to Terre Haute after the war and residing at 467 N. Third St., Leonora outlived Smith and two subsequent husbands. After raising five children to adulthood, she became active in the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War.
Four years prior to her death in Terre Haute on May 15, 1914, at age 83, Leonora (Watson Smith) Wright was made honorary president of the association.
She is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://specials.tribstar.com/columns/Historical/2002/November10.html
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