Mother of twenty one children. Contracted typhus ministering to sick and wounded Revolutionary War soldiers in Yellow Springs Hospital in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

Daughter of Johann and Annae Margarethae Hartmans.
-Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FHL Film #193913

Maria Appolonia"Abigail" Hartman Rice was National Society Daughters of the American Revolution [NSDAR] Patriot #A094808 until NSDAR closed her line due to no evidence or proof of her service as a nurse at Yellow Springs Hospital in Chester County PA under Dr. Bodo Otto. The Hartman, Hench and Rice families resided near the hospital so the women provided service to the soldiers there. The families were well vested in the Revolution and well represented with multiple members serving in the military and/or providing patriotic service, but the women had no pay stubs or such as NSDAR requires to prove that they "served", contrary to the Chester County, PA history.

The Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter of NSDAR flourished in Washington, D. C. for 85 years until it was merged with another chapter [Emily Nelson Chapter] and lost it's identity and its many years of serving NSDAR.

Mother of twenty one children. Contracted typhus ministering to sick and wounded Revolutionary War soldiers in Yellow Springs Hospital in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

Daughter of Johann and Annae Margarethae Hartmans.
-Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FHL Film #193913

Maria Appolonia"Abigail" Hartman Rice was National Society Daughters of the American Revolution [NSDAR] Patriot #A094808 until NSDAR closed her line due to no evidence or proof of her service as a nurse at Yellow Springs Hospital in Chester County PA under Dr. Bodo Otto. The Hartman, Hench and Rice families resided near the hospital so the women provided service to the soldiers there. The families were well vested in the Revolution and well represented with multiple members serving in the military and/or providing patriotic service, but the women had no pay stubs or such as NSDAR requires to prove that they "served", contrary to the Chester County, PA history.

The Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter of NSDAR flourished in Washington, D. C. for 85 years until it was merged with another chapter [Emily Nelson Chapter] and lost it's identity and its many years of serving NSDAR.