Ruth was the dau of David & Ruth (Coombs) Sweet. She grew up on the Cranberry Isles and later lived in Surry with her sister Abbie and Abbie's husband Sabin Lord. In the early 1850s she married Rev Andrew H. Mayhew of Rockland. He died Jan 25 1856 and Ruth moved to Portland & was working as a teacher there when the war began.∼Civil War Nurse
Widow of the Rev. Andrew H. Mayhew
Biographical information from Sudlow, Lynda L. 2000. A Vast Army of Women: Maine's Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War.
Widow of the Rev. Andrew H. Mayhew
Biographical information from Sudlow, Lynda L. 2000. A Vast Army of Women: Maine's Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War.
Ruth was the dau of David & Ruth (Coombs) Sweet. She grew up on the Cranberry Isles and later lived in Surry with her sister Abbie and Abbie's husband Sabin Lord. In the early 1850s she married Rev Andrew H. Mayhew of Rockland. He died Jan 25 1856 and Ruth moved to Portland & was working as a teacher there when the war began.∼Civil War Nurse
Widow of the Rev. Andrew H. Mayhew
Biographical information from Sudlow, Lynda L. 2000. A Vast Army of Women: Maine's Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War.
Widow of the Rev. Andrew H. Mayhew
Biographical information from Sudlow, Lynda L. 2000. A Vast Army of Women: Maine's Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF
RUTH SWETT,
WIDOW OF REV. ANDREW W. MAYHEW
BORN IN ORLAND, ME., APRIL 19, 1822.
DIED IN ROCKLAND, ME., JUNE 22, 1875.
ONE OF THAT DEVOTED BAND OF WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED ALL
FOR THE GOOD OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR FELLOW MAN.
MRS. MAYHEW WAS A NURSE IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
LEAVING PORTLAND, MAINE FOR THE SEAT OF WAR JULY 9, 1863,
REMAINING "AT THE FRONT" UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR
AND ENTERING RICHMOND WITH THE ARMY.
MAYHEW
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