Mary was the last surviving Civil War nurse. Source: Woman's Club of Aurora
Parents: John Cameron & Sophronia Rowell
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Mrs. Mary C. Athow went out in February, 1864, as a volunteer nurse under Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, and served eighteen months to the close of the war. She was in hospitals at Knoxville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and other places. Mrs. Athow is the widow of a veteran.
Source: The Part Taken by Women in American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
(Info provived by Diane LM)
Parents: John Cameron & Sophronia Rowell
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Mrs. Mary C. Athow went out in February, 1864, as a volunteer nurse under Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, and served eighteen months to the close of the war. She was in hospitals at Knoxville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and other places. Mrs. Athow is the widow of a veteran.
Source: The Part Taken by Women in American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
(Info provived by Diane LM)
Mary was the last surviving Civil War nurse. Source: Woman's Club of Aurora
Parents: John Cameron & Sophronia Rowell
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Mrs. Mary C. Athow went out in February, 1864, as a volunteer nurse under Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, and served eighteen months to the close of the war. She was in hospitals at Knoxville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and other places. Mrs. Athow is the widow of a veteran.
Source: The Part Taken by Women in American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
(Info provived by Diane LM)
Parents: John Cameron & Sophronia Rowell
********
Mrs. Mary C. Athow went out in February, 1864, as a volunteer nurse under Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, and served eighteen months to the close of the war. She was in hospitals at Knoxville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and other places. Mrs. Athow is the widow of a veteran.
Source: The Part Taken by Women in American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
(Info provived by Diane LM)
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