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Spanish American War Nurses


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BARTON, CLARA, (a.k.a. CLARISSA HARLOWE BARTON),
 Founder and Nurse, American Red Cross (December 25, 1821 - April 12, 1912)(North Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester Co, MA)*

BRADFORD, ISABELLA, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (Died August 26, 1898) (Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., VA)**

BURKE, SISTER ANASTASIA, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Charity, U.S. Army (Died 23 November 1898) (Sacred Heart Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Frederick Co., MD)**

CAMPOS, ANNA H. LONG, Contract Nurse,
 5th Army Corps Hospital (September 8, 1859 - September 2, 1899) (Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., VA)**

CHURCH, EMMA, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (January 21, 1868 - December 1963) (Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Greene Co., PA)**

DOUGHERTY, MARY M., Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (September 24, 1872 - February 24, 1938) (Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks Co., PA)**

DOYLE, SISTERS MARY CELESTINE, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (1866 -  October 16, 1944)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

ERICKSEN, THERESA, Contract Nurse
 U.S. Army (June 13, 1868 - August 31, 1943)(Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN)**

FENWICK, SISTERS MARY FRANCES LOYOLA, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (January 7, 1864 - July 3, 1901)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

FLANNAGAN, MARY ELIZABETH, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (Sisters of Mercy) (Died November , 1898) (Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

GLADWIN, MARY E., Nurse,
 American Red Cross (1861 – 1939)(Section 25, Lot 224 West, Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Summit Co., OH)*

HATCH, ROSE WOODWARD DICKMAN, Contract Nurse,
 American Red Cross (May 29, 1870 - August 23, 1946) (Miami City Cemetery, Miami, Dade Co., FL)**

HUDSON, LIZZIE L., Nurse,
 Nursing Corps (March 11, 1860 - November 21,1955)(River Bend Cemetery, Limon, Elbert Co., CO)***

HUGHES, LORA WOOD, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (February 14, 1863 - November 10, 1960) (Washington Veterans’ Home Cemetery, Retsil, Kitsap Co., WA)**

ISBELL, DENA MARIE, Nurse,
 Medical Dept (1869 - 1959)(Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange Co., CA) **

JENNINGS, JANE, Contract Nurse
Transport SENECA (1842 - December 31, 1917)(Block 10, Row 2, Lot 16, Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green Co., WI)*

JOHNSTON, MARY, Nurse,
 Army Nurse Corps (Died November 19, 1939) (Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY)

KLINEFELTER, SISTERS ALEXIUS, Volunteer Nurse,
Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (1858 - July 25, 1943)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

LEONARD, SISTERS BORGIA, Volunteer Nurse,
Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (May 1852 - November 26, 1920)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

MAASS, CLARA LOUISE, Contract Nurse
 (June 28, 1876 - August 24, 1901) (Section L, Plot 81, Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex Co., NJ)

MARTIN, MARGARET HAY SOUTH, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (August 6, 1870 - November 21, 1961) (Evergreen Cemetery, Lumberton, Burlington Co., NJ)**

McCOLM, SISTERS MARY NOLASCO, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (February 20, 1855 - March 5, 1936)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

 
McGEE, ANITA NEWCOMB, Acting Asst. Surgeon General,
 U.S. Army (November 4, 1864 - October 5, 1940) (Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co, VA)**

MIDDLETON, SISTERS MARY BONAVENTURE, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (Died February 22, 1920)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

MULLIN, SISTERS MARY URSULA, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (1884 - January 7, 1940)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

O’KANE, SISTERS M. BERNARD, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (1847 - November 20, 1927)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

PHILLIPS, ELSIE COURRIER, Nurse,
 U.S. Medical Department (September 24, 1877 - May 28, 1961)(Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA)

PLANT, LULU, Contract Nurse,
 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1863 - May 8, 1899) (Plain Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA)**

PRENDERGAST, SISTERS MARY DE SALES, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (Died March 30, 1916)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

SEBASTIAN, MARY McFADDEN, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (1875 - October 23, 1918) (Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN)**

SHAFER, MARY ELIZABETH (nee CAUGHEY) Contract Nurse,
 (1898-1899) (Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, Allegheny Co., PA)

SLIPP, HELEN M. PENNEY, Contract Nurse
 American Red Cross (served with the 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry)(March, 1865 - May 15, 1949)(Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., MN)
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SMITH, SISTERS MARY IGNATIUS, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (1859 - June 23, 1934)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

STONE, SISTERS MARY BERNARDINE, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (Died January 21, 1929)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

TOLAND, IRENE SHAFFER, Contract Nurse/Chief Nurse aboard REINA DE LOS ANGELOS,
 U.S. Army (April 1857 - September 25, 1898) (Masonic Cemetery, Chappell Hill, Washington Co., TX)**

TOWER, ELLEN MAY, Contract Nurse (First Army nurse to die on foreign soil),
 U.S. Army (May 8, 1868 - December 9, 1898) (Byron Cemetery, Byron, Shiawassee Co., MI)**

TURNBULL, MINERVA O., Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (Died September 27, 1898) (Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA)**

WALWORTH, REUBENA HYDE “RUBY,” Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (February 20, 1867 - October 18, 1898) (Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., NY)**

WARD, CLARA H., Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (1873 - October 28, 1898) (Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Westvale, Onondaga Co., NY)**

WELD, SISTERS MARY MERCEDES, Volunteer Nurse,
 Sisters of Mercy, U.S. Army (Died March 10, 1925)(Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, Baltimore Co., MD)**

WHEELER, ANNIE EARLY, Contract Nurse,
 U.S. Army (July 31, 1868 - April 10, 1955) (Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Lawrence Co., AL)**


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Kathy (Elsie Courrier Phillips)
Patrick McSherry (names followed by an asterisk -*-)
Lynne C Holden (Mary Elizabeth Caughey Shafer)
John Sims (names followed by a double asterisk - ** -)
Diane Renfrow (Mary Johnston)


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