Minerva was born in 1821 and she attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1840 to 1842. She was a teacher in Ballston, NY, Westfield, NY, Jacksonville, IL, and Rochester, NY. Minerva was a nurse during the US Civil War over the winter and spring of 1864-65 at Quincy, Illinois. She passed away in 1903.
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850" Citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). FamilySearch Record: MCT5-5D5 (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6X36-F8 Image number 00472 Name: Menerva Bosworth; Census Date: 1850; Census Place: Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1821; Birth Place: New York; Age: 29; Source House Nbr: 772.
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860" Citing Page: 181; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 731; FHL microfilm: 803731; Record number: 20317; FamilySearch Record: MCWH-JXG (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBS4-93NL Image number 00526 Name: Minerva Bosworth; Census Date: 1860; Census Place: Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States; Birth Date: 1821; Birth Place: New York; Race: White; Age: 39.
1865 Census: "New York State Census, 1865" Citing Census, p. 18, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York. FamilySearch Record: QVNF-NGPG (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6MZ3-V3N Name: Minerva Bosworth; Census Date: 1865; Census Place: District 01, Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States; Birth Date: 1823; Age: 42; Relationship To Head: Sister-in-law.
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870" Citing Page: 16; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 14; FHL microfilm: 000545762; Record number: 20943; FamilySearch Record: M6HK-14G (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6PZZ-H66 Image number 00539 Name: Minerva Stevenson; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Morgan, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1822; Birth Place: New York, United States; Age: 48.
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870" Citing Page: 5; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 19; FHL microfilm: 000545762; Record number: 22711; FamilySearch Record: M6HK-B8K (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6PZZ-WNP Image number 00585 Name: Minerva Stevenson; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Sulphur Springs, Morgan, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1822; Birth Place: New York; Age: 48.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880" Citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . FamilySearch Record: MXV1-RF5 (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYYY-94CZ Image number 00463 Name: Minerva Stevenson; Census Date: 1880; Census Place: Alexander Election Precinct, Morgan, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Keeping House; Race: White; Birth Date: 1821; Birth Place: New York, United States; Age: 59; Relationship To Head: Wife; Source Person Nbr: 1.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900" Citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 26; FHL microfilm: 1240331; Record number: 32344; FamilySearch Record: MS45-V5B (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6L8S-Q9H Image number 00666 Name: Minerva Stevenson; Census Date: 1900; Census Place: Alexander Election Precinct, Morgan, Illinois, United States; Birth Date: Jun 1821; Birth Place: New York; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Married; Marriage Date: 1868; Race: White; Age: 79; Cnt Living Children: 0; Cnt Years Married: 32; Cnt Children: 0; Relationship To Head: Wife.
Burial: "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999" Citing FHL microfilm: 1317640; Record number: 29; FamilySearch Record: HKQS-4FW2 (accessed 29 June 2022) Name: Minerva Stevenson; Burial Date: 29 May 1903; Burial Place: Morgan, Illinois, United States; Death Date: 27 May 1903; Death Place: Morgan Co., Illinois; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Unknown; Occupation: Housewife; Race: White; Birth Date: 1821; Birth Place: Ferdonia, New York; Age: 82; Cemetery Name: Diamond Grove; Funeral Home Name: X; Source Reference: Items 1-3, Volume A.
See Also:
Memorial: Find a Grave (has image). Find A Grave: Memorial #146000810 (accessed 29 June 2022) Memorial page for Minerva Bosworth Stevenson (25 Aug 1821-27 May 1903), citing Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, USA (plot: A 121); Maintained by P. Meado (contributor 47252942).
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