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Minerva A (Bosworth) Stevenson (1821 - 1903)

Minerva A Stevenson formerly Bosworth
Born in Fredonia, Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 16 Dec 1868 in Morgan, Illinois, United Statesmap
Died at age 81 in Morgan, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Minerva was a Civil War Nurse.

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.
  • Mount Holyoke College Memorandum Sociey. Catalogue of the Memorandum Society, of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, for Thirty Years, Ending 1867 Northhampton, MA:Bridgeman & Childs. 1867. pp. 14.
  • 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.

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