Sarah Ann Hunter (1832 - 1894)

Born 10 Jun 1832 in Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States

Died 18 Jun 1894 at age 62 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Sarah was one of a few women doctors in the late19th century

Sarah Hunter is buried in Guilford Union Cemetery, Winnebago County, Illinois.

Sarah was born in 1832. She was the daughter of James Hunter and Sarah Akins. ^[1]

She came with her family from New York to Guilford, Illinois in 1844.

She lived with her sister Mary in Missouri and taught school. She then went abroad and studied medicine.

She was one of a few women doctors in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1886 Dr. Sarah Hunter’s nomination for membership in the St. Louis Medical Society was soundly rejected. According to the press, “It was admitted on all sides that no objection could be made to Dr. Hunter’s qualifications, but the edict had gone forth that no more ladies would be admitted to membership, and the society will enforce it.” ^[2]

Sarah passed away in 1894. ^[3]

Obituary

Death of Dr. Sarah Hunter

Dr. Sarah Hunter, 62 years old, died in her home of cancer. She practiced medicine for seven years in this city, up to a few years ago, when she took sick. It is said she advocated the practical application of the theory that total abstinence might affect a cure of certain diseases, including her own ailment. She was supposed to this theory on herself for several months ago, but the attending physician pronounced that she died of cancer. ^[4]

Gravestone Transcription

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XB-MKR : 12 April 2016), Sarah A Hunter, Missouri, United States; citing p. 21, family 179, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,316.
2. ↑ From Lay Practitioner to Doctor of Medicine: Woman Physicians in St. Louis, 1860-1920”, Martha R. Clevenger 1987
3. ↑ St. Louis Genealogical Society, comp.. St. Louis, Missouri, Death Records, 1850-1902. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Original data: St. Louis Genealogical Society. Index to Death Records in the City of St. Louis, 1850-1902. St. Louis, MO, USA: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999. Ancestry Record 5696 #154884

   Sarah Hunter

   Death Date: 18 Jun 1894

   Volume: 30; Page: 535

   County Library: RDSL 39

   Missouri Archive: C 10395; SLGS Rolls: 326

4. ↑ St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO) 19 June 1894, page 7 GenealogyBank : accessed 27 October 2018

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #102792338  : accessed 27 October 2018), memorial page for Dr Sarah Ann Hunter (1832–1894), citing Guilford Union Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Charles Drewes (contributor 47310053) .