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Anna Cabot (Lowell) Woodbury (1833 - 1906)

Anna Cabot Woodbury formerly Lowell
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 72 in Washington, District of Columbia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Anna Cabot was born into a distinguished and well-to-do family in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1833,[1] the daughter of Charles Lowell and Anna Jackson.

When the Civil War started, she trained to become an Army nurse, and in the summer of 1862 she was assigned as nurse on the hospital ship Daniel Webster on the James River. Later that year she was assigned to the Armory Square Hospital, where she served until August 1865.[2]

After the war, she married Henry E. Woodbury, a prominent physician and son of Elisha and Mary Ann Wooburn, in Cambridge in 1868.[3]

She later founded the Howard Industrial School of Colored Women and Girls in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her school educated recently-freed slaves in housekeeping skills and helped place them in jobs. In 1879, she established the Mission School of Cookery in Washington, D.C., teaching cooking basics to students of all skin colors. In 1889 she published the cooking manual that was used in public schools in Washington, D.C.

Anna died in 1906[4] and was buried at the family plot of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass. Find A Grave: Memorial #102056064[5]

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-745 : 10 February 2018), Anna Lowell Woodbury, 09 Aug 1833
  2. Civil War Women blog, Armory Square Hospital, published 22 Oct 2014 by Maggie MacLean, accessed 21 Oct 2018
  3. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWBS-D3N : 24 May 2018), Henry E. Woodbury and Anna Lowell, 6 Apr 1868
  4. "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7TL-BM1 : accessed 21 October 2018), Anne Lowell Woodbury, 02 Jun 1906, District of Columbia, United States
  5. Find a Grave, database and images ( accessed accessed 21 Oct 2018), memorial page for Anna Cabot Lowell Woodbury (3 Aug 1833–5 Jun 1906), Find a Grave Memorial no. 102056064, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mayflower Pilgrim 332 (contributor 47081711) .




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