Died
at about age 83
in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
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Biography
Mary was a Civil War Nurse.
Fact: Residence (1850) Peoria City, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Peoria City 4th Ward, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Volunteer army nurse during the US Civil War. Worked closely with her daughter Mary and Aunt Lizzie Aiken.
Research Notes
Last name at birth unknown.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M856-3GK : 19 December 2020), Mary Sturges in household of Seth M Sturges, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPJ-FR7 : 14 January 2022), Mary Sturges, Monrovia, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7434327/mary-a-sturges : accessed 13 November 2021), memorial page for Mary A. Sturges (1809–29 Dec 1892),Find A Grave: Memorial #7434327, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Kent Kooi (contributor 46562030) .
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