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Name: Hannah Anderson Ropes
Birth Year: 1809
Death Year: 1863
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  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 12: September, 1979-August, 1982. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1983. (BioIn 12)

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Hannah A. Chandler Ropes
Birth 13 Jun 1809
New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Death 20 Jan 1863 (aged 53)
Georgetown, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Burial
Lower Corner Cemetery
New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Memorial ID 66348562

HANNAH A. CHANDLER ROPES ~ Vocation: Nurse, Head Matron, Union Hotel Hospital in Washington DC: She had a profound influence on the course of military medicine and better sanitary conditions

Religion: Swedenborgian, New Jerusalem Church, Boston, Suffolk, MA: Membership: 07 APR 1839

Note: Hannah nursed Louisa May Alcott back to health during the Civil War, but died herself from typhoid pneumonia on the 20 Jan 1863, at age 53, while working at the Union Hotel Hospital, Georgetown, Washington D.C.