{"id":11551,"date":"2015-10-02T10:24:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T14:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=11551"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:00:59","slug":"civil-war-nurse-mary-maxwell-featured-in-ogsq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/civil-war-nurse-mary-maxwell-featured-in-ogsq.html","title":{"rendered":"Civil War Nurse Mary Maxwell Featured in OGSQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received the latest copy of the Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly (OGSQ) in the mail this week and was interested in the cover story about \u201cMary Francis (Stokes) Huddleston Maxwell, Civil War Nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11553\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-ogsq-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-ogsq-cover.png\" alt=\"photo of the cover of the Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly magazine\" width=\"495\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-ogsq-cover.png 495w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-ogsq-cover-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The article was written by Laurel Sheppard, the Assistant Editor of the OGSQ \u2013 who was assisted by Barbara Hart, Susan Lee and Daniel Reigel.<\/p>\n<p>OK \u2013 I wondered if GenealogyBank had any articles about Mary Francis (Stokes) Maxwell (1835-1924).<\/p>\n<p>I quickly found her obituary in the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio).<br \/>\nLots of good data here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11554\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/plain-dealer-newspaper-0113-1924-mary-maxwell-obituary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/plain-dealer-newspaper-0113-1924-mary-maxwell-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Mary Maxwell, Plain Dealer newspaper article 13 January 1924\" width=\"311\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/plain-dealer-newspaper-0113-1924-mary-maxwell-obituary.png 311w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/plain-dealer-newspaper-0113-1924-mary-maxwell-obituary-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), 13 January 1924, page 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mary\u2019s obituary reports that she died \u201clast night\u201d \u2013 on 12 January 1924.<br \/>\nShe died at the home of her daughter in Lakewood, Ohio, on Bonnieview Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>A quick search of Google Street View pulls up how that home looks today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11555\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-lakewood-oh-house.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-lakewood-oh-house.png\" alt=\"photo of a house in Lakewood, Ohio\" width=\"457\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-lakewood-oh-house.png 457w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-1002-2015-lakewood-oh-house-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Google Street View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mary\u2019s obituary tells us that she enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 and was stationed at the Civil War-era U.S. Army hospital in Keokuk, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Her obituary also reports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She was receiving a pension<\/li>\n<li>She lived in Ashland, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>She moved from Ashland to Lakewood, Ohio, to live with her daughter in 1910<\/li>\n<li>She was buried in Ashland, Ohio, on 14 January 1924<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are hundreds of millions of obituaries in GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> \u2013 come find your ancestor\u2019s today!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note:<\/em><\/strong> FamilySearch International (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FamilySearch.org<\/a>) and GenealogyBank are partnering to make over a billion records from recent and historical obituaries searchable online. The tremendous undertaking will make a billion records from over 100 million U.S. newspaper obituaries readily searchable online. The newspapers are from all 50 states and cover the period 1730 to the present.\u00a0 Find out more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/family-search\/\">https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/family-search\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in Ohio genealogy research, then a membership in the Ohio Genealogical Society is essential. Do it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Civil War Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/dating-old-family-photographs-with-civil-war-revenue-stamps.html\">Dating Old Family Photographs with Civil War Revenue Stamps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/a-civil-war-captain-in-my-family-tree-share-your-surprises.html\">A Civil War Captain in My Family Tree?! 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