Canfield, Louisa Halsey, d. 1840-1863.

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Louisa and her brothers Augustus Cass (1842-1891), Edmund (1844-1884), and Frederick Alexander (1849-1926), grew up in Ferromonte, New Jersey where their father managed the estate and iron mine of their great-uncle, Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853). As a teenager, Louisa contracted tuberculosis, which her parents tried to alleviate by taking her for water treatment at Round Hill in Northampton, Massachusetts in the fall of 1861. Louisa H. Canfield died in Ferromonte on February 14, 1863 at the age of twenty-three.

From the description of Louisa Halsey Canfield diary, 1861-1862. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53920774

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Morris County (N.J.)
Ferromonte (N.J.)
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Hydrotherapy
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis patients' writings
Women
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Death 1840

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