Ellen R. Murdock Watson collection 1843-1914.

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Ellen R. Murdock Watson collection 1843-1914.

Collection contains materials related to Ellen R. Murdock Watson. It includes papers relating to her schooling and social activities, 1843-1866; military passes to aid the sick and wunded, 1862; correspondence with Clara Barton, 1889; program for her memorial service in 1914; and cancelled checks of her husband, William, in 1866.

.05 linear ft.

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...

Murdock, John Robert, 1885-1972

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Arizona educator and Representative to the U.S. Congress from Arizona, 1935-1953. From the description of John Robert Murdock collection, 1917-1963 (bulk 1942-1950). (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 30058138 John Robert Murdock was born in 1885. He graduated from the State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri in 1912, and from the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1925. He did graduate work at the University of Arizona at Tucson and the University of Cal...

Watson, William C.

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Music teacher in Portsmouth, Va. From the description of Letter to E.B. Dearborn, 1840. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52779266 William Watson was sheriff of Livingston Parish, La. From the description of William Watson papers, 1846-1870 (bulk 1866-1870). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 182624518 ...

Watson, Ellen R. Murdock, 1841-1914.

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Ellen Murdoch was born in Pittsburgh in 1831. She accompanied her father on trips to care for the wounded of the Union Army during the Civil War. Following the war, she married William Watson and became active in the Women's Christian Temperence Union. She died in 1914. From the description of Ellen R. Murdock Watson collection 1843-1914. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48555059 ...