Mother: Amelia Ropes
1850 - Lived, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT
~1855 - Married, Jonathan Sturges Beers, Jr.
1870 - Lived with husband and children,New Orleans, LA. Jonathan is listed as a cotton broker in the 1870 U.S. Census
1880 - Lived with husband and children, New Orleans, LA. Jonathan is listed as a laborer in the 1880 U.S. Census
Author of: "Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War (first published in 1888 - the true story of Mrs. Beers' work as a Confederate hospital nurse and matron during the American Civil War.)
According to her death certificate, the chief cause of death was a cerebral embolism. Contributing causes were endocarditis and chronic interstitial nephritis. She was buried in Fairfield, Connecticut, on February 12th, 1894, three days after her death in New York City. Her occupation is listed as "authoress."
F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.
Senior Technical Advisor to the
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
November 14, 2014
Mother: Amelia Ropes
1850 - Lived, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT
~1855 - Married, Jonathan Sturges Beers, Jr.
1870 - Lived with husband and children,New Orleans, LA. Jonathan is listed as a cotton broker in the 1870 U.S. Census
1880 - Lived with husband and children, New Orleans, LA. Jonathan is listed as a laborer in the 1880 U.S. Census
Author of: "Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War (first published in 1888 - the true story of Mrs. Beers' work as a Confederate hospital nurse and matron during the American Civil War.)
According to her death certificate, the chief cause of death was a cerebral embolism. Contributing causes were endocarditis and chronic interstitial nephritis. She was buried in Fairfield, Connecticut, on February 12th, 1894, three days after her death in New York City. Her occupation is listed as "authoress."
F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.
Senior Technical Advisor to the
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
November 14, 2014
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