Mrs. Mary A. Bannister
Civil War nurse dies in Leroy, her work in Baltimore
Mrs. Mary A. Bannister, one of the older residents of this village, died this morning about 10 o'clock in her home in Bank street.
Mrs. Bannister was born in Warsaw on December 2, 1833, her maiden name being Mary Hale. During the years of the Civil war she acted as a nurse in Baltimore, Md., caring for the wounded soldiers. At the close of the war with her husband, Edward Bannister, she came to Leroy and conducted a restaurant in Bank street for a number of years. Mr. Bannister died in 1905. Mrs. Bannister was a communicant of St. Mark's Church and was also a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. Clarissa Bannister, of Custer, Wash. The funeral will be held on Friday, Rev. Pierce Cushing officiating, and the remains will be taken to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial in Lake View Cemetery.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, March 8, 1916
Civil War nurse dies in Leroy, her work in Baltimore
Mrs. Mary A. Bannister, one of the older residents of this village, died this morning about 10 o'clock in her home in Bank street.
Mrs. Bannister was born in Warsaw on December 2, 1833, her maiden name being Mary Hale. During the years of the Civil war she acted as a nurse in Baltimore, Md., caring for the wounded soldiers. At the close of the war with her husband, Edward Bannister, she came to Leroy and conducted a restaurant in Bank street for a number of years. Mr. Bannister died in 1905. Mrs. Bannister was a communicant of St. Mark's Church and was also a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. Clarissa Bannister, of Custer, Wash. The funeral will be held on Friday, Rev. Pierce Cushing officiating, and the remains will be taken to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial in Lake View Cemetery.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, March 8, 1916
Mrs. Mary A. Bannister
Civil War nurse dies in Leroy, her work in Baltimore
Mrs. Mary A. Bannister, one of the older residents of this village, died this morning about 10 o'clock in her home in Bank street.
Mrs. Bannister was born in Warsaw on December 2, 1833, her maiden name being Mary Hale. During the years of the Civil war she acted as a nurse in Baltimore, Md., caring for the wounded soldiers. At the close of the war with her husband, Edward Bannister, she came to Leroy and conducted a restaurant in Bank street for a number of years. Mr. Bannister died in 1905. Mrs. Bannister was a communicant of St. Mark's Church and was also a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. Clarissa Bannister, of Custer, Wash. The funeral will be held on Friday, Rev. Pierce Cushing officiating, and the remains will be taken to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial in Lake View Cemetery.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, March 8, 1916
Civil War nurse dies in Leroy, her work in Baltimore
Mrs. Mary A. Bannister, one of the older residents of this village, died this morning about 10 o'clock in her home in Bank street.
Mrs. Bannister was born in Warsaw on December 2, 1833, her maiden name being Mary Hale. During the years of the Civil war she acted as a nurse in Baltimore, Md., caring for the wounded soldiers. At the close of the war with her husband, Edward Bannister, she came to Leroy and conducted a restaurant in Bank street for a number of years. Mr. Bannister died in 1905. Mrs. Bannister was a communicant of St. Mark's Church and was also a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. Clarissa Bannister, of Custer, Wash. The funeral will be held on Friday, Rev. Pierce Cushing officiating, and the remains will be taken to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial in Lake View Cemetery.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, March 8, 1916
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