Nurse Graves & Memorials

Hannah Anderson Ropes

1809–1863 (age 54)

New Gloucester

Hannah Anderson Ropes was a nurse and writer from New Gloucester who died in 1863.

Biddy Mason

1818–1891 (age 73)

Evergreen Cemetery

Biddy Mason (1818-1891) was an African American nurse, midwife, and philanthropist who founded a church in Los Angeles.

Clara Maass

1876–1901 (age 25)

Fairmount Cemetery

Clara Maass was a New Jersey nurse who died in 1901 at age 25, likely from yellow fever contracted during medical servic...

Anna Etheridge

1839–1913 (age 74)

Arlington National Cemetery

Anna Etheridge was a Civil War-era nurse and military support personnel from Wayne County who died in 1913.

Phoebe Pember

1823–1913 (age 90)

Laurel Grove North Cemetery

Phoebe Pember (1823-1913) was a Confederate nurse and hospital administrator during the American Civil War.

Mary Eliza Mahoney

1845–1926 (age 81)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) was the first African American registered nurse in the United States.

Linda Richards

1841–1930 (age 89)

Forest Hills Cemetery

Linda Richards was a pioneering nurse who lived from 1841 to 1930 in Potsdam.

Martha Minerva Franklin

1870–1968 (age 98)

Meriden

Martha Minerva Franklin (1870-1968) was a New Milford native and pioneering African American nurse.

Mary Carson Breckinridge

1881–1965 (age 84)

Lexington Cemetery

Mary Carson Breckinridge was an American nurse and founder of the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky.

Agnes von Kurowsky

1892–1984 (age 92)

Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

Agnes von Kurowsky (1892-1984) was a Germantown-based nurse who inspired Ernest Hemingway's literary works.

Jane Toppan

1854–1938 (age 84)

Mayflower Hill Cemetery

Jane Toppan (1854-1938), a Boston-born nurse, infamously confessed to multiple murders before her burial at Mayflower Hi...