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Dexheimer, Florence Chambers, 1866-1925 / Sketches of Wisconsin pioneer women
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Eleanor McConnell Ward, pp. 165-166
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Maria Smith Mills, pp. 166-167
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Dr. Andrew J. Ward was a member for four years of the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. As a sur- geon he was in charge of Brigade, Division, and Corps hospitals. Mrs. Ward was with her husband at all times when she could be of any assistance. She spent the sum- mer after the Battle of Gettysburg doing all in her power to alleviate the sufferings of the soldiers in the hospitals there, as she did later at Antietam and other places when she could be of service to her countrymen. Mrs. Ward was the notable housewife and hostess, with a mind ever at leisure for the contemplation of af- fairs of State. She was always interesting. Her influence was felt by all who knew her and came in contact with her alert mind. Mrs. Ward's residence was on Carroll Street where the Carnegie Library Building now stands- for eight years, from 1866 to 1910, she lived at 121 Wilson Street West. ........................................ ...............................................s*.....I............. U MARIA SMITH MILLS Contributed by the John Bell Chapter, D. A. R. s.... Maria Smith Mills, wife of Simeon Mills, was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, May 21, 1815, and came to Wisconsin in June, 1838. Mr. Mills had preceded her by a year, and as he was one of the two men who were first on the ground in Madison, she saw the city from it's very beginning. A log dwelling, which had been erected by Mr. Mills for a store, on the corner of East Main and Webster Streets, appears to have been the first home of the fam- iiy, and it is probably there that Mrs. Mills experienced the difficulties and privations that she would sometimes refer to in later years. Mr. Mills built a frame house later, where the Bank of Wisconsin now stands, and an office in the yard; these and a white picket fence around them, are in the 166
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