Hannah was the daughter of Nathaniel Thomas and Zilpha Loring, both of Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel and Zilpha married in Duxbury on 8/28/1825.
Hannah's father was a mariner and was born in 1794 in Duxbury. He died there on 10/30/1878 of "consumption". Consumption is now commonly called tuberculosis but most doctors back in that time called any respiratory related death "consumption" when it actually could have been a different respiratory disease such as pneumonia, asthma, etc.
Hannah's mother Zilpha was born at Duxbury in 1805. She died there on 9/29/1851 also of "consumption". Nathaniel and Zilpha also had a daughter named Mary Bailey Thomas Teschemacher. She too, would die of the same disease on 5/9/1869.
Hannah was the wife of John Moir of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (NOTE-some show last name spelling as "Moer" but "Moir" is believed to be the correct spelling). They married on 6/16/1861 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John was the son of Peter and Ann Moir.
During the Civil War John Moir served the Union cause. He was wounded shortly after the war began in 1861 and languished in a hospital in Washington, D.C. (as of this writing, John's Civil War record has not been located by this writer). Hannah came to his side and took a position as nurse to take care of him and other wounded Union soldiers. Her husband soon died but Hannah carried on in her capacity as a nurse until the war's end in 1865, being amongst only a handful of women to serve the entire war in that position. She was highly regarded for the untiring care and compassion she gave to her patients and reportedly never faltered in her duty.
Hannah never remarried. It appears that she lived a fairly secluded life after the war and was living at 418 Broadway, in Boston at the time of her death. She was writing (secretary) for an attorney named Robb at 25 Bromfield Street. Her cause of death was listed as "Nervous Prostration", an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted, irritable, weak and depressed, which may be psychogenic or the result of a severe prolonged illness or exhausting experience. This writer is of the opinion, that her work as a nurse during the Rebellion had a lasting affect on her mental stability and that she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and eventually caused her death - making her too, one more victim of the Civil War.
Hannah's father was a mariner and was born in 1794 in Duxbury. He died there on 10/30/1878 of "consumption". Consumption is now commonly called tuberculosis but most doctors back in that time called any respiratory related death "consumption" when it actually could have been a different respiratory disease such as pneumonia, asthma, etc.
Hannah's mother Zilpha was born at Duxbury in 1805. She died there on 9/29/1851 also of "consumption". Nathaniel and Zilpha also had a daughter named Mary Bailey Thomas Teschemacher. She too, would die of the same disease on 5/9/1869.
Hannah was the wife of John Moir of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (NOTE-some show last name spelling as "Moer" but "Moir" is believed to be the correct spelling). They married on 6/16/1861 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John was the son of Peter and Ann Moir.
During the Civil War John Moir served the Union cause. He was wounded shortly after the war began in 1861 and languished in a hospital in Washington, D.C. (as of this writing, John's Civil War record has not been located by this writer). Hannah came to his side and took a position as nurse to take care of him and other wounded Union soldiers. Her husband soon died but Hannah carried on in her capacity as a nurse until the war's end in 1865, being amongst only a handful of women to serve the entire war in that position. She was highly regarded for the untiring care and compassion she gave to her patients and reportedly never faltered in her duty.
Hannah never remarried. It appears that she lived a fairly secluded life after the war and was living at 418 Broadway, in Boston at the time of her death. She was writing (secretary) for an attorney named Robb at 25 Bromfield Street. Her cause of death was listed as "Nervous Prostration", an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted, irritable, weak and depressed, which may be psychogenic or the result of a severe prolonged illness or exhausting experience. This writer is of the opinion, that her work as a nurse during the Rebellion had a lasting affect on her mental stability and that she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and eventually caused her death - making her too, one more victim of the Civil War.
Hannah was the daughter of Nathaniel Thomas and Zilpha Loring, both of Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel and Zilpha married in Duxbury on 8/28/1825.
Hannah's father was a mariner and was born in 1794 in Duxbury. He died there on 10/30/1878 of "consumption". Consumption is now commonly called tuberculosis but most doctors back in that time called any respiratory related death "consumption" when it actually could have been a different respiratory disease such as pneumonia, asthma, etc.
Hannah's mother Zilpha was born at Duxbury in 1805. She died there on 9/29/1851 also of "consumption". Nathaniel and Zilpha also had a daughter named Mary Bailey Thomas Teschemacher. She too, would die of the same disease on 5/9/1869.
Hannah was the wife of John Moir of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (NOTE-some show last name spelling as "Moer" but "Moir" is believed to be the correct spelling). They married on 6/16/1861 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John was the son of Peter and Ann Moir.
During the Civil War John Moir served the Union cause. He was wounded shortly after the war began in 1861 and languished in a hospital in Washington, D.C. (as of this writing, John's Civil War record has not been located by this writer). Hannah came to his side and took a position as nurse to take care of him and other wounded Union soldiers. Her husband soon died but Hannah carried on in her capacity as a nurse until the war's end in 1865, being amongst only a handful of women to serve the entire war in that position. She was highly regarded for the untiring care and compassion she gave to her patients and reportedly never faltered in her duty.
Hannah never remarried. It appears that she lived a fairly secluded life after the war and was living at 418 Broadway, in Boston at the time of her death. She was writing (secretary) for an attorney named Robb at 25 Bromfield Street. Her cause of death was listed as "Nervous Prostration", an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted, irritable, weak and depressed, which may be psychogenic or the result of a severe prolonged illness or exhausting experience. This writer is of the opinion, that her work as a nurse during the Rebellion had a lasting affect on her mental stability and that she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and eventually caused her death - making her too, one more victim of the Civil War.
Hannah's father was a mariner and was born in 1794 in Duxbury. He died there on 10/30/1878 of "consumption". Consumption is now commonly called tuberculosis but most doctors back in that time called any respiratory related death "consumption" when it actually could have been a different respiratory disease such as pneumonia, asthma, etc.
Hannah's mother Zilpha was born at Duxbury in 1805. She died there on 9/29/1851 also of "consumption". Nathaniel and Zilpha also had a daughter named Mary Bailey Thomas Teschemacher. She too, would die of the same disease on 5/9/1869.
Hannah was the wife of John Moir of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (NOTE-some show last name spelling as "Moer" but "Moir" is believed to be the correct spelling). They married on 6/16/1861 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John was the son of Peter and Ann Moir.
During the Civil War John Moir served the Union cause. He was wounded shortly after the war began in 1861 and languished in a hospital in Washington, D.C. (as of this writing, John's Civil War record has not been located by this writer). Hannah came to his side and took a position as nurse to take care of him and other wounded Union soldiers. Her husband soon died but Hannah carried on in her capacity as a nurse until the war's end in 1865, being amongst only a handful of women to serve the entire war in that position. She was highly regarded for the untiring care and compassion she gave to her patients and reportedly never faltered in her duty.
Hannah never remarried. It appears that she lived a fairly secluded life after the war and was living at 418 Broadway, in Boston at the time of her death. She was writing (secretary) for an attorney named Robb at 25 Bromfield Street. Her cause of death was listed as "Nervous Prostration", an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted, irritable, weak and depressed, which may be psychogenic or the result of a severe prolonged illness or exhausting experience. This writer is of the opinion, that her work as a nurse during the Rebellion had a lasting affect on her mental stability and that she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and eventually caused her death - making her too, one more victim of the Civil War.
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