Illinois' last surviving Civil War Nurse
-1860-1864 teacher at Osborne School SW corner Osborne+Edwardsville Roads, Winnebago
-April 1864 enlisted as a Civil War Nurse. Requested the Smallpox ward, because she had survived smallpox as a girl
-April 12, 1864 delegate #1428 US Christian Commission
-April-December 1864 served at General Hospital #11 Nashville TN, the "Pest House" for diseases, including syphilis. Nashville was the 1st city in the nation to legalize prostitution
-July 1, 1864 qualified as a "Nurse" for the US Medical Department USA
-January 1-May 20, 1865 Point of Rocks (Virginia) Hospital, Nurse + Special Diet Kitchen, at the request of Surgeon Fowler
-Discharged June 1865
-Married July 6, 1865 to George Wales Wilcox in Sheboygan WI
-lived at 710 Montague nearly 40 years
-September 21, 1892 began receiving Nurse Pension of $12 a month
-April 20, 1906 daughter Frances May Williamson died in Mexico City, 5 days after the birth of her son Richard Pettis Williamson
-Tryphena attended National Association of Civil War Army Nurses reunions: 1915 Washington DC; 1919 Columbus OH; & 1922 Des Moines IA
-January 18, 1916 husband George died & was buried in Rialto CA
-1917 began a diligent letter writing campaign to raise Nurse's Pension from $12 to $25 a month to match widow's pensions
-September 1918 for Red Cross: Tryphena knit 4 sweaters, 4 scarves, & 4 pairs of socks. For Belgian Relief she was knitting & piecing baby quilts
-January 15, 1924 Tryphena died in Swedish American Hospital, having been hospitalized since September 26, 1923
-obit: "widely known for her genial disposition & her interest in public service"
-January 17, 1924 had requested & received a military burial conducted by the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Post #20, (of which she was an honorary member) held at Veterans Memorial Hall, with the flag at half mast, & a flag-draped coffin. Ex-service nurses were requested to attend
-member of Winnebago Street Methodist Episcopal Church
-1860-1864 teacher at Osborne School SW corner Osborne+Edwardsville Roads, Winnebago
-April 1864 enlisted as a Civil War Nurse. Requested the Smallpox ward, because she had survived smallpox as a girl
-April 12, 1864 delegate #1428 US Christian Commission
-April-December 1864 served at General Hospital #11 Nashville TN, the "Pest House" for diseases, including syphilis. Nashville was the 1st city in the nation to legalize prostitution
-July 1, 1864 qualified as a "Nurse" for the US Medical Department USA
-January 1-May 20, 1865 Point of Rocks (Virginia) Hospital, Nurse + Special Diet Kitchen, at the request of Surgeon Fowler
-Discharged June 1865
-Married July 6, 1865 to George Wales Wilcox in Sheboygan WI
-lived at 710 Montague nearly 40 years
-September 21, 1892 began receiving Nurse Pension of $12 a month
-April 20, 1906 daughter Frances May Williamson died in Mexico City, 5 days after the birth of her son Richard Pettis Williamson
-Tryphena attended National Association of Civil War Army Nurses reunions: 1915 Washington DC; 1919 Columbus OH; & 1922 Des Moines IA
-January 18, 1916 husband George died & was buried in Rialto CA
-1917 began a diligent letter writing campaign to raise Nurse's Pension from $12 to $25 a month to match widow's pensions
-September 1918 for Red Cross: Tryphena knit 4 sweaters, 4 scarves, & 4 pairs of socks. For Belgian Relief she was knitting & piecing baby quilts
-January 15, 1924 Tryphena died in Swedish American Hospital, having been hospitalized since September 26, 1923
-obit: "widely known for her genial disposition & her interest in public service"
-January 17, 1924 had requested & received a military burial conducted by the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Post #20, (of which she was an honorary member) held at Veterans Memorial Hall, with the flag at half mast, & a flag-draped coffin. Ex-service nurses were requested to attend
-member of Winnebago Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Illinois' last surviving Civil War Nurse
-1860-1864 teacher at Osborne School SW corner Osborne+Edwardsville Roads, Winnebago
-April 1864 enlisted as a Civil War Nurse. Requested the Smallpox ward, because she had survived smallpox as a girl
-April 12, 1864 delegate #1428 US Christian Commission
-April-December 1864 served at General Hospital #11 Nashville TN, the "Pest House" for diseases, including syphilis. Nashville was the 1st city in the nation to legalize prostitution
-July 1, 1864 qualified as a "Nurse" for the US Medical Department USA
-January 1-May 20, 1865 Point of Rocks (Virginia) Hospital, Nurse + Special Diet Kitchen, at the request of Surgeon Fowler
-Discharged June 1865
-Married July 6, 1865 to George Wales Wilcox in Sheboygan WI
-lived at 710 Montague nearly 40 years
-September 21, 1892 began receiving Nurse Pension of $12 a month
-April 20, 1906 daughter Frances May Williamson died in Mexico City, 5 days after the birth of her son Richard Pettis Williamson
-Tryphena attended National Association of Civil War Army Nurses reunions: 1915 Washington DC; 1919 Columbus OH; & 1922 Des Moines IA
-January 18, 1916 husband George died & was buried in Rialto CA
-1917 began a diligent letter writing campaign to raise Nurse's Pension from $12 to $25 a month to match widow's pensions
-September 1918 for Red Cross: Tryphena knit 4 sweaters, 4 scarves, & 4 pairs of socks. For Belgian Relief she was knitting & piecing baby quilts
-January 15, 1924 Tryphena died in Swedish American Hospital, having been hospitalized since September 26, 1923
-obit: "widely known for her genial disposition & her interest in public service"
-January 17, 1924 had requested & received a military burial conducted by the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Post #20, (of which she was an honorary member) held at Veterans Memorial Hall, with the flag at half mast, & a flag-draped coffin. Ex-service nurses were requested to attend
-member of Winnebago Street Methodist Episcopal Church
-1860-1864 teacher at Osborne School SW corner Osborne+Edwardsville Roads, Winnebago
-April 1864 enlisted as a Civil War Nurse. Requested the Smallpox ward, because she had survived smallpox as a girl
-April 12, 1864 delegate #1428 US Christian Commission
-April-December 1864 served at General Hospital #11 Nashville TN, the "Pest House" for diseases, including syphilis. Nashville was the 1st city in the nation to legalize prostitution
-July 1, 1864 qualified as a "Nurse" for the US Medical Department USA
-January 1-May 20, 1865 Point of Rocks (Virginia) Hospital, Nurse + Special Diet Kitchen, at the request of Surgeon Fowler
-Discharged June 1865
-Married July 6, 1865 to George Wales Wilcox in Sheboygan WI
-lived at 710 Montague nearly 40 years
-September 21, 1892 began receiving Nurse Pension of $12 a month
-April 20, 1906 daughter Frances May Williamson died in Mexico City, 5 days after the birth of her son Richard Pettis Williamson
-Tryphena attended National Association of Civil War Army Nurses reunions: 1915 Washington DC; 1919 Columbus OH; & 1922 Des Moines IA
-January 18, 1916 husband George died & was buried in Rialto CA
-1917 began a diligent letter writing campaign to raise Nurse's Pension from $12 to $25 a month to match widow's pensions
-September 1918 for Red Cross: Tryphena knit 4 sweaters, 4 scarves, & 4 pairs of socks. For Belgian Relief she was knitting & piecing baby quilts
-January 15, 1924 Tryphena died in Swedish American Hospital, having been hospitalized since September 26, 1923
-obit: "widely known for her genial disposition & her interest in public service"
-January 17, 1924 had requested & received a military burial conducted by the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Post #20, (of which she was an honorary member) held at Veterans Memorial Hall, with the flag at half mast, & a flag-draped coffin. Ex-service nurses were requested to attend
-member of Winnebago Street Methodist Episcopal Church
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