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Submitted: 6/2/13 • Approved: 6/3/13 • Last Updated: 6/6/20 • R11246-G0-S3
This new marker was recently installed beneath her original white marble gravestone which is almost unreadable.The Woman’s Relief Corps (WRC) and the New Jersey Grand Army of the Republic (NJGAR) erected the original white marble stone, which is engraved with the organizations’ initials along with Dunbar’s birth date, Sept. 10, 1815, and date of death, March 4, 1887.She was a Civil War nurse who served at Fortress Monroe. Her obituary reads that she died from neglect.At the time of her death the WRC was fighting for pensions and health care for these Women. Almost 5,000 served, but at the time of Mary's death only 50 were receiving gov't. pensions
Contributed on 6/2/13 by bethwoolley
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