Ruth Sinnotte
Ruth Sinnotte | |
|---|---|
 Ruth Sinnotte, from an 1895 publication. | |
| Born | Ruth Helena Kellogg February 14, 1823 |
| Died | May 29, 1897 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | nurse |
| Spouse |
Jonathan Patrick Sinnotte
(m. 1848; died 1852) |
Ruth Helena Sinnott (née Kellogg; February 14, 1823 – May 29, 1897) was a Union nurse during the American Civil War.[2]
Early life[edit]
Ruth Helena Kellogg was born February 14, 1823, in Manlius, New York, the daughter of Philo Kellogg and Nancy A. Riley Kellogg. She married Jonathan Patrick Sinnotte in 1848; they had two children together, Millard and Nancy, both born in Ohio. Ruth Sinnotte became a young widow with two small children when Jonathan Sinnotte died in 1852.[3] She moved with her son and daughter to Peoria, Illinois.[4]
Civil War Service[edit]
Sinnotte was commissioned in St. Louis, Missouri to serve on the steamer Imperial, traveling between Pittsburgh Landing and St. Louis.[5][6] When this ship was out of service, Sinnotte then went to the steamer Ella until this steamer too was out of service. She then was transferred to Monterey, Tennessee, to service in the hospital at Corith.[5] Her service here, however, was cut short by illness, causing her to return home to Illinois.
Soon, she was traveling again, this time with the 113th Illinois Infantry, to Memphis where she served on the Vicksburg fleet, once again on the Imperial.[5][6]
Later years[edit]
Ruth Sinnotte died in Lexington, Kansas on May 29, 1897, aged 74 years.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Marriage certificate of Ruth Helena Kellogg and Jonathan P Sinnott". Ancestry. 1848.
- ^ Harper, Judith E. (2004). Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 291. ISBN 9781135950064. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ a b Hopkins, Timothy (1903). The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New. Sunset Press and photo engraving Company. pp. 1118.
Ruth Helena Kellogg Sinnotte.
- ^ "Obituary". Ashland Clipper. June 11, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved September 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Holland, Mary A. Gardner (1895). Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war. The Library of Congress. Boston, Mass., B. Wilkins & co. pp. 124.
- ^ a b Hall, Richard (2006). Women of the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 256. ISBN 9780700614370.