2 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Catherwood

Mary Catherwood was born in 1872 in England, and came to the United States at age six. She was a volunteer nurse during the Spanish-American War and later moved to Chicago for a nursing career. In 1893 she married George Catherwood, a civil engineer. They lived in Chicago for five years before moving to Washington, D.C., where George worked for the U.S Read more

Geological Survey. George died in 1906 of tuberculosis, leaving Mary a widow with a teenage daughter. Mary Catherwood lived the rest of her life in Washington, D.C., and died in 1940 at age seventy-six.