Mary Elizabeth Gladwin, LL.D.

1861 - 1939  (77 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Gladwin
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	24 Dec 1861	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Census	1870 (8 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [1]
  In the 1870 US Census she was recorded, age 8, living in Akron, Ohio with her parents.
  History	6 Apr 1874 (12 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [4]
  She became a naturalized citizen
  Graduation	1887 (25 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [3, 5, 6]
  She graduated with a with a Ph.B.
  Agency: Buchtel College
  History	1887 to 1893 (25 years)	Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio   [3]
  She taught in the Norwalk Schools as a teacher of physics and chemistry
  History	1893 (31 years)  [3, 5]
  She was a chief nurse in the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War
  Graduation	1896 (34 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 5]
  She had abandoned teaching upon the advice of her doctor, so that she could regain her health.
  Agency: Boston City Hospital Nursing School
  History	1899 (37 years)  [3, 5]
  She served with the American Red Cross in the Philippines in 1899
  Graduation	1903 (41 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  She graduated cum laude.
  Agency: Boston City Hospital School of Nursing
  History	1903 (41 years)	Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  In 1903, she became the superintendent of the Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts. She served until 1904, then returned in 1905, serving until 1907
  History	1904 (42 years)  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  During the Russo-Japanese War (1904), she spent six months as a Red Cross nurse in a hospital in Hiroshima, Japan. She was made a life member of the Japanese Imperial Red Cross and awarded the Japanese Order of the Crown, and the Port Arthur medal. She applied for a passport to travel to the war.
  History	1907 to 1908 (45 years)	New York City, New York, U.S.A.   [3]
  Sh worked at the Woman's Hospital as the Superintendent of Nurses
  Census	1910 (48 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [7]
  She was living with her widowed mother.
  Age: 47
  Address: 286 Voris Street
  Residence	1910 (48 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [8]
  She was working at the Goodrich Company
  Address:
  History	1912 to 1914 (50 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [3, 5]
  From 1912 through 1914, she organized and directed the School and Visiting Nurses Association of Akron, Ohio.
  History	1913 (51 years)  [3]
  In 1913, she served as the chief American Red Cross nurse during the Dayton, Ohio floods.
  History	1914 (52 years)  [3, 5, 6]
  From 1914 through 1919, she served the Red Cross in Belgrade, Serbia and Saloniki, Greece. She had originally gone to Belgrade to fight a typhus epidemic. During her stay, the city was taken by Austria, retaken by Serbia, and then again retaken by Austria. For her service, she was awarded the Serbian Royal Red Cross Order of St. Sava, which was bestowed upon her by the regent prince, later King Alexander; the La Croix de Charité; and the Russian Imperial Medal and Ribbon of St. Anne.
  	Serbian Royal Red Cross Order of St. Sava
  Census	1920 (58 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [9]
  She lived with her sisters and was a nurse with the Red Cross
  Age: 50
  Address: 286 East Voris Street
  History	1920 (58 years)  [3, 5, 6]
  For her service to the Red Cross, she was awarded the Florence Nightingale medal in 1920 by the International Committee of the Red Cross. This is the highest decorations that a Red Cross nurse can receive. Upon her return to the U.S., she was a Red Cross teacher in Akron and a lecturer for a few years. In 1923, she became the Director of Nursing Education for the State of Indiana, followed from 1923 to 1928, by Minnesota. In 1920, a LL.D. was conferred upon her by the University of Akron.
  	Florence Nightingale Medal Wikipedia on Florence Nightingale Medal
  History	1928 to 1929 (66 years)	Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota   [3]
  She worked at the School of Nursing as the Director
  Census	1930 (68 years)	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [10]
  She lived with her sisters and was a nurse at a hospital
  Age: 57
  Address: 268 Voris Steet
  History	1930 (68 years)  [6]
  She wrote Ethics for Nurses and The Red Cross and Jane Delano.
  History	1938 (76 years)  [6]
  Summing up her war time service in a lecture, she said "War will end when youth is taught what war really means - the conflict of the greedy."
  Death	22 Nov 1939	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [6, 11, 12]
  Agency: City Hospital
  Cause: acute myocarditis, bought on by arterial sclerosis
  Burial	24 Nov 1939	Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [6, 11]
  	Gravestone of Francis and Sarah Jane (Cooper) Gladwin and their daughters, Sarah and Mary Jane Cooper Gladwin 1805-1875 Francis Gladwin 1834-1900 Sarah C. Gladwin 1837-1912 Mary E. Gladwin 1861-1939 Plot: Section 25, Lot 224
  Patriarch & Matriarch	George Gladwin,   b. 23 Mar 1800, Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England d. 12 Sep 1848, Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England  (Age 48 years)  (Grandfather)  Jane Brasher,   b. 1805, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Jun 1875, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years)  (Grandmother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 5 sisters
  1. Mary Elizabeth Gladwin, LL.D.,   b. 24 Dec 1861, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 22 Nov 1939, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years) + 2. Stephen Cooper Gladwin,   b. 25 Mar 1864, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 18 Apr 1942, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years) ▻Ada Leona Copeland,   b. 21 Jul 1867, Wolcott, Wayne County, New York d. 11 Nov 1920, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 53 years) m. 12 Oct 1887   ▻Gertrude E. Allyn,   b. 24 Nov 1869, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. d. 9 Sep 1945, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years) m. 25 Jun 1921     3. Anna Cooper Gladwin,   b. 1866, England d. 31 Jan 1965, Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio  (Age 99 years)   4. Sarah Jane Gladwin,   b. Jan 1868, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 20 Jan 1960, Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio  (Age 92 years)   5. Ellen Rachel Gladwin,   b. 26 Aug 1871, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. d. 11 Oct 1957, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)   6. Frances Gladwin,   b. 27 Aug 1875, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. d. 8 Jan 1957, New Milford, Portage County, Ohio  (Age 81 years)   7. Neonetta Gladwin,   b. 13 Feb 1878, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. d. 15 May 1963, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years)
  Person ID	I11826
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Francis Gladwin,   b. 15 Jul 1834, Pendleton, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 5 Feb 1900, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Jane Cooper,   b. 3 Jan 1838, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England d. 20 Feb 1912, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mary Elizabeth Gladwin, LL.D.(1861 – 1939) 2Francis Gladwin(1834 – 1900) 4George Gladwin(1800 – 1848) 8 16 17 9 18 19 5Elizabeth Gilbert(1803 – ) 10Joseph Gilbert(1758 – 1837) 20 21 11Esther Hardwick(1766 – 1810) 22John Hardwick(1720 – 1801) 23 3Sarah Jane Cooper(1838 – 1912) 6Stephen Cooper(Abt 1800 – 1851) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Jane Brasher(1805 – 1875) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Dec 1861 - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Census - 1870 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. History - 6 Apr 1874 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. Graduation - 1887 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. History - 1887 to 1893 - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio Graduation - 1896 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Graduation - 1903 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1903 - Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1907 to 1908 - New York City, New York, U.S.A. Census - 1910 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. Residence - 1910 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. History - 1912 to 1914 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. Census - 1920 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. History - 1928 to 1929 - Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota Census - 1930 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. Death - 22 Nov 1939 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A. Burial - 24 Nov 1939 - Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S192] 1870 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Akron Ward 2, Summit, Ohio; Roll: M593_1270; Page: 78A; Image: 64175; Family History Library Film: 552769. [S342] Vital Records - Summit County, Ohio. Death Certificate of Mary E. Gladwin [S363] Marquis, Albert Nelson, editor. Who's Who in America 1938-1939 volume 20, (Chicago: A. N. Marquis Company, 1938). [S386] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007). Application of Mary Gladwin [S39] Kenfield, Scott Dix. Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Biographical volume II, (Chicago and Akron, Ohio: S. J. Clark Publishing Company, 1928 ). [S364] Obituary of Mary E. Gladwin, LL.D., (Akron, Ohio: Akron Beacon Journal, 22 November 1939 ). [s186] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 20). Year: 1910; Census Place: Akron Ward 5, Summit, Ohio; Roll: T624_1233; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0153; FHL microfilm: 1375246 [S23] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Akron City Directory - 1910 [s26] 1920 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1920; Census Place: Akron Ward 5, Summit, Ohio; Roll: T625_1439; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 177; Image: 121 [S20 ] 1930 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002). Year: 1930; Census Place: Akron, Summit, Ohio; Roll: 1877; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0078; Image: 149.0; FHL microfilm: 2341611 [S352] Vital Records of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Death Certificate of Mary E. Gladwin [S37] Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics, Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2022, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010).