Vera Charlotte Scott (I15864)
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| Birth | 19 September 1876  36 26 Ottawa,Il |
| Marriage | 15 October 1901 (Age 25) James Stewart Cushman - [View Family (F6093)]
!st Presb Church, Ottawa, Il |
| Death of father | 5 July 1915 (Age 38) Samuel Swan Scott (I15862) (Age 75) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death of mother | 12 February 1922 (Age 45) Anna Margaret Tressler (I15861) (Age 71) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death | 1 February 1946 (Age 69) |
| Universal Identifier | 84B33F7316A5D511973400E02931A951896E |
| Last Change | 9 September 2001 - 01:00:00 |
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...spent girlhood in Ottawa and Salina, KS...special training in music, elocution and household arts...attended Ferry Hall, Lak Forest, IL and classes inChicago from 1890-1894. At Smith College 1894-98 she had an excellent scholastic record...resided in Englewood, NJ and in New York where they shared manysocial, cultural, and church activities...gave much of her life to Christianwork...served in YWCA...president of New York City Assn,,,on national board1906-46...head of War Work Council in 1917...receivedDistinguished Service Medal from the U.S. government on 7/21/1919...one of two women so honored...also decorated by France...traveled frequently to Europe, Asia and South Americain the interests of the YWCA and of Presbyterian and Interdemominational Boards and Conferences...died of heart failure at the General Oglethorpe Hotel near Savannah, GA while motoring to Florida with her husband...funeral services in New York City...internment in the Cushman family vault of Trinity Cemetery at 155th St and Broadway, NYC..had no children. |
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