HARVEY, Louis Powell
1820 - 1862 (41 years)
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Name HARVEY, Louis Powell [1] Born 22 Jul 1820 Lansboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 19 Apr 1862 Tennessee River, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA [1] - Drowned
Person ID I37906 Brasfield ~ Brassfield Genealogies Last Modified 9 Jan 2022
Father HARVEY, David, b. 1 Nov 1792, New London,,Connecticut,USA , d. Mar 1871, Shopiere,,Wisconsin,USA (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Mother POWELL, Almira, b. 4 Apr 1798, Charlotte,Chittenden,Vermont,USA , d. 9 Aug 1876, Utica,Oneida,New York,USA (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Family ID F6695 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PERRINE, Cordelia A., b. 7 Dec 1824, Barre, Orleans, New York, USA Married 1847 Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA Last Modified 9 Jan 2022 Family ID F12342 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 1847 - Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA 
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Notes - Louis and Cordelia (Perrine) Harvey were married in Kenosha in 1847. Louis Harvey was the governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War. During this time Cordelia Harvey traveled with her husband to some of the army hospitals in the South. Unfortunately, while on this trip, Governor Harvey drowned. Mrs. Harvey continued on without her husband. She recognized that these hospitals were in terrible condition. Desperately wanting to help these soldiers from the North and South, Mrs. Harvey had to convince General Ulysses Grant and President Abraham Lincoln that better hospitals were needed. She claimed many soldiers would die without Northern air. She felt air in the North was free of sickness, such as typhoid or gangrene. Both General Grant and President Lincoln agreed. A hospital was then built in Madison, Wisconsin, for the injured soldiers. Mrs. Harvey continued to work for improved care for soldiers until the end of the war. Harvey Elementary School was named after this great lady. A portrait of Mrs. Harvey hangs in our governor's office today.
- Louis and Cordelia (Perrine) Harvey were married in Kenosha in 1847. Louis Harvey was the governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War. During this time Cordelia Harvey traveled with her husband to some of the army hospitals in the South. Unfortunately, while on this trip, Governor Harvey drowned. Mrs. Harvey continued on without her husband. She recognized that these hospitals were in terrible condition. Desperately wanting to help these soldiers from the North and South, Mrs. Harvey had to convince General Ulysses Grant and President Abraham Lincoln that better hospitals were needed. She claimed many soldiers would die without Northern air. She felt air in the North was free of sickness, such as typhoid or gangrene. Both General Grant and President Lincoln agreed. A hospital was then built in Madison, Wisconsin, for the injured soldiers. Mrs. Harvey continued to work for improved care for soldiers until the end of the war. Harvey Elementary School was named after this great lady. A portrait of Mrs. Harvey hangs in our governor's office today.
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Sources - [S42] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
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- [S42] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.