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Rebecca Usher, Civil War Nurse

Ellis B. Usher, Hollis, ca. 1850

Ellis B. Usher, Hollis, ca. 1850

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Usher's father, Ellis Baker Usher (1785-1855), was a prominent farmer, sawmill operator, and participant in the Maine constitutional convention.

Born in Massachusetts, he moved to Maine at age 12. He believed in educating his daughters as well as his son.

When his only son, Isaac Ellis, moved to Wisconsin in the 1850s, his eldest unmarried daughter, Rebecca, took over much of her father's business activities.