Mary Edwards Walker was born on November 26, 1832 Oswego Town, New York. Mary’s father was a farmer and a self-taught doctor. Mary had the desire to enter the medical profession and to become a doctor like her father, and to that end graduated from Syracuse Medical College in 1853. She practiced medicine in Rome, New York, although the country was not quite ready to accept a woman doctor.
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Wanton, George H.
George Henry Wanton was born on May 15, 1868 in Peterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. At age 16 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served until 1888. Tired of the life at sea, but interested in a military career, he joined the US Army and served in the famed 10th US Cavalry Regiment, the Buffalo Soldiers.
When the Spanish American War broke out his Regiment was sent to Tampa Bay, Florida to await transport to Cuba. However, there was no room aboard the ships for their horses, so the Cavalry went to battle on foot.
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