Mercy White

Mercy Hathaway White was born in 1746 in Taunton, Massachusetts, and died in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1816. She was married to John White, who was born in 1729 and died in 1812. Mercy was a Revolutionary War heroine who aided her soldier husband by running bullets and caring for the sick. She single-handedly killed a threatening bear. On June 13, 1915. The Mercy Hathaway White Chapter, NSDAR dedicated the grave memorial stone of Mercy Hathaway White and her husband Sergeant John White, which was located in the Stumpfield cemetery in Hopkinton. The cemetery was moved to Contoocook, New Hampshire, in 1959 to make way for the Hopkinton-Everett Flood Control Dam.

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