Rebecca West Sire

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Rebecca West Sire (Sefton)

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Birthplace: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
Death: October 07, 1902 (84)
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Sefton and Nancy Dodge
Wife of Capt. Joseph A. Sire and Augustus Rene Chouteau
Mother of Sophia Webb
Half sister of Julius Brown; Joseph H. Conn, Jr.; James Madison Conn and Sarah Ann Conn

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About Rebecca West Sire

First married to August Rene Chouteau (the grandson of explorer Pierre Chouteau), Rebecca then married Captain Joseph A. Sire after Chouteau's death. She spent countless hous caring for the wounded soldiers of both the North and the South during the Civil War, even taking untold numbers into her own home. She served as President of the Southern Relief Fair, often spending her own funds.

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Rebecca West Sire's Timeline

1818
February 16, 1818
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1902
October 7, 1902
Age 84
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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Arkansas, United States
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States