Name/Title
Plaque, DateEntry/Object ID
2018.099.0042Description
Bronze plaque (13" x 20-5/8) dedicated to Susan Moran who was the Arsenal laundress.
On plaque:
To Commemorate our nations dead who rest here.
And to honor Mrs. Susan Moran wo served her country well as the legal laundress Co. K, 8th infantry on the payroll of the government and who was as much a soldier in her time as the women of our Army today. Died April 30, 1880.
Attached is the Gov't record of her burial at the Benicia military cemetery. She was married to Bernard Moran (1837 - 1919) a Sgt. in the U.S. Cavalry. She was born in 1843 in Pennsylvania and had at least three children. They were Sarah (1863 - PA) m/ Charles B (1868 TN) and Henry W (04/1870 WY). She committed suicide with a revolver. Newspapers said it was precipitated by her husband's infidelity.
This plaque dedicated A.D. 1945 by
The Benicia Old Timers CommitteeCollection
Benicia Arsenal Collection
