Joanna Painter Fox

1838 - 1899  (60 years)

• Name	Joanna Painter Fox
  Nickname	Josie
  Born	24 Sep 1838	Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Occupation(s)	1860s, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, Nurse to Confederate Civil War soldiers
  Died	03 Jan 1899	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  Notes	Joanna Fox Waddill From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill (September 24, 1838 ? January 3, 1899) was a nurse assisting wounded and ill Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. She became celebrated as the "Florence Nightingale of the Confederacy" for her humanitarianism. Joanna Fox was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, to James C. Fox and his wife Catherine Bessonett. Fox was a brickmason who moved his family to the Mississippi River port city of Natchez, Mississippi, when Joanna was a baby. Fox was only 22 years old when the Civil War erupted in early 1861. She and two other Natchez ladies traveled to the front lines to serve as volunteer nurses in such places as Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. When the Union Navy captured Natchez as they advanced toward Vicksburg, Mississippi, Waddill hid a Confederate flag under her petticoat to prevent its capture.[1] Near the end of the war, Fox became the matron of the Confederate hospital in Meridian, Mississippi. There, she met Louisiana druggist George D. Waddill while they both tended sick and dying Confederate soldiers. The couple were married in Lauderdale, Mississippi, (near Corinth) on September 26, 1864.[2] The couple moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they operated a drugstore for many years. She became active in the Confederate Memorial Association and other societies. Joanna Waddill and her husband are buried in Magnolia Cemetery at Baton Rouge. Ironically, the cemetery was in the middle of the Battle of Baton Rouge.[1] The Joanna Waddill Camp #294 of the Daughters of the Confederacy is named in her honor. It is active in local Civil War memorialization.[3] References ^ a b Find A Grave Retrieved 2008-10-06. ^ Waddill biographical webpage. Retrieved 2008-10-06. ^ Library of Louisiana State University. Retrieved 2008-10-06. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Fox_Waddill"
  Person ID	I29	Full Stewart Fox Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	James Coleman Fox,   b. 04 May 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ,   d. 05 Dec 1856, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Catharine Ann Bessonett,   b. 26 Oct 1813, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Apr 1867, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi  (Age 53 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1834	Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Daniel Waddill
  Married	Lauderdale, Mississippi
  Children	1. Laura Lenora "Launo" Waddill
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 24 Sep 1838 - Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Died - 03 Jan 1899 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana Married - - Lauderdale, Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Fox: Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill death notice probably from the Natchez Democrat.
  		Fox: Newspaper article about Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill and the flag petticoat. State Times, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 27, 1960. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.
  		Waddill: Transcription of a letter writter by Mrs. M. B. McGehee to Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill, December 12, 1864. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.
  		Hand: Letter written by Anna Marie (Fox) Hand in Philadelphia to Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill in Natchez, Mississippi. July 15, 1855 The original of this letter is now at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Waddill Family Papers (Mss. 4578), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, since 1997. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.
  		Hand: Letter written by Anna Marie (Fox) Hand in Philadelphia to Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill probably in Louisiana. May 25, 1878 The original of this letter is now at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Waddill Family Papers (Mss. 4578), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, since 1997. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.
  		Fox: Letter written by James C. Fox in Wolf Lake, Mississippi, to his daughter Joanna Painter Fox in Natchez, Mississippi. August 6, 1854 The original of this letter is now at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Waddill Family Papers (Mss. 4578), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, since 1997. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.
  		Fox: Letter written by Joanna Painter Fox in Ringold, Georgia, to her mother Catharine Ann (Bessonett) Fox in Natchez, Mississippi. September 15, 1866 The original of this letter is now at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Waddill Family Papers (Mss. 4578), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, since 1997. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.
  		Fox: Letter written by Benjamin Duncan Fox in Petersburg, Georgia, to his sister Joanna Painter Fox probably in Natchez, Mississippi. February 29, 186? (year is cut off of the photocopy) The original of this letter is now at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Waddill Family Papers (Mss. 4578), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, since 1997. Click the thumbnail image to open the PDF in a new window.