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the sick of both armies as typhoid fever and measles spread through the camps.
After the war, in the summer of 1865, and with the urging of local officials, Ann Maria and her ladies led a “Mothers Friendship Day,” reuniting the families of local soldiers from both sides of the conflict. There was some worry as to how the event would be received coming so soon after the close of hostilities, but the day was a huge success and wrould be fondly remembered in Grafton.
Ann Maria lived in Grafton until the death of her husband in 1902. She then moved to Philadelphia to live with her son. She died there on May 9, 1905 at the age of 72.
In 1907 her daughter, Anna Jarvis, would honor the second anniversary of her passing by distributing white carnations - Ann Maria's favorite flower - to all the mothers in her hometown congregation of St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton. Knowing her mother had always wanted a special church service honoring mothers, the next year Anna Jarvis organized Mother’s Day services at St. Andrews Methodist and at the Wanamaker Department Store auditori
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