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Ann Marie Bullock Schram was born in Ephrata, NY, the daughter of Solomon and Sally Bullock. Her father was a boatman according to the 1850 census. By 1860 she was married to Daniel Schram and they lived on a farm in Amsterdam, NY. Daniel enlisted in 1861 with the Union forces during the Civil War. He was a private in Company B 115th New York Infantry. As was the case with many soldier’s wives, Anne Marie followed him and became a nurse in a camp outside Fredericksburg, Virginia where she attended to the sick and dying from the Battle of Antietam. She served 10 months as a nurse until her health was compromised and she had to return home. She received no pay as a nurse but was able to secure a $12 month pension through the efforts of Dr. Ayres of Fort Plain. Daniel was captured by Confederate forces in1862 and released a month later at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He was discharged with a disability in 1864. Following the war the couple made their home in Fort Plain in the brick house on the corner of Main and Conklin Avenue. Daniel became a brick layer/stone mason and often worked in Syracuse. Ann Marie raised their children in Fort Plain and was active in the local Grand Army of the Republic organization. In 1910 she became the President of the Association of Army Nurses.