Jane Caroline Reed (1846-1936) W3

Now let's move onto Jane Caroline Reed. In Jane, we start to see a hint of one of the family mysteries. I wont go into detail while describing her life, and wait for the next generation.

  

Jane Caroline Wright and son,
David Sanders Wright

Jane Caroline Reed (1846-1936) (W3)
Birth: February 12th, 1846 in Whately, MA
Father: Benjamin Franklin Reed (1819-~1883) (W6)
Mother: Sarah Wheeler Sanders (1823-1918) (W7)

Married: David Joy Wright (1851-1908) (W2) on October 8th, 2878 in Northampton, MA.

Children:
Edward Nims Wright (1884-1947)
David Sanders Wright (1887-1967)(W1)

Death: February 24th, 1918 in Northampton, MA

1846-1870
Jane was born in Whately, MA on February 12th, 1846 to Benjamin Franklin Reed and Sarah Wheeler Sanders.  She was the oldest child in the family, followed by Lucy Amy Reed (1848-1918) and Albert David Sanders (1852-1947)


The 1850 U.S. Census shows her living in Whately with her father, mother and sister (Albert had yet to be born).  By 1855 they the family had moved in with Jane's Grandparents, David Sanders, Amy Wheeler Sanders, and her Aunt Lucy S. Sanders.  A maid, Mary Grace, was also living in the home.  She was 24 years old from Ireland.  Oddly, Jane's sister does not appear to be living in the house.

In 1860, the family is still living with Jane's Grandparents and aunt.  There is s different individual living with them, Sarah Barrett,  age 22 from England.  , I assumed she was a servant save for one oddity in that she is listed as owning $200 dollars in land and $200 in personal property.  Still no sign of Jane's sister Lucy.

Some time after the census was taken in 1860 and before the draft rolls were collected for the Civil War in 1861, Jane's father moved to New York.  This is the last we here from him, and he represents the mystery I mentioned at the beginning of this post.

Jane's Grandfather past away in 1864 and by 1865 the remainder of the family had moved to Northampton, MA.  This included Jane's mother, grandmother, aunt and brother.  The women don't appear to be employed and are listed as being ladies.  The have a different servant, Ellen Sulliva, who was from Ireland and 20 years of age. Their living arrangements where similar in 1870 according to the U.S. Census.  The only change was that they had a different Irish woman as a servant.  Namely Maggie Shannon, age 19.


1871-1900
Jane appears to have continued living with her mother until she got married on October 8th, 1879 to David Sanders Wright at age 33.  She and David moved in with David's parents and lived there until David's father died in 1883.  At that point, they, including her mother-in-law, moved to 19 West Street.  I believe both children where born at this house.  The older son, Edward Nims, was born April 3rd, 1884 and the second, David Sanders, was born November 16th, 1887.

Sometime in 1887, the family moved to the 67 West Street address.  Her mother was living next door at 59 West Street.  Her mother-in-law passed away in 1894.  The family remained at 67 West street for the rest of her life.  In 1900, they had a live in servant, Nellie Conway from Ireland.

1901-1936
On March 2nd, 1908, her husband past away, leaving her as head of the household with two sons.  Her older son, Edward had returned from college and her younger son, David was just about to graduate high school.  Soon after this, her mother, aunt, and sister moved in with the family.  the 1910 census had them also living with a 19 year old nurse, Viola Thayer.  Viola appears to have been born in Massachusetts.  Jane is listed as owning the house, but having a mortgage on it.

Later in 1910, her Aunt Lucy passed away.  David went off to college and then joined the Army in World War I. Both her mother and sister passed away in 1918.  By 1920, according to the 1920 Census, she and Edward were the only ones in the house.  She is listed as owning the house wothout having a mortgage.

Latter that year, David S., his wife Florence, and their new daughter moved back to the 67 West Street house.  The 1930 Census shows them all living at the house with the addition of 3 more grandchildren.  Jane's last grandchild was born that year.  Jane is not listed as owning the house, but her son David is shown head of the household as renting the property.  My superstition is that they only asked the head of the household the ownership questions and therefore did not ask Jane.  It is likely that David was paying rent to his mother.

Jane died on February 24th, 1936 at age 80.  I have not gotten a hold of here death certificate yet so don't know what the cause of death was.  See is buried along side her husband and son Edward in Bridge Street Cemetery.

Sources:

• 1850 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_316; Page: 68A; Image: .
• Massachusetts, State Census, 1855, Household Number 220, Reel Number 10, Volume Number 14
• 1860 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: ; Page: 226; Image: 230.
• Massachusetts, State Census, 1865, Household Number 1064, Reel Number 14, Volume Number 17
• 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_621; Page: 398B; Image: 341; Family History Library Film: 552120
• Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
• 1880 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 538; Family History Film: 1254538; Page: 447C; Enumeration District: 347; Image: 0105.
• 1900 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Northampton Ward 2, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T623_31077_4113839; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0631; FHL microfilm: 1240654.
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Northampton Ward 2, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_593; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0698; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374606.
• 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Northampton Ward 2, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_705; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 645
• 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 912; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 638.0; FHL microfilm: 2340647.
• Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980,Volume Number 69, Page number 86, Index Volume Number  99, Reference Number F63.M363 v.9919 36 - Northampton - 69 86
• Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013, Find a Grave