Emeline REED

1811 - 1898  (86 years)

• Name	Emeline REED  [1]
  	Emeline married Noah Gridley, the youngest member of the firm which began the manufacture of iron at Wassaic, and in time he became the owner of the business, which under his wise management became very prosperous and he accumulated a handsome property. They had two sons, Henry and Edward, both of whom were active assistants in the business. Henry graduated from Amherst (Massachusetts) College in 1862, the president of his class. The civil war was in progress then, and he immediately accepted a commission as First Lieutenant in Company A., of the 150th New York volunteer Infantry, a regiment which he had an active part in organizing. He was killed in battle at a place known as "Kolb's Farm," near Marietta, Georgia, being shot through the heart while at the head of his Company. .. After the war, Edward joined his father in business, under the firm name of "N. Gridley & Son," He married Emma S. Reed, but had no children. After his death his widow married Elias B. Reed. Emeline's husband and her son Edward died eleven years before she did. She had always mourned for her dead soldier-boy, and now in her old age she was left without husband or descendants, and there fell to her lot in her last days much of sickness, of suffering and nervous unrest. Throughout her life her character had been one of great strength and marked personality, with deep christian devotion, and these qualities sustained her in the last sad years. In their home during a long term of years there had been exercised a wider and more constant hospitality than is often known, and in innumerable ways her life was a life of doing for others. She died February 3, 1898, aged eighty-six years. After the civil war was ended Henry's remains were brought home, and her family circle is now complete in the cemetery plot at South Amenia. [1]
  Birth	23 Oct 1811	Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Feb 1898  [1]
  Burial	South Amenia Cemetery, Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York   [2]
  Person ID	I86809	Main Tree
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Ezra REED,   b. 3 Aug 1765, Norwalk, Connecticut d. 31 Jul 1852, Amenia, New York (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Esther EDGERTON,   b. 08 Feb 1769, Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut d. 6 Sep 1852, Amenia, New York (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Feb 1790  [1]
  Family ID	F34254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Noah GRIDLEY,   b. 16 Jul 1802   d. 26 Jun 1887 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F35723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Oct 1811 - Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8840] Charles E. Benton, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton, Their Life and Ancestry. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.