Mary Jane Hale Welles
Born: June 12, 1817
Birthplace: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Father: Elias W. Hale 1775 – 1832
(Buried: Saint Marks Cemetery, Lewiston, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Jane Mulhollan 1785 – 1853
(Buried: Saint Marks Cemetery, Lewiston, Pennsylvania)
Husband: Secretary of Navy Gideon Welles 1802 – 1878
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery Hartford Connecticut)
Married: June 16, 1835 in Lewiston, Pennsylvania
Children:
Anna Jane Welles 1836 – 1854
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Samuel Welles 1838 – 1839
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Edward Gideon Welles 1840 – 1843
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Edgar Thaddeus Welles 1843 – 1914
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Thomas Gideon Welles 1846 – 1892
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
John Arthur Welles 1849 – 1885
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Herbert Welles 1852 – 1853
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Hubert Welles 1853 – 1862
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Mary Juanita Welles 1854 – 1858
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Life Events before War:
1819: Birth of her sister Caroline Amelia Hale Morgan
1824: Birth of her brother Elias White Hale
1832: Death of her father Attorney Elias W. Hale.
1835: Married her husband Gideon Welles
1835 – 1836: Her husband served as Connecticut State Comptroller
1836: Birth of her daughter Anna Jane Welles
1838: Birth of her son Samuel Welles
1839: Death of her son Samuel Welles
1840: Birth of her son Edward Gideon Welles
1843: Birth of her son Edgar Thaddeus Welles
1843: Death of her son Edward Gideon Welles
1846: Birth of her son Thomas Gideon Welles
1849: Birth of her son John Arthur Welles
1852: Birth of her son Herbert Welles
1853: Birth of her son Hubert Welles
1853: Death of her son Herbert Welles
1853: Death of her mother Jane Mulhollan Hale
1854: Death of her daughter Anna Jane Welles
1854: Birth of her daughter Mary Juanita Welles
1858: Death of her daughter Mary Juanita Welles
Civil War Life Events:
1861 – 1869: Her husband served as United States Secretary of Navy.
1862: Death of her son Hubert Welles
1863: Death of her older brother Reuben Charles Hale
1865: Her husband’s boss President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated.
Life Events after War:
1861 – 1869: Her husband served as United States Secretary of Navy.
1869 – 1878: Her husband wrote and edited Journals
1878: Death of her husband U.S. Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles.
1878 – 1886: Widow of United States Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles
1885: Death of her son John Arthur Welles
Died: February 28, 1886
Place of Death: Hartford, Connecticut
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut
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