Nicholas Brown Gladding (1792 - 1883)

Born 16 Jan 1792 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1883 at age 90 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Biography

Nicholas Brown Gladding was born at his parents' home on 16 January 1792 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. He was the son of Timothy Gladding, 1740–1808, and his wife, Anne "Nancy" (Jacobs) Gladding, 1752–1830. The couple had been married on 9 October 1766 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Colony, New England. ^[1]

Nicholas B. Gladding in the 1850 US Federal Census. Unfortunately, as too-often-happened, the Census taker named his daughter Anna E. Snow's son "Charles Gladding" as if he were her brother, not her son. Otherwise the record is correct. Anna and her husband and their children lived in the Gladding household in 1850. ^[2]

Name: Nicholas B Gladding

Gender: Male

Age: 58

Birth Year: abt 1792 - Birthplace: Rhode Island

Home in 1850: Providence Ward 5, Providence, Rhode Island

Occupation: Occupation: Merchant - Industry: Retail Trade

Line #: 18 - :Dwelling #: 669; Family #: 1070

Household Members, Age, Occupation (if any)

Nicholas B Gladding, 58, Merchant

Rebecca Gladding, 56, Wife, notation: Insane

Mary Gladding, 32

Caroline Gladding, 25

Ellen Gladding, 11

Charles N Gladding, 8 months [sic=Charles N. Snow]

George A Snow, 25, Bookstore

Anna E Snow, 24

Mary A Snow, 2

Nicholas Gladding and his wife had 9 known children. Five of them died before 1850; this may have contributed to her mental condition as noted on the 1850 US Census: ^[3]

1. James W. Gladding, 1820–1821
2. Caroline Wilson Gladding, 1823–1898
3. Anna Eliza Gladding, 1825–1906
4. Mary Hurst Gladding, 1825–Died after 1858
5. Charles Nicholas Gladding, 1828–1846
6. Ellen R. Gladding, 1828–1853
7. Franklin W. Gladding, 1830–1838
8. Ellen R. Gladding, 1832–1849
9. Ella Rebecca Gladding, 1837–1838

Rebecca Y. (Wilson) Gladding passed away at 70 years old on 24 July 1864 in Providence city, Providence county, Rhode Island, USA. Her Rhode Island death record states she was the daughter of Rev. James Wilson & his wife, Mary (Hurst) Wilson. So far as is known, Rebecca was not named "Mary" and her middle initial "Y" (engraved on her tombstone) has never been explained. ^[4] One much later: 1906 Massachusetts record calls her "Mary Wilson" but that is most-likely due to the informant's error.

Name: Mary Wilson ^[5]

Gender: Female

Birth Place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Spouse: Nicholas B Glading

Child: Anna E Snow (dgr. who died in Massachusetts in 1906)

Rebecca Y. (Wilson) Gladding was buried in the family plot at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. ^[6]

Nicholas Brown Gladding survived his wife's passing. On the 1870 US Census he was recorded as 77 years old, living with his 47-year-old married daughter Caroline (Gladding) Gramont, her husband and their 5 children in Providence Ward 5, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. He was the "Head of Household" as they all lived in his house, valued at $5,000 with his personal property valued at $600 US dollars. Nicholas was called a "Retired Merchant" whilst his son-in-law: James R. Gramont, 57 years old, was a "Clerk". ^[7]

Ten years later, the 1880 US Census recorded Nicholas B. Gladding as an 88-year-old widower, now living with his married daughter, Mary Hurst (Gladding) Hubbard, 62, her husband Samuel Hubbard, 58, and their 2 children, Allen Hubbard: 23, and Ellen Hubbard: 22 years old. They were living in Samuel Hubbard's home in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Samuel Hubbard was Smithfield's "Depot Master (Railroad)" whilst his father-in-law was a "Boarder" with the notation "Infirm" next to his name. ^[8]

Nicholas B. Gladding passed a week before his 91st birthday on 8 January 1883 at his daughter Mary's home in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. ^[9] He was buried next to his late wife at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Details for Nicholas B. Gladding on FamilySearch; cites 29 sources.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJD-YMZ : 23 December 2020), Nicholas B Gladding, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Details for Rebecca Y Wilson on FamilySearch; cites 20 sources
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8JT-P4C : 4 November 2020), Rebecca Y. Gladding, 1864. NOTE: This is mistranscribed as a "Birth" Index but it is her Death record.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWTP-JDD : 2 March 2021), Mary Wilson in entry for Anna E Snow, 31 May 1906; citing Boston, Massachusetts, 178, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,224,940.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #108195896
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFC-WGN : 29 May 2021), Michalos B Gladding, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SK-2QG : 20 February 2021), Nicholas B Gladding in household of Samuel W Hubbard, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district ED 141, sheet 273C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,215.
9. ↑ "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Z9-19B : 4 November 2020), Micholas [sic] Brown Gladding, 8 Jan 1883; citing Death, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 2,022,961.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/108206728/nicholas-brown-gladding : accessed 14 July 2021), memorial page for Nicholas Brown Gladding (16 Jan 1792–8 Jan 1883), Find A Grave: Memorial #108206728, citing Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 47314859) .