Jane was born in 1802. She was the daughter of Mordecai McKinney and Mary Chambers. She passed away in 1891.
Jane McKinney, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1802, became an abolitionist as an adult. She married Alexander Graydon, an iron manufacturer, on 19 Sep 1822 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania[1] and they moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1843. She was also involved with the Presbyterian Church.
In 1850, the family was living in Center Marion, Indiana, United States. Their last name is misspelled "Gradon".[2]
Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Alexander Gradon | M | 57 | Pennsylvania | |
Jane E Gradon | F | 48 | Delaware | |
William M Gradon | M | 24 | Pennsylvania | |
Alexander Jr Gradon | M | 22 | clerk | Pennsylvania |
Vincent L Gradon | M | 21 | clerk | Pennsylvania |
John K Gradon | F | 17 | Pennsylvania | |
Theodore Gradon | M | 12 | Pennsylvania | |
Emma B Gradon | F | 10 | Pennsylvania | |
Andrew Gradon | M | 7 | Pennsylvania | |
Joseph M Gradon | M | 3 | Indiana | |
Nancy Stevenson | F | Kentucky | ||
Robert G Gradon | M | 30 | physician | Pennsylvania |
During the American Civil War, she served as a nurse in the hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee.
With Catharine Merrill, who also served as a nurse during the war, Jane McKinney Graydon organized the charitable group that established the Indianapolis Home for Friendless Women in 1867. This Indianapolis women's shelter provided refuge to homeless women, as well as orphans and widows of soldiers. By the end of the nineteenth-century, it was caring for an estimated 400 to 500 people annually. The facility was renamed the Indianapolis Home for the Aged in 1936 and reorganized so that it could accept male residents; its name was changed to the Indianapolis Retirement Home in 1976.
Indianapolis Home for Friendless Women |
As an abolitionist, her home was also reported to be a station in the Underground Railroad.
In 1880, Jane is living with her daughter and son-in-law in Indianapolis, 6th Ward, Marion, Indiana, United States. She is widowed. Her name is misspelled "Graden".[3]
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
Joseph K. Sharpe | M | 61 | Married | Head | Leather Merchant | Connecticut |
Mary E. Sharpe | F | 54 | Married | Wife | Keeping House | Pennsylvania |
Joseph K. Sharpe | M | 26 | Single | Son | Clerks In Store | Indiana |
Julia G. Sharpe | F | 22 | Single | Daughter | At Home | Indiana |
Anna Sharpe | F | 20 | Single | Daughter | At Home | Indiana |
Robert P. Duncan | M | 32 | Married | Son-in-law | Manufacturer Vinegar | Indiana |
Ella M. Duncan | F | 28 | Married | Daughter | Boarding | Indiana |
Harry S. Duncan | M | 5 | Single | Grandchild | Indiana | |
Jane G. Graden | F | 77 | Widowed | Mother-in-law | Boarding | Delaware |
Minnie White | F | 22 | Single | Other | Servant | Kansas |
John Wilson | M | 30 | Other | Servant | Tennessee |
Jane passed away on 30 Mar 1891 in Indiana and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.[4]
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