Ianthe (Reed) Staples (1869 - 1964)

Born 2 Feb 1869 in Miola, Highland Twp., Clarion Co., PA

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Died 29 Aug 1964 at age 95 in Oil Creek Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Ianthe married William J. Staples after his first wife, Lucy Maria Emery Staples, left him and their children. Ianthe raised the family. After his death, she lived alone in Callensburg on Main Street until her blindness was so bad she moved into the 'parlor' room at the McFarland family farm - Walnut Tree Lane Farm in Callensburg, PA home of her stepdaughter, Eva Alvira Staples McFarland, and Eva's husband Thomas Grant McFarland. The grandchildren of Eva and 'Grant' always knew Ianthe as their Great-great grandmother.

PA death cert #081371-64 Death occurred in: Venango Co If death did not occur in City of borough give name of twp: Oil Creek Twp Full name of Hospital: Fieldmore springs Rest Home

Ianthe Reed United States Census, 1900 Name Ianthe Reed Event Type Census Event Year 1900 Event Place Washington Township, Lower & Falls Creek Precincts, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States Gender Female Age 31 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) W Relationship to Head of Household Domestic Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Domestic Birth Date Feb 1869 Birthplace Pennsylvania Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania

Sources

• https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133219137

• PA death cert #081371-64