Jane (Wilder) Derby (1810 - 1881)

Born 15 Dec 1810 in Temple, Franklin, Maine, United States

Wife of Aaron Derby — married 18 Sep 1836 in Temple, Franklin, Maine, United States

Died 1881 at about age 70 in Temple, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Jane Wilder was born at Temple, Maine in 1810, the daughter of Abel Wilder and Grace Hosmer.

She married farmer Aaron Derby (1794-1810) at Temple, Maine on 18 Sep 1836. They were the parents of eight known children:

• Cyrus Alphonso Derby b. 26 Jul 1839, d. 19 Oct 1849;
• James Henry Derby b. 8 Jun 1841, d. 9 Oct 1849;
• Martha Searles Derby b. 3 Sep 1843, d. 25 Nov 1861;
• Samuel Albert Derby b. 27 Feb 1846, d. 1925;
• Mary Kendall Derby b. 18 Aug 1848, d. 12 Dec 1919;
• William F Derby b. Aug 1849; lived one week
• James Alphonso Derby b. 27 May 1850, d. 14 Feb 1923;
• La Roy Bass Derby b. 1 Apr 1853, d. 18 Oct 1872.

She passed away in 1881 at Temple where she is buried at the Temple Intervale Cemetery.

Sources

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44C-326 : 14 January 2020), Jane Wilder, 1810

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XN-4PY : 22 July 2021), Jane Wilder in entry for Aaron Derby, 1836

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-YTL : 22 December 2020), Eliza J Derby in household of Aaron Derby, Temple, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DN-S95 : 29 May 2021), Jane Derby in entry for Aaron Derby, 1870

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3L-4H5 : 19 February 2021), Jane Derbey in household of James Derbey, Temple, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 79, sheet 545A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,479.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/50513677/jane-derby), memorial page for Jane Wilder Derby (15 Dec 1810–1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50513677, citing Temple Intervale Cemetery, Temple, Franklin County, Maine, USA