Jane Stanford (August 25, 1828(1828-08-25)–February 28, 1905 (aged 80)), was the co-founder Stanford University with her husband, Leland Stanford, whom she wed in 1850. She was the daughter of a shopkeeper and lived on Washington Avenue in Albany, New York, before her marriage. She and her husband headed west, first to Wisconsin and then to California.
Born Jane Eliza Lathrop in Albany, New York, she was the daughter of Dyer and Jane Anne (Shield...
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Jane Stanford (August 25, 1828(1828-08-25)–February 28, 1905 (aged 80)), was the co-founder Stanford University with her husband, Leland Stanford, whom she wed in 1850. She was the daughter of a shopkeeper and lived on Washington Avenue in Albany, New York, before her marriage. She and her husband headed west, first to Wisconsin and then to California.
Born Jane Eliza Lathrop in Albany, New York, she was the daughter of Dyer and Jane Anne (Shields) Lathrop. One of her direct ancestors, John Lathrop, was also an ancestor to American presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. She married Leland Stanford on September 30, 1850, and went to live with him in Port Washington, Wisconsin, where he had practiced law since 1848.
The Stanfords lived in Port Washington until 1852 when, after his law library and other property had been lost to fire, they returned to Albany. Stanford then went to California to join his brothers in mercantile business while Jane...
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