Individual Details

Josiah SPAULDING Jr.

(Abt 1786 - 24 Dec 1867)

Events

BirthAbt 1786Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Baptism29 Jul 1787Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Residence4 Aug 1800with his parents - Buckland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
MiscellaneousAbt 1802began to show symptoms of insanity - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence21 Dec 1806& received a letter from his sister Mary - Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous24 Dec 1806wrote to his sister Mary who was home with the rest of the family
MiscellaneousAbt 1807prepared for a year studying forexaminations to enter Williams College but was told he was not ready - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence14 Mar 1808& received a letter from Ezra Fisk after he stayed with his family for a visit - Buckland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous21 May 1808received a letter from his father - Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
OccupationBef 1810school teacher before the first signs of insanity appeared - Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
MiscellaneousAbt 1810was chained to the floor in his room - Buckland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Residence6 Aug 1810with his parents - Buckland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Residence3 Mar 1811with a doctor and sister Nancy wrote that she hoped it would help him - Southampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
MiscellaneousAbt 1811was confined to a wooden cage after he escaped from his room - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
ResidenceMar 1812Buckland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
ResidenceMar 1812Buckland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
ResidenceBef 8 Mar 1812Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence8 Mar 1812& returned home, sister Nancy wrote that he was more compose than when he left - Buckland Center, Franklin County, Massachusetts
ResidenceAbt 16 Mar 1815& his mother wrote his sister Mary that he was not better - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence7 Aug 1820with his parents - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence1823after the death of his parents with his sister Lydia and her husband Ezra Howes in the cage - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence29 Nov 1823Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence29 Nov 1823Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous1 Apr 1824was the same as he had been for several years, his sister Nancy wrote to sister Mary - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence1 Jun 1830with his brother-in-law and sister, Ezra and Lydia Howes, - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence18 Apr 1833& sister Lydia wrote to sister Mary that his health was good - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence9 Nov 1835& his health was as usual according to hsi sister Deborah in a letter to sister Mary - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
MiscellaneousFrom 1836 to 1866had not stood erect and had become so deformed it was impossible to straighten his limbs - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence1 Jun 1840with his brother-in-law, Ezra Howes, and Ezra's second wife, Lois, - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Illness1 Jun 1840insanity (at private charge) - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence31 Aug 1850with his brother-in-law, Ezra Howes, and Ezra's second wife, Lois, - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Illness31 Aug 1850insanity - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence13 Jun 1855as a pauper with his brother-in-law, Ezra Howes, and Ezra's second wife, Lois, - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Illness13 Jun 1855insanity - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence11 Jul 1860with Lois, the second wife of his deceased brother-in-law, Ezra Howes, - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Illness11 Jul 1860"masturbation" insanity - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous27 Aug 1861mentioned in a letter by Deborah Trowbridge that he was a the same & he was an object of pity - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Residence1864in the poor house after the death of Ezra Howes' 2nd wife who had cared for him until her death - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous18 Sep 1866was described in the Springfield Daily Republican newspaper as "only a being of senseless existence" - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Death24 Dec 1867of old age (insane pauper) at the poor house - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
BurialAft 24 Dec 1867at Old Cemetery #1, row 1 stone 23 - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
BurialAft 24 Dec 1867at Old Cemetery #1, row 1 stone 23 - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Families

FatherReverend Josiah SPAULDING (1751 - 1823)
MotherMary "Polly" WILLIAMS (1756 - 1823)
SiblingMary "Polly" SPAULDING (1785 - 1839)
SiblingNancy Anna SPAULDING (1789 - 1840)
SiblingDeborah SPAULDING (1794 - 1845)
SiblingLydia SPAULDING (1797 - 1836)