Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJames Bothwell
Birthca 1797, IRL507
Deathca 1847, Allegheny City (Now Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., PA, USA507 Age: 50
BurialAllegheny City (Now Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., PA, USA
MemoUnion Dale Cemetery
FatherHenry Bothwell
MotherMargaret Unknown
Birthca 1820, IRL
Census1850, USA, PA, Allegheny Co., Allegheny 2nd Ward Age: 30
Census1860, USA, PA, Allegheny Co., Allegheny 2nd Ward Age: 40
Deathca Mar 1884 Age: 64
BurialAllegheny City (Now Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., PA, USA
MemoUnion Dale Cemetery
Other spousesJames Forsythe
Children
Birthabt 1842, Kittanning, Armstrong Co., PA, USA
Census USA1850, Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 8
Military Service7 Aug 1862, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 20
Memo123rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Census USA1860, Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 18
Military Service7 Aug 1862, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 20
MemoEnlisted in 123rd Pennsulvania Volunteer Infantry
Census USA1870, Allegheny Ward 6, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 28
Census1880, USA, PA, Allegheny Co., Kilbuck Age: 38
Census USA1880, Kilbuck, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 38
Death15 Mar 1890, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, USA4, Pittsburgh (PA) Dispatch 3/16/1890,4, Pittsburgh (PA) Press 3-17-1890 Age: 48
Burial17 Mar 1890, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, USA
MemoUnion Dale Cemetery Div 1 Section 0 Range 1 Lot 19
Occupation1870 Moulder
Military ServiceUSA
Occupation1883 Carter
OccupationRailroad Mechanic
Occupation1870
Military ServiceMachinist
SpouseSarah Ellen Willard (1846-1920)
ChildrenWilliam H. (ca1865-)
Letitia Ellen (1868-1949)
George Robert (1870-)
James Forsythe (1873-1953)
Frank Reid (ca1880-1911)
Sarah Eliza “Lyda” (1883-1980)
Henry Willard (1888-1934)
Charles Earle (1889-1973)
Unknown (-<1900)
Birth23 Sep 1842, Allegheny City (Now Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., PA, USA567
Census USA1850, Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 7
Census USA1860, Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 17
Census USA1880, Mansfield, Richland Co., OH, USA Age: 37
Census USA1910, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA Age: 67
Death19 Sep 1916, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA4, Pittsburgh (PA) Pot-Gazette 9/26/1916,2 Age: 73
Burial22 Sep 1916, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
MemoEvergreen Cemetery
Occupation1860 Teamster
OccupationLocomotive Engineer
Military ServiceUSA
SpouseHarriett A. Reid (1848-1900)
Marriage1871, Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH, USA
Divorce5 Jan 1899, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA5, Los Angeles (CA) Herald 1/10/1899
ChildrenCharles L. (Twin) (1874-1888)
Edwin Reid (Twin) (1874-)
Willis Earl (1881-1888)
Birthabt 1845, PA, USA
Census USA1850, Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 5
Census USA1860, Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: 15
Deathbef 1878 Age: 33
Birthca 1848507
Deathca 1848, Allegheny City (Now Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., PA, USA Age: <1
BurialAllegheny City (Now Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., PA, USA
MemoUnion Dale Cemetery
Notes for Jane Hunt
Enumerated in the house next door to Edward Bothwell the stone mason in 1850 & next door to George Bothwell the shoemaker in 1860..
In her will (dated 6/26/1878), she designates that she is to be burried in Union cemetery next to her first Husband, James Bothwell, and alongside her youngest son, William Houston Bothwell and the bulk of her estate to her other two sons, Henry and James Bothwell, and to her brothers, Jeremiah Hunt, William Gordon Forman, and David Hunt. She bequeathed $20,000 to Jeremiah, specified $500 to be spent on a monument for Her, James, & William, and numberous other good sized amounts. Names her current husband as James Forsythe.
According to Union Dale Cemetery, all three are buried in the same area in the cemetery: Lot 16, Range 1, Section C, Division 1, but there are no monuments listed for Jane or William.
Maiden name assumed from her will.
In her will (dated 6/26/1878), she designates that she is to be burried in Union cemetery next to her first Husband, James Bothwell, and alongside her youngest son, William Houston Bothwell and the bulk of her estate to her other two sons, Henry and James Bothwell, and to her brothers, Jeremiah Hunt, William Gordon Forman, and David Hunt. She bequeathed $20,000 to Jeremiah, specified $500 to be spent on a monument for Her, James, & William, and numberous other good sized amounts. Names her current husband as James Forsythe.
According to Union Dale Cemetery, all three are buried in the same area in the cemetery: Lot 16, Range 1, Section C, Division 1, but there are no monuments listed for Jane or William.
Maiden name assumed from her will.
Notes for Henry (Child 1)
In his will (dated 9/8/1889), he names the following:
Wife: Sarah Ellen Bothwell.
Children: Lettie Ellen Bothwell, George R. Bothwell, James F. Bothwell, Frank Reid Bothwell, Sarah Eliza Bothwell, Henry Willard Bothwell, and Charles Earle Bothwell.
He also provided that if Lettie “should ever inter-marry” John Long, she shall “forfeit her heirship to all or any part of my Estate Real or Personal and her share shall then revert equally to the rest of my surviving heirs.” (Lettie & John Long were 2nd cousins).
Wife: Sarah Ellen Bothwell.
Children: Lettie Ellen Bothwell, George R. Bothwell, James F. Bothwell, Frank Reid Bothwell, Sarah Eliza Bothwell, Henry Willard Bothwell, and Charles Earle Bothwell.
He also provided that if Lettie “should ever inter-marry” John Long, she shall “forfeit her heirship to all or any part of my Estate Real or Personal and her share shall then revert equally to the rest of my surviving heirs.” (Lettie & John Long were 2nd cousins).
Notes for Henry (Child 1)
in 1866, there was a henry bothwell and a james bothwell living on Washington in Pittsburgh, both listed as laborers
Notes for James J. (Child 2)
Moved to California 1894.
Notorious divorce case in Los Angeles 1898 (2nd time filed, 1st withdrawn).
Notorious divorce case in Los Angeles 1898 (2nd time filed, 1st withdrawn).
Notes for James J. & Harriett A. (Family)
He filed for divorce Dec. 7, 1897 alleging infidelity. She countersued charging extreme cruelty. After expensive proceedings, they reached an out of court settlement and agreed to a legal separation and on Feb. 25, 1898, Judge Allen in Los Angeles dismissed both cases.By august, he had apparently not lived up to some of the terms and she filed a new case. Divorce granted Jan. 5, 1899