Jane Stanford

Jane Stanford (August 25, 1828 - February 28, 1905) was the co-founder of 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. She attended The Albany Academy for Girls, the longest running girls day school in the country. 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,...