Caroline Elizabeth Stickney

Caroline, her four younger siblings, and her husband were part of the nomadic, reactive Gilded Generation. Her parents were part of the adaptive Compromise Generation. Her eight older siblings were part of the idealistic Transcendental Generation. Her daughter was part of the adaptive Progressive Generation.

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*Birth of Caroline Elizabeth Stickney*
Born:	30 November 1824
Birthplace:	Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
*Parents*
Father:	Abraham Stickney IV, 1787-1839 (our ancestor), from Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
Mother:	Mary Beard, 1789-1824 (our ancestor), died 5 days after Caroline's birth
Stepmother:	Hannah Holt, b. 1791
*Siblings*
Sister:	Mary Ann Stickney born 1808, married William Goldsmith (same one who married Mary Ann's sister Jane Maria Stickney later}
Sister:	Catherine B. Stickney born 1809, died 8 January 1835
Brother:	Edward Beard Stickney born 1812, married first H. Dean, second J. P. Cogswell
Brother:	James Madison Stickney (twin brother of Jane Maria Stickney) born 1814, married Mary Burdett
Sister:	Jane Maria Stickney (twin sister of James Madison Stickney) born 1814, married first William Goldsmith (same one who married Jane Maria's sister Mary Ann Stickney earlier} married second A. Meader
Sister:	Lucebia Clark Stickney born 1816, died 7 December 1839
Brother:	William Henry Stickney born 1819, died 30 October 1838
Sister:	Louisa Richmond Stickney born 1821, married Noah Clapp
Sister:	Alathena Gertrude Stickney born 1823, died 1824
Half-brother:	Abraham Elmore Stickney (son of father and stepmother Hannah Holt) born 1826, died 1852
Half-brother:	John Adams Stickney (son of father and stepmother Hannah Holt) born 1828, died 1853
Half-sister:	Hannah Eliza Stickney (daughter of father and stepmother Hannah Holt) born 1831, married Henry Burtt
*Spouse and children*
Husband:	Arthur Noah Bean, 1824-1902 (our ancestor) (son of Levi Bean, 1794-1870 and Mary Phelps Bean, 1802-1866 [our ancestors] from Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts) Married 6 March 1847
Daughter:	Laura Caroline Bean, 1848-1911 (our ancestor)
No information on any other children
*Other information*
Occupation:	Probably housewife
Religion:	No information available
*Death of Caroline Elizabeth Stickney Bean*
Died:	24 (or 25 or 26) December 1853 (age 29 years 0 months 24 days)
Deathplace:	West Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
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Sources on Caroline Elizabeth Stickney Bean:

Wendy Edmands Pearson, in her research for membership in the Colonial Dames

Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970, in her research for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution

Mary Anna Hawes Edmands Ashbrook, 1917-1992, in her compilation of Mary Caroline Findley Edmands's research. She quoted the Town Clerk's Records of Andover, MA: "Died in Andover, Mass., Dec. 25, 1853, Caroline Bean, wife of Arthur N. Bean, aged 29 years, born in Andover, names of parents not given, buried in West Andover."

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