I read a review for a new book the other day. Not advertising it, but I found a couple paragraphs interesting. It's the story of Jane Franklin, sister of Benjamin Franklin. In the first review, it mentions her name, Jane, that she was raised in 18th century Boston, married at 15, lived until 81, bearing 12 children. Nowhere in the Columbus Dispatch review does it mention the name of her husband or when she lived. After doing a web search, found a second book review in the Boston Herald, which stated she lived 1712-1794 and was married to Edward Mecom. Bring this up only because of how frustrated we get when looking for obituaries and wonder why the family included so little information, or why wasn't one published at all. Even today, one paper thought the information wasn't needed while a second paper thought it should be included. The second paragraph was illuminating regarding education. "Like most middle-class New England girls of the period, Jane was taught to read but not write, and so the letters she wrote to her brother are full of imaginative spelling." I found this interesting because even in the 19th century, for those decades where there was a section on the census asking if you could read or write, some individuals would respond they could Read but not Write. Wonder why reading was considered important but not writing, and if you did know how to read, shouldn't you know how to spell?