Wild, Mary Johanna Rhodes (1799-1883)
Dates
- Existence: 1799 - 1883
Biographical Note
Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild was born on February 6, 1799 in Providence, Rhode Island to William Nehemiah and Mary Throop Cushing Rhodes. In 1819 she married homeopathic doctor Charles Wild and they settled in Brookline, Massachusetts. They had nine children, but only six survived past infancy: Charles William (born 1822); Susanna Seraphina (born 1823); Edward Augustus (born 1825); Laura Matilda (born 1828); Mary Heath (born 1829); and Walter Henry (born 1836). Following her husband's death in 1864, Mary Johanna lived with her daughter Mary Heath (Wild) Cushing in North Providence, Rhode Island. Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild died in 1883.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Liss, Ken. "Diary of Mary Johanna Wild, Brookline MA, Introduction." Brookline Historical Society, December 2020. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/archives/WildDiary/Intro.asp
Laura Matilda (Wild) Phipps death record, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.
"Mary Joanna Wild", University of Virginia "Letters Home" Project, accessed on October 6, 2026. https://community.village.virginia.edu/lettershome/node/12201
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
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Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild diary
Diary of Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild, detailing her daily life in Brookline, Massachusetts, as the wife of homeopathic doctor Charles Wild. Wild discusses housekeeping, finances, and marital discord, as well as her reading, occasional travels, and circle of friends and family, from 1851-1865. The volume includes 12 pages of a diary by her mother, Mary Throop Cushing Rhodes, created between 1845-1850.
Open for research; digital version also available. Volume is fragile and should be used with care.