When Eleanor Ostrander was born on 4 June 1799, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, Peter Ostrander, was 30 and her mother, Hannah O. Acker, was 21. She had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with Andrew W. Reed. She lived in New York, United States in 1870. She died on 5 June 1887, in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States.