Husband: Allen Reed
Born: Jun- 3-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Jul-31-1930 in Harrison Co, WV 1
Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 1
Cause of death: mining accident ("crushed through chest under fall of slate") 1
Census: 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: miner 1
Occupation: 1900 saw mill owner 4
Mother: Rebecca J. Reed (1836 - )
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Martha Jane "Molly" Hart
Also known as: Molly Hart
Married: Apr-26-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Born: Jun-29-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Died: Aug-13-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,8
Buried: in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV 9 (see note 1)
Census: 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Father: William M. "Billy" Hart (1850 - 1924)
Mother: Sarah Jane Husk (1851 - 1879)
Notes
F Child 1: Trixie Iven Reed Born: Aug-13-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Died: Dec- 9-1997 in Harrison Co, WV 10 Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 10 Occupation: Periodical Publishing Co, Pittsburgh, PA 10 Census: 1930 in Harrison Co, WV 11 Husband: Pat Amos Heflin b. Sep-24-1894 d. Sep-20-1970 Also known as: Amos Patrick Heflin 12 Married: Jun- 1-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 2: Ora Agnes Reed Born: Dec-11-1900 in West Virginia 13,9,14 Died: Jan- 7-1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13,9 Buried: in Fleming Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV 15,13 Cause of death: puerperal septicemia & peritonitis 13 Resided: 1817 E. 7th St. in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13 Census: 1920 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Leeman Lester Gain b. Aug-14-1893 d. Feb-28-1984 Census name: Leeman Gaines
F Child 3: Dolores J. Reed Born: Sep- 9-1910 in Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV 16,17 Died: Apr-13-1973 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 18,9 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 15 Resided: 1940 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1940 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1930 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 17 (see note 2) Husband: Howard McDowell Richmond b. May-26-1909 d. Oct-17-1987 Married: Feb-14-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Age at time of marriage given as 23. Handwritten entry could be taken for 28, but closer scrutiny finds it to be 23. MR Bk 5, p. 186. (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Ceremony performed by Eli M Gaston at his home. MR Bk 5, p. 186. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Allen Reed, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Martha Hart, 24, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 26 1896. (7) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 49. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Headstone. (10) Obituary. (11) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 324. (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1929139&Type=Death. (14) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Gilmer County Birth Records, Glenville, WV, BR p. 143-C : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=6377&Type=Birth. (17) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (18) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (19) World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797031&Type=Marriage. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Howard Richmond, 22, b. Marshall Co, res. Blandville; and Dolores Reed, age 21 as of Sep 1931, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 14 1932 "at Grant Lowther's," officiated by Rev. J. A. Richmond, a Minister of the Gospel. NOTE: Although wife's birthplace is shown on her headstone as West Union and in this marriage record as Doddridge County, the birth records of son Edgar and daughter Ardeth show it as Gilmer County, and her own birth record specifies Bear Fork in Gilmer County. Henry Grant Lowther was the husband of wife's first cousin, Nancy Dorcus "Nannie" Reed. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797031&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: "(Molly) Martha Reed" Note (2) Listed as servant Dolores Reed, 19, single, in household of her widowed brother-in-law Leeman Gain and his children.