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Nelson REED

Nelson REED

Male 1848 - 1916  (68 years)


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  • Name Nelson REED
    Birth 1848  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1842, but age 22 in his January 1871 marriage record puts it in about 1848 or 1849. He was age 2 in the 1850 Census.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860, 1870  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1871  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 1916  [3] 
    Burial Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I46944  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2020

    Father Alexander "Elx" REED,   b. CA 1826   d. Abt Dec 1896 (Age ~ 70 years)
    Mother Nancy LOWTHER,   b. CA 1825
    Family ID F19139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Methany Jane TENNEY,   b. CA 1851, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1930 (Age ~ 79 years)  [5]
    Marriage 5 Jan 1871  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Asbury Harper REED,   b. 18 Sep 1871, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1954, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    >2. Martha REED,   b. 21 May 1872, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1948, Olney, Richland Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >3. Melvina "Vina" REED,   b. 11 Nov 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1949 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F19178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1894] Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, MR p. 27, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11232089&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S2191] 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1894] Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, MR p. 27, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11232089&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Nelson Reed, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Upshur Co, son of Alexander & Nancy J. (or I.) Reed; and Methany J. Tenney, 19, b. & res. in Upshur Co, dau of Peter & Labana Tenney. Married Jan 5 1871 in Upshur County.