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Allen REED

Allen REED

Male 1872 - 1930  (58 years)


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  • Name Allen REED
    Birth 3 Jun 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [4] 
    saw mill owner 
    Census 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miner  [1] 
    Death 31 Jul 1930  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: mining accident ("crushed through chest under fall of slate") 
    Burial Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • Although his father is Identified in his marriage record as George Reed, and in his death record as Jacob Reed, we have found no record of that individual or that his mother was ever married.
    Person ID I6366  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2018

    Mother Rebecca J. REED,   b. May 1836
    Family ID F15281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha Jane "Molly" HART,   b. 29 Jun 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1917, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Marriage 26 Apr 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Children 
    +1. Trixie Iven REED,   b. 13 Aug 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1997, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
    +2. Ora Agnes REED,   b. 11 Dec 1900, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +3. Dolores J. REED,   b. 9 Sep 1910, Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1973, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F2244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Matilda H. MORRISON,   b. 22 Nov 1895, Garrett Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1935, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Marriage 15 Apr 1922  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F15282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    6366_REED_Allen_1872-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg    		6366_REED_Allen_1872-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg
    6366_AllenReed_MatildaMorrisonDunn_MarriageRecord_15Apr1922.jpg    		6366_AllenReed_MatildaMorrisonDunn_MarriageRecord_15Apr1922.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 186.
      Age at time of marriage given as 23. Handwritten entry could be taken for 28, but closer scrutiny finds it to be 23.

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 186.
      Ceremony performed by Eli M Gaston at his home.

    6. [S1774] 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. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 253.
      Identified as Allen Reed, widowed, 48, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ocean Mines (Harrison Co) WV, son of George & Rebecca Reed; and Matilda Dunn, widowed, 26, b. Garrett Co MD, dau of Jerome & Minnie Morrison. Married Apr 15 1922 in Clarksburg.