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Miner REED

Miner REED

Male 1869 - 1915  (45 years)


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  • Name Miner REED
    Birth 11 Jul 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Residence Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 2 Mar 1915  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Burial Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8, 9] 
    Person ID I8443  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 May 2014

    Father Josiah REED,   b. 1826, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1877, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Mother Mary NUTTER,   b. Feb 1829   d. 8 Nov 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    Family ID F12967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ida B. SMITH,   b. 3 Apr 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951 (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 11 Jul 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Mathew E. REED,   b. Oct 1890
    +2. Nathan Edward REED,   b. 13 Oct 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +3. Okey Albert REED,   b. 3 Oct 1892   d. 27 Apr 1966, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F3016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
      45y 7m 19d

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    7. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 135.
      Death record stated place of death as Auburn, which is predominantly within Ritchie County, adjoining the border with Doddridge County. Cause of death given in death record as "Operation." But his obituary specifies that death occurred not in West Virginia at all, but during the course of gall bladder surgery at a hospital in Marietta, Ohio.

    8. [S5] Headstone.

    9. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 392.
      Ceremony held at "J. W. Smith residence." Persons providing info for marriage record: Miner & Mary Reed, and J. W. Smith. Bride's age given as 18, when actually she was 15.