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William REED

William REED

Male 1852 - 1932  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name William REED 
    Born CA 1852  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age given in 1860 Census and at marriages in 1873, 1875 and 1876 would put birth in about 1851 or 1852, while age given at birth of daughter Flossie would put his birth at 1847. But death record states birth as Mar 30 1855.
    Gender Male 
    Census Jul 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census Aug 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1875  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miller, farmer  [2, 3] 
    Died 12 Nov 1932  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I8460  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

    Father Marcus REED,   b. CA 1823, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth GAGLER,   b. CA 1828 
    Family ID F5744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Florinda SANDY,   b. CA 1855, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 10 Apr 1873  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F21771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Cordelia BALL,   b. 9 Jul 1856, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1934, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 4 May 1875  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F21768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Rachel Ann LOWTHER,   b. 16 Nov 1858, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1939, Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 21 Sep 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Notes 
    • Survivors listed in obituary of Rachel Lowther Reed included brother Sylvester Lowther and children Mrs. Sarah Husk of Oxford, Mrs. Mae Reed and Nora Price of West Union, Mrs. Zannie Reed, Mrs. Rebecca Deams of Charleston, John Reed of Central Station, and Henry Reed of West Union. [West Union Herald, 1/12/1939]

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      William Reed, 27, farm laborer, cannot read/write; wife Rachel A, 24, cannot write; dau Sarah C, 6; dau Mary E, 4; dau Arrena C, 2.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      Rachel Ann Reed, head of household, 44, b. Nov 1855, married 24 yrs, mother of 12 children (10 still living); dau Irena C, 21, b. Oct 1878; dau Rebecca J, 19, b. Nov 1880; dau Nora Gay, 15, b. Jan 1885; dau Flossy L, 10, b. Feb 1890; son John S, 13, b. May 1887; dau Zona A, 8, b. Aug 1891; son William Amos, 5, b. Apr 1895, dau Melissa A, 3, b. Jan 1897; granddaughter Minnie Jane, 1, b. Mar 1899.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on May 2 1910:
      William Reed, 63, farmer, married 33 yrs; wife Rachel, 55, mother of 12 children (10 still living); dau Lozinau (?) Reed, 21, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living), son Henry Reed, 16; son-in-law Isaac Reed, 25, farmer; grandson Curtis, 2. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Columbia Lowther REED,   b. 9 Dec 1873,   d. 28 May 1947  (Age 73 years)  [Stepchild]
    +2. Mary Elizabeth REED,   b. 21 Aug 1877,   d. 29 Jun 1958, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. Irena Catherine REED,   b. Oct 1878, Horn Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age ~ 39 years)
    +4. Rebecca Jane REED,   b. 9 Nov 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1947, Institute, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +5. Nora Gay REED,   b. 5 Jan 1885, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1968, Gore, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +6. John Sylvester REED,   b. 14 May 1887, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1967, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +7. Flossie Luzana "Zannie" REED,   b. 4 Feb 1889, Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Zona A. REED,   b. Aug 1891
    +9. Henry REED,   b. 2 Apr 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1979  (Age 84 years)
     10. William Amos REED,   b. Apr 1895
     11. Melissa A. REED,   b. Jan 1897
    Family ID F3022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk Del 1-A, p. 214.

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

    4. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as William Reed, 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Marcus & Elisabeth; and Florinda Sandy, 18, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Preston & Rose. Married Apr 10 1873.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as William Reed, widowed, 23, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Marcus & Elizabeth; and Mary Ball, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Shelton & Christine. Married May 4 1875.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk Del 1-A, p. 214.
      Groom described as age 24 (i.e., b. ca 1852), b. in Barbour Co, (W)VA, resident of Ritchie Co, WV, occup: miller, son of Marcus & Elizabeth Reed. Bride described as age 20, b. in & resident of Doddridge Co, dau of Robert & Mary Anne Lowther. Marital status for both bride & groom listed as "widowed." Married Sep 21 1876; ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston. (No other marriage record for either was found in Doddridge County, but Ritchie County marriage records show that this William Reed married Mary Ball on May 4 1875, and that she subsequently remarried on Feb 17 1877.)

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

    8. [S1588] Death record of wife.