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Oppie REED

Oppie REED

Male 1888 - 1975  (86 years)


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  • Name Oppie REED
    Birth 12 Oct 1888  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military From 1911 to 10 Apr 1914  [3] 
    CPL, Co A, 13th Cavalry, El Paso Texas 
    Census 1920  Galveston, Galveston Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    railroad fireman 
    Residence 1921  Galveston, Galveston Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1940  Rusk Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    livestock dealer 
    Military From 24 Jan 1942 to 12 Aug 1945  [1, 7] 
    S/SGT, Co B, 808th Eng Bn, US Army, World War II 
    Residence Cynthiana, Harrison Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 10 May 1975  Harrison Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Person ID I139794  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025

    Father Joseph W. REED,   b. Jun 1852, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    Mother Nancy Jane WHEELER,   b. 8 Feb 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1892, Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F34013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2705] U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Adjutant General's Office & National Archives).

    4. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    5. [S2201] City Directory.

    6. [S6] 1940 Census, Barbour County, WV.

    7. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    8. [S1938] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S2419] Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Kentucky Health Data Branch).