They are my great-great-grandparents James Henry Reed and Martha Cook Reed. The information you see written on them was the oldest I had when I started. The handwriting is my Grandfather Reed's. Grandmother Reed told me James's middle initial was H. And that's it!
I remember the afternoon in the late 1970s when Grandmama and I sat down and went through her old pictures. They were just stuck in a box way back in a closet. She asked me to keep them in a nice big album I had. No problem! I was happy to. I felt honored.
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Would the difference in the Celtic pronouncation and the spelling in America be different.Also on the Manning Files ,the 1880 census might clarify the number of children fo Samuel. Some of the children listed are nephew,niece and grandaughter and this migght lead to the conclusation that he had 14 children.
ReplyDeleteJoseph refers above to Samuel Reed b. 1810, d. 1883 Mar 1887, who was a son of Hugh Reed and Jane McSpeddon. We have been communicating this week about them.
ReplyDeleteThe 1880 census for this Samuel does indeed list grandchildren, a nephew, and others. None of his children lived with him by that time. They had either left home or were deceased.
To the best of my knowledge, these were the 13 children of Samuel Reed and Matilda Willis:
Cyrena K. Reed 1832-1893
Martha Jane Reed 1834-1905
Anna Reed 1836-1902
Emeline Antoinette Reed 1838-1864
Robert Hugh Reed 1841-1851
Ellen F. Reed 1842-1900
Elliott Reed 1844-
Samuel Elijah Reed 1847-
Adella U. Reed 1848-1876
Matilda Rosa Reed 1852-
Jerome Reed 1853-1908
Tullie Washington Reed 1856-1910
Susie Reed 1858-1860
The Manning Files had 14 children listed. They had incorrectly listed Samuel Elijah Reed twice as Samuel Reed, Jr., and Elijah S. Reed.
As to your question about the Celtic pronunciation of Reed, I have no knowledge of this. Can you give us more information or point us in the right direction to find more information? Or, maybe another reader may have an answer.
ok, so i am pretty sure adella reed was my great-great grandmother.
ReplyDeletemy great-great grandfather was samuel prioleau chisolm who was married to an adella reed.
Hi, Hailey, Thanks for commenting! Yes, Adella, daughter of Samuel & Matilda Willis Reed was married to Samuel Chisolm. From which of their children do you descend? Isn't it fun figuring out this stuff?!
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