Jul-28-2018
Husband: David Allen Reed Also known as: Allen Reed 1,2,3
Born: May-11-1853 in Grove, Doddridge Co, WV 4,2 Died: Nov-29-1909 2,4 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: Aug 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: Jul 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 6 Father: Marcus Reed (1823 - ) Mother: Elizabeth Gagler (1828 - )
Wife: Sarah Jane Gaston Married: Oct-15-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Born: Mar-29-1853 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 8,2 Died: Jun-27-1918 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 9,2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1911 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 10 Census: 1880, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Samuel Morris Gaston (1825 - 1911) Mother: Elizabeth Law (1825 - 1882) Notes 4
F Child 1: Lucy Elizabeth Reed Born: Feb- 7-1877 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Died: Dec-25-1956 11 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: William Lewis Drain d. Feb-16-1945 Married: Mar-29-1902 11
F Child 2: Susan Belle Reed Also known as: Belle Reed 12 Born: Sep-21-1878 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Died: Dec- 8-1958 in Los Angeles, CA 11 Resided: 1918 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 12 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Sellers E. Jessups d. Nov-11-1957 Married: Apr- 5-1922 11
M Child 3: Samuel Boyd Reed Also known as: S. Boyd Reed 2 Born: Apr-17-1880 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4,6 Died: Apr-22-1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: carpenter 14,15 Wife: Alice Carrie Grapes b. Mar-12-1885 d. Jun-16-1955 Married: May- 9-1908 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16
F Child 4: Ota Lee Reed Born: Feb-28-1882 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Died: Jan- 8-1970 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 11 Husband: Joseph E. Fraker b. Jan-24-1879 d. Oct-30-1956 Married: Mar-12-1918 4
M Child 5: Cecil Alexander Reed Born: May- 6-1884 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Died: Mar-19-1952 4 Wife: Marcie Justis b. Jun-11-1885 d. Aug- -1966 Married: Jun-15-1916 4
M Child 6: Henry G. Reed Born: Mar-30-1887 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Died: Nov-11-1952 4 Wife: Emma Mitchell
F Child 7: Ethel Jane Reed Born: Mar-11-1889 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Los Angeles, CA 4 Census: 1940 in East Los Angeles, CA Resided: 1935 in East Los Angeles, CA 17 Census: 1930 in Los Angeles, CA Resided: formerly in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 4 Resided: until Aug 1910 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: stenographer 4 Husband: Morgan Theodore Olson b. Jun-17-1899 d. Mar- -1978 Married: Aug-12-1934 4 No children: 4
F Child 8: Winna Fern Reed Census name: Winnie F. Reed Born: Mar-21-1892 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4,2,18 Died: May-30-1960 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 14,2 Buried: in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 14,19 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Claude Herman Brannon b. Apr-20-1898 d. Jan- 2-1963 Also known as: Herman Brannon 4 Married: Oct-16-1919 4
M Child 9: Harvey Allen Reed Born: Jun-25-1894 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 20,21 Died: Feb-17-1970 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 14,21 Buried: in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 19 Resided: since ca 1930 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 4 Occupation: U.S. Engineers (U.S. Government) 14 Education: Fairmont State College 4 Military: Sep 6 1918 to Dec 6 Pvt, 472nd Engineers, US Army, World War I 22 Wife: Madaline Y. Maddox b. Apr-22-1899 d. Apr-25-1971 Married: Sep- 3-1918 4
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) Headstone. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, Sr." (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Allen Reed, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah J. Gaston, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 15 1874. MR p. 202 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791408&Type=Marriage. (8) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Name appears as Sarah I. Gasmins, an apparent transcription error from the handwritten original. S. J. (female, age 7) and Sarah J. (female age 17) are in the 1860 & 1870 censuses with the S. M. Gaston family, BR Bk 1, p. 1. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) Obituary of father. (11) Marilynn Davis Jones, Fairmont, WV 26554. (12) Death record of mother. (13) Ota Reed Fraker. But Marilynn Davis Jones gives birth date as Sep 21 1876. (14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Samuel Boyd Reed, 28, b. Ritchie Co, res. Clarksburg, son of Allen & Sarah Jane Reed; and Alice Carrie Grapes, 23, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of John Grape & (blank). Married May 9 1908 in Clarksburg. MR p. 363 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=17205&Type=Marriage. (17) 1940 Census. (18) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (19) Findagrave.com. (20) Ota Reed Fraker. But Marilynn Davis Jones gives birthplace as Clarksburg, WV. (21) Headstone (year only) (22) Military Grave Marker. Event Notes Note (1) In household of grandfather Samuel Morris Gaston.Name Index