Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Washington Baker Reed and Eliza Kerr




Husband Washington Baker Reed 1 2 3

           Born: 14 Jan 1820 or 1825 - Raccoon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 20 Jul 1890 2
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         Father: James Reed (Abt 1801-1868) 3 4 5
         Mother: Agnes Baker (      -      ) 4 5


       Marriage: 1851 1 2



Wife Eliza Kerr 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1830
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         Father: Sampson Kerr (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Agnes Reed (Abt 1808-1842) 2




Children
1 F Lizzie Alice Reed 1 2

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         Spouse: Sheridan Knowles (      -      ) 2


2 M John Allen Reed 1 2

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         Spouse: Mary Deming (      -      ) 2


3 M Lewis Washington Reed 1 6




           Born:  - Raccoon Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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         Spouse: Lizzie Hall (      -      ) 6


4 M Cornelius Weygnantd Reed 1 2

            AKA: Col.  Reed 7
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         Spouse: Ella Shumaker (      -Aft 1914) 7


5 M Sampson Kerr Reed 1 2

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         Spouse: Sarah Baker (      -      ) 2


6 F Harriet Isabella Reed 1 2

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         Spouse: David G. Hood (      -      ) 2


7 F Agnes Marie Reed 1 2

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         Spouse: Hugh Orr (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Washington Baker Reed


He received a good scholastic training for those days, and began life as a farmer. Upon the death of his father in 1868, he bought out the other heirs of the homestead of two hundred acres. Later, he sold fifty acres, and had one hundred acres under a state of high cultivation. He was a public-spirited man and a stanch Democrat, serving in many township offices. He was a trustee of the Presbyterian church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 883.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 85.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 759.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 881, 883.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 84.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 83.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 968.


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