James Reed and Jane Ogleby

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Husband James Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1723
     Christened: 
           Died: 1803 3
         Buried:  - Church Hill Cemetery

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         Father: [Unk] Reed (      -      )
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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       Marriage:  - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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Wife Jane Ogleby ^{1 2}

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Children

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1 M James Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1752 - Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - near Reedsville, Mifflin Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Milroy (      -      ) 3

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2 F Mary Reed ³

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - New York state
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         Spouse: John Thompson (      -      ) 3

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3 M William Reed ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Ohio
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         Spouse: Abigail Kerr (      -      ) 3

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4 F Sarah Reed ³

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         Spouse: Henry Steely (      -      ) 3

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5 M Thomas Reed ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - New York state
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         Spouse: Margaret Van Houten (      -      ) 3

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6 M Andrew Reed ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - New York state
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         Spouse: Hannah Conklin (      -      ) 3

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7 M Alexander Reed ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Reedsville, Mifflin Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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8 M John [1] Reed ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M Joseph Reed ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: when twenty-seven years old - Reedsville, Mifflin Co, PA
         Buried: 

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10 M John [2] Reed ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: when thirty-four years old
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11 F Jane Reed ³

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           Died: while young
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12 M Abner Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Oct 1787 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Oct 1855 3 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rebecca Henry Brown (      -1826) 3

         Spouse: Rhoda McKinney (Abt 1801-1877) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - James Reed

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The coming of the Reed family to Juniata Valley, Pennsylvania, was coincident with that of the McNitts, 1755, although James Reed first visited the valley in 1751, but did not long remain. Of Scotch ancestry and perhaps born in Scotland, he came to the Kishacoquillas valley about 1751, and about one year later he returned accompanied by his half-brother William Brown. They are said to have been the first white settlers in the valley, which they thoroughly explored before choosing a location and fixing a permanent residence. He met the famous Indian chief, Logan, at a point which came to be known as Logan Spring, about one mile north of Reedsville, and formed a lasting friendship with him. James Reed returned eastward in the fall, locating at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he married Jane Ogleby and the following spring returned to the Kishacoquillas valley, where their son James was born during the summer, the first white child born in the valley. The Indians gave signs of hostility toward the few whites in the valley and, acting on the advice of Chief Logan, James Reed and others returned to Carlisle, remaining there until 1755, when he returned to the valley and had land patented to him in Brown township in 1755, consisting of five hundred acres, on which the town of Reedsville later stood. He cleared and improved his land, but always lived in Reedsville, his home being about in the center of the later town. He was one of the signers to a call for the first church built in the valley, known as East Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Church. The first church was built of logs and at the early services held there the men came armed with their rifles, as the Indians were still hostile. The log church was succeeded by one built of stone, then one of brick and finally the congregation built in Reedsville. In all the plans for improvement and upbuilding his community, James Reed bore a prominent part and his long life of eighty years was filled with good deeds.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 438.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 666.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 667.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 439.