Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Reed and [Unk] Garner




Husband Robert Reed 1 2

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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife [Unk] Garner 2

            AKA: [Unk] Gardiner 2
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         Father: [Father] Garner (      -      )
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Rosa Reed 1 4

            AKA: Rosey Reed 2 3
           Born: 
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           Died: 1792 2 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Alexander (1726-1791) 1 2 5 6
           Marr: Cumberland Co, PA


2 F Elizabeth Reed 2 7 8

           Born: Abt 1747
     Christened: 
           Died: 1812 7 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John McDowell (Abt 1734-1809) 2 8 10
           Marr: Abt 1770



General Notes: Husband - Robert Reed

Lurgan Twp, Cumberland (later Franklin) Co, PA

His home, according to family tradition, was in Letterkenny Township, near Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where the interlocking headwaters of the Canogocheage and Canodoguinet separate and flow in opposite directions to the Potomac and to the Susquehanna.


General Notes: Wife - [Unk] Garner


She came from a people of dark hair and complexion, tall, straight, and well-proportioned. The men were so swift of foot as to outrun the Indian, and some of them became famous in the early and dangerous navigation of the Susquehanna.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.

2 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 114.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 179.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 444.

5 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 617.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 444, 676.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 670.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 616.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 617.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 669.


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