Col. Robert Reed and Rachel McClintock

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Husband Col. Robert Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1771
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           Died: 1849 - ? Butler Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John Reed (      -1799) 2
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       Marriage: 1 Mar 1792 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2

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Wife Rachel McClintock ^{2 4}

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            AKA: Rachael McClintock 3
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         Father: Hugh McClintock (Abt 1750/1751-1807) 2 4 5
         Mother: Ann Crouthers (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Anna Reed ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Bell (      -      ) 3

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2 F Sarah Reed ³

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         Spouse: Robert Walker (Abt 1780-1839) 6

         Spouse: [Unk] Waddle (      -      ) 3

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3 M John Reed ^{2 3 7}

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           Born: 5 Apr 1797 - eastern Pennsylvania 2 7
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         Spouse: Margaret Walker (      -      ) 7

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4 M Robert Reed ³

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5 F Rachael Reed ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hosack (      -      ) 3

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6 F Jane Reed ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Morrison (      -      ) 3

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7 M David Reed ³

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8 M Hugh Reed ³

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9 F Nancy Reed ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Osborn (      -      ) 3

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10 M Wilson E. Reed ^{3 8}

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         Spouse: Sarah S. [Unk] (      -      ) 8

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11 M Elliott Reed ³

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12 M Samuel Reed ³

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Robert Reed

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He came from Cumberland County, PA, in 1797, and settled on the first farm south of Harrisville, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He moved his family, consisting of his wife and three children, in a two-wheeled cart drawn by one horse. Two men came with him, driving seven head of cattle. On their way, the family stopped at Pittsburgh, where a son was born. On their arrival in Butler County, they had no house to shelter them, and there was snow on the ground. A shanty of poles and bark was put up hastily, which served as a dwelling until a cabin could be built. Mr. Reed had but 25 cents in money left. There was then but one settler between Reed's farm and Franklin, and he lived seven miles north on the Franklin road.
Col. Reed opened a tavern in 1797, which was probably the first in Butler County, and the first on the Franklin road north of Pittsburgh; he continued the business successfully many years. At first he obtained all of his supplies from Pittsburgh, bringing flour on horseback; he also brought whisky in ten gallon kegs in the same way. One spring he took three horses to Pittsburgh to bring back a supply of oats for sowing; he obtained twenty-one bushels, loaded them on the backs of his horses and came back as far as the Connoquenessing, when he found the creek so high that it was impossible to ford it. Here he was delayed several days. Meantime other travelers had arrived at the creek, and Reed's supply of oats was nearly used up in feeding their horses. When he arrived at his home, he had only a sufficient quantity to give his horses one feed. But during his absence his wife had taken in enough money from guests at the tavern, so that he was able to start back to Pittsburgh the following day and purchase another load. During the last thirty years of his life, he gave up tavern keeping.
Col. Reed kept dogs and hunted deer, bear and turkeys. For some time after his arrival, he supplied his house with meat solely from the results of the chase; he was once out without his gun and found a deer asleep in the grass; he crept up to the animal silently, and caught it by the hind legs. An instant later he found himself stretched at full length upon the ground, the skin torn from his hands, while the deer was bounding away into the woods.
Mr. Reed served several years as a Colonel of militia. [HBC 1883, 396]

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married in the Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, by Rev. Dr. Davidson.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 396.

2 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 18.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 397.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 675.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 183.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 397, 399.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1033.

8 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 823.