James Reed and Mary "Polly" Piper

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Husband James Reed ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1801 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jan 1870 - Marion Center, Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Mahoning U. P. Cemetery, Mahoning, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Reed (1772-1848/1849) 3 4 5
         Mother: Sarah "Sally" Clifford (1776-1853) 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1828 - near Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 6

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Wife Mary "Polly" Piper ⁶

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           Born: 1 Jan 1804 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1862 2
         Buried:  - Mahoning U. P. Cemetery, Mahoning, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Piper (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Polly Reed (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 F Margaret Reed ⁷

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           Born: 4 Jul 1830 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1904 7
         Buried:  - Marion Cemetery, Marion Center, Indiana Co, PA

         Spouse: James Frederic (1828-1905) 7

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2 F Sarah Jane Reed ⁷

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           Born: 28 Oct 1832 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1903 - Formoso, Jewell Co, KS 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jamison McCreight (      -      ) 7

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3 F Susan Lavinia Reed ⁷

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           Born: 6 Dec 1834 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Aug 1860 - Mahoning Church Cemetery, Indiana Co, PA 7
         Buried: 

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4 F Mary Reed ⁷

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           Born: 10 Nov 1838 7
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           Died: 
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5 F Malissa Clifford Reed ⁷

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           Born: 22 Feb 1848 7
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Charles B. Orai (      -      ) 7

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6 F Nettie Reed ⁷

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: [Unk] Redfern (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - James Reed

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He was born at the old Reed homestead. He learned blacksmithing when a young man and worked at his trade on a farm nearby. The family moved from Westmoreland County, to Ambrose, Indiana County, in 1860.

He and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, most of whom died in childhood.

1 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 11, 59.

2 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 59.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 184.

5 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 6.

6 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 10, 59.

7 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 60.