Josiah Reed and Elizabeth Cottom

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Husband Josiah Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1823 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: John Reed (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Margaret Browneller (      -      ) 4

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Wife Elizabeth Cottom ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 9 Oct 1826 2
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         Father: William H. Cottom (1792-      ) 1 5 6
         Mother: Catherine Goodge (1798-1884) 1 5

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1 M William W. Reed ⁴

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2 F Mary Catherine Reed ⁴

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3 M John Irom Reed ⁴

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4 F Margaret Ann Reed ⁴

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5 M Elias C. Reed ⁴

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6 F Martha Jane Reed ⁴

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7 M Samuel B. Reed ^{4 7}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1859 - Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Alice S. Mumaw (      -      ) 7 8
           Marr: 18 Sep 1890 7

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8 F Emma Alice Reed ⁴

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9 M Charles Henry Reed ⁴

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10 F Sarah Bell Reed ⁴

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11 F Phoebe Ellen Reed ⁴

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12 F Elizabeth Frances Reed ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Reed

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Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

He learned the trade of a tanner. During all the active years of his life he followed that calling in connection with farming. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 328.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 245.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 59, 307.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 59.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 244.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 307.

7 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 143.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 51, 59.