When Mariah Reed was born on 2 August 1838, in Van Wert, Ohio, United States, her father, Quinton Hunter "Quintain" Reed, was 24 and her mother, Susannah West, was 21. She married David Hardin Noble on 23 October 1859, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Union, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Jones Township, Union, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 23 January 1908, in United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Otterbein Cemetery, Thayer, Union, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Union, Iowa, United States
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
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