Brief Life History of Wm B
When Wm B Reedy was born on 22 September 1839, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel Reedy Sr., was 46 and his mother, Susan Sells, was 34. He married Hanna Peasley in 1866, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 11 August 1903, in Fairfield, Blaine, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Fairfield, Blaine, Idaho, United States.
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- Wm Reedy, "United States Census, 1870"
- W B Reedy, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Wm B Reedy, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Reedie in Airlie (Angus), recorded as villa de Rethyn in 1264, or a place of the same name in Auchtermuchty (Fife), both named with Scottish Gaelic rèidh + -in ‘flat place’.
Irish: from Ó Riada ‘descendant of Riada’, a personal name meaning ‘traveler, rider’.
Irish and Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Riada, see McCready .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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