Brief Life History of James
When James Reed was born on 13 October 1828, in Fentress, Tennessee, United States, his father, Adam Reid, was 38 and his mother, Thursa Evans, was 25. He married Emeline Crockett in 1852, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 August 1858, in his hometown, at the age of 29, and was buried in Reed Creek Cemetery, Fentress, Tennessee, United States.
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- James Reed, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jas. Reed Sr in entry for Jas. B. Reed, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- James Reed in entry for Alonzo Sherman Reed, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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