Celestia V. Reed

5 July 1835–24 February 1917 (Age 81)
Giles, Tennessee, United States

The Life of Celestia V.

When Celestia V. Reed was born on 5 July 1835, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, her father, Carson Pate Reed, was 36 and her mother, Tranquilla Jenkins, was 28. She married Thomas Madison N Jones on 2 July 1866, in Giles, Tennessee, United States. She died on 24 February 1917, in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Madison N Jones
1825–1891
Celestia V. Reed
1835–1917
Marriage: 2 July 1866

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
2 July 1866
Giles, Tennessee, United States

Parents and Siblings

    Carson Pate Reed

    Male1798–1872Male

    Tranquilla Jenkins

    Female1807–1883Female

siblings

(12)

    Margaret Ann Reed

    Female1824–1826Female

    Martha Jane Reed

    Female1826–1872Female

    Wiley Martin Reed

    Male1828–1864Male

    Mary Hasten Reed

    Female1830–1853Female

    Clara Lindley Reed

    Female1832–1928Female

+7 More Children

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 1

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846

Age 11

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Age 27

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

English: variant spelling of Read 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Celia U Reed in household of Carson P Reed, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Celestia W Reed in household of Carson P Reed, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mrs. Celestia Reed Jones, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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