Brief Life History of James Harrison
When James Harrison Reed was born on 22 October 1826, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, his father, John Reed, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Harrison, was 30. He married Adaline B. Hurd on 25 October 1851, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Platte Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Taylor, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 23 September 1895, in Lenox, Taylor, Iowa, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lenox, Taylor, Iowa, United States.
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- James H Reed, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- James H. Reed, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- James H Reed, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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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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James H. Reed, Sr. in "History of Taylor County, Iowa 1881 by Lyman Evans
"REED, J. H., Sr., farmer and stock-raiser, section two, post-office Lenox, born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1826. While there he received his education and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1852 …
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