Talmadge Edward Reed

Brief Life History of Talmadge Edward

When Talmadge Edward Reed was born on 27 January 1895, in Jewett, Leon, Texas, United States, his father, Edward Burleson Reed, was 22 and his mother, Martha Jane Burleson, was 20. He married Olive C Clarke on 8 April 1923, in Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1930 and Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1942. He died on 1 June 1979, in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Talmadge Edward Reed
1895–1979
Olive C Clarke
1898–1981
Marriage: 8 April 1923
Dorothy Ellen Reed
1925–2016
Margaret Olive Reed
1926–1999
Carol Colleton Reed
1929–1993
Tamme Lee Reed
1930–2001

Sources (25)

  • Talmage Reed, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Tom Edward Reed, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Talmage Edward Reed, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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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