Brief Life History of Martin Van Buren
When Martin Van Buren Reed was born on 20 June 1844, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Reed, was 41 and his mother, Susanna Secrist, was 36. He married Della Peddicord on 15 February 1870, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Nodaway Township, Page, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 28 June 1931, in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States.
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- N V Reed, "United States Census, 1900"
- M. V. Reed, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Martin Reed, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Page, Iowa, United States
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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