Ira Dallas Reed

Brief Life History of Ira Dallas

When Ira Dallas Reed was born on 10 November 1875, in Missouri, United States, his father, Abraham Reed, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Cooper, was 20. He married Myrtle Ellen Welch on 16 October 1907, in Montgomery, Geary, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United States in 1880 and United States in 1900. He died on 30 October 1933, in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Dallas Reed
1875–1933
Myrtle Ellen Welch
1888–1979
Marriage: 16 October 1907
Naomi L Reed
1909–
Merrill Robert Reed
1911–2000
Thelma Dorice Reed
1914–2004

Sources (10)

  • Ira D Reid, "United States Census, 1910"
  • J. D. Reed, "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935"
  • Ira Dallas Reed, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

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.

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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