Almira Jane Reid

22 May 1840–23 July 1912 (Age 72)
Woodville, Adams, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Almira Jane

When Almira Jane Reid was born on 22 May 1840, in Woodville, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, John Henderson Reid, was 24 and her mother, Sophronia Prentiss, was 23. She married Enos McMurray Huddleston on 10 March 1854, in Scotland, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Curlew, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 23 July 1912, in Lago, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lago, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wood Hall
1832–1891
Almira Jane Reid
1840–1912
Marriage: 3 October 1858
Sophronia Almira Hall
1865–1921
Cumorah Angus Hall
1867–1918
William Tracy Hall
1869–1901
Ether Mahonri Hall
1871–1893
Alphonso Prentis Hall
1874–1913
Septema Ann Hall
1877–1877
John Wood Hall
1881–1907

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 October 1858Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 3
    Historical Boundaries: 1843: Poweshiek, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
    1846
    Age 6
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1863
    Age 23
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Reed

    Sources (17)

    • A Jane Hall in household of William Hall, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Elmira J. Reed in entry for Alphonos P. Hall and Ella R. Gilskey, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
    • A J Hall in entry for Either M Hall, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

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