HISTORY OF THE REED FAMILY FROM 1776 - 1938

By James Reed of the fifth generation, the

Oldest known member of the family now living.

Written at Dublin, Texas

From 1933-1938 A large part of this history is written from memory.

Used by permission of  Esther Gene (Choate) Johnson

Submitted by Winnie Ward Conway

Great, great grandfather Nathan Reed lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina. Little is known about him. He was of Scotch descent and his wife was Irish, which makes their descendents Scotch-Irish. She, it is understood, came from Ireland. Characteristics of both nationalities crop out all down the line.

The Scotch were a very self-reliant people. They believed in standing on their own feet. They were clannish and had the "staying" qualities: always a staunch friend, but not very talkative. As a friend the Irish were just as staunch, more hilarious, quick spoken, witty, loved their grog, and always ready for a scrap.

Nathan Reed had two sons: William and Isaac. Little is known about William. He seems to have been rather eccentric. He went to Tennessee in an early day, as the land was being sectionized. Each section was numbered and then sold to the highest bidder. He knew exactly where each number was located. It seems the transaction was in the open and when a section was put up he wanted he bid it in. He had an old cart there with a horse hitched to it and when the deed was ready he would go to the cart, get a sack of silver, and pay for the land. After that incident he was always called "Silver Billy."

The other son, Isaac, was born June 6, 1778. Isaac married Elizabeth Harper in September, 1797. Elizabeth was born March 20, 1779. Isaac and Elizabeth lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina. They had eight children: four sons and four daughters. The number which was born in South Carolina is not known. In 1815 Isaac moved to Tennessee. He lived in Tennessee nineteen years and was a prominent preacher (Baptist) before he came to Texas in 1834. The year he began preaching is not known.

Isaac Reed and grandfather Herrion met frequently at protracted meetings tho they did not live in the same county. When he came to Texas in 1834 and settled in Nacogdoches County, Texas was then governed by Mexico. Protestant sermons were forbidden in Texas but Isaac Reed continued to preach anyway. He owned several slaves. At his own expense he had his slaves build a church house. The nails for nailing on the roof were probably all that had to be bought. Later he moved to Panola County.

On the 3rd day of May 1937 a marker was set up under the tree where Isaac Reed stood to preach one of the first Protestant sermons ever preached in Texas (one hundred and one years ago.) On that day hundreds of people gathered there for the annual home coming of Old North Church, the first Protestant church in the State.

From the time Isaac Reed moved to Panola County until 1845 no data is available. He and grandfather Herrin organized Macedonia Church in Panola County. He traveled over the country preaching in isolated communities. He seems to have been a very vigorous man, both mentally and physically. He frequently preached two hours at a time.

Around the 12th of May 1937, my niece, Mrs. A. F. Jones, and her husband visited that Old North Church and they were shown the tree under which Isaac Reed stood to preach that historic sermon. She said the original house was burned down several years ago.

Now, something about Isaac’s children. William B., the oldest was my grandfather but I will leave him until last as I know more about him.

A daughter married Henry Awalt. She had three sons; George, Isaac, and Jesse. She had one daughter, Pervilia, who married a Baptist preacher named Caperton.

Elizabeth married Hugh Sheppard. Nothing is known of her children.

Margaret married William Roark.

Frankie married John Morris.(note This is my line,by Gloria B. Mayfield)

One son, John was a Primitive Baptist preacher. He died in Tennessee. After his death his wife, Nancy, came to Texas. They had three sons: Jim, John, and Jesse.

Sam, another son, had one son - Ben.

Isaac Reed, Jr. was the youngest son of the older Isaac Reed. He married Abner Herrin’s daughter, mother’s cousin. They had one daughter, Kezia, and three sons; Lafayett, Jim, and Lem.

Isaac Reed was killed by an Indian in 1836 in Panola County. When they went to that county the Indians were friendly but the United States Government had them moved to a reservation. They rebelled and they gave a lot of trouble. They would go back and murder people and steal horses. They would slip up to the house in the night and hide. When the man would come out they would shoot him down and murder the family. If a woman went out first they would not shoot her; they knew there was a man in the house with a gun. Then the women got to going first to see if there was an Indian in sight. The women seemed to have been as brave as the men.

The Indians got so bad the people forted up several families together. It seems all the Reed connection except Isaac and John Morris were away from home. Every evening they would go around to each house to see if everything was all right. One evening they went to a house as it was growing dark. They could see some men in the yard. Isaac called to them. He told them if they did not answer he would shoot. He had his gun ready. Just at that time the Indian shot he fell. Morris ran and left him and reported that he was dead. Of course, there was great excitement. Some hours later they heard someone holler. Morris and the women thought it was an Indian trying to get someone out so they could shoot him. There was a negro man there. He said, "It’s Mas Isaac and I’m goin’ to get him." He went and carried Isaac to the house. He had crawled nearly a mile. He died the next day. A day or so later they found a dead Indian in a gully, covered with brush, near where Isaac was shot.

W. B. Reed was born July 12, 1798, in South Carolina. When he was seventeen years old he went with his father’s family to Tennessee. There he grew up, met and married Sarah Wright. She was born July 2, 1800. She was of French descent. She had three brothers: William, Jessie, and Isaac, and two sisters; Briget and Lydia. Briget married Jim Daniels and Lydia married Stephen Free.

W. B. Reed and Sarah Wright were married in 1817. He was nineteen years old and she was seventeen. In 1834 they came to Texas in ox wagons. His father, two brothers and three brothers-in-law and their families came at the same time.

He settled in Rusk county. At that time a man with a family got a certificate from the state which entitled him to a league and labor of land. A league is 4428.4 acres. A labor is 177.1 acres. He could locate the land anywhere in the state where he could find vacant land. Grandfather located his league in Freestone County about 120 miles east of Rusk County. The location of his labor is not known. He opened up a farm in Rusk County on the Virdallas survey. Just how much land he owned in Rusk County is not known, however, he owned several hundred acres. He traded a negro boy to Hugh Sheppared, his brother-in-law, for a half league of land. The whereabouts of that land is not known. The land in Rusk County was heavily timbered; mostly fine timber on the upland.

After opening the farm in Rusk County he moved to Freestone County and opened a farm there. His land in Freestone County was something like half prairie. He used post oak logs to build his house. The house consisted of two rather large rooms with a passage between. His house fronted east with a porch on both sides, a bedroom on one end of the west porch and a two room kitchen in the back yard. He owned two negro women. They occupied one of the rooms. The farm, of course, had to be fenced with rails. There was something like seventy-five acres in the farm. When he went there his family consisted of himself, his wife, one son, and five daughters, and two negro women. His son and two daughters married while he was there. The year he went to Freestone County or how long he stayed there is not known. It is supposed that he went back to Rusk County in 1854 or 1855. I know Father went with his team to help him move back.

W. B. Reed and Sarah Wright had eleven children; four sons and seven daughters. Pleasant, the oldest, was my father, but I will leave him until last as I will have more to say about him.

The second child, Elizabeth, married Isaac Morris (Norris ?). They had five sons, and one daughter. Their names were: Jesse, Bill, Dave, Henry, Lige, and Mary. The youngest was a Physician. Mary, the only daughter, married John Flowers.

Mary, the next daughter, married Joe Ferguson. They had two children: Alston and Margaret. Alston grew up and went to Oklahoma. He later came back to Texas and died. Margaret married Bill Little.

Isaac was next. He was born February 1, 1825. He came to Texas with his father’s family when he was nine years old. He grew up and married Eliza Tolbert. Eliz Tolbert was born December 6, 1825. They had seven children; four sons and three daughters. Nancy (Nan), the oldest, married J. B. Burkley (?). Bettie, the next girl, married Arch Blansett. John was next. He became a Baptist preacher. Marther (Martha?) was next. She died in her teens. Jessie was next. He died when about ten years old. Bill and Pleas lived to be rather old men. Elisa, the wife and mother of Isaac’s children, died April 22, 1864 and was buried in what is known as the old Dublin Cemetery. Sometime later Isaac moved back to Hamilton County where he had lived before they went to Dublin, Texas. Later he married Mrs. Rebecca Smith. She was born March 6, 1834 in Illinois. They had three sons; Bird, Erasmus (Ross), and Tom. Bird died in infancy. Erasmus (Ross) grew up and raised a large family. He lives in Kim, Colorado and is the only one of the family living. Tom, the youngest, married but he had no children. He was killed in a car wreck several years ago in Oklahoma. His wife died also. Isaac Reed, the father, was licensed to preach (Baptist) before he left Rusk County. In 1862 he was ordained at Mt. Zion Church, Hamilton County, now called Hico Church, and was called as Pastor the same day. He traveled over several counties preaching; Erath, Hamilton, Bosque, and Coryell. He died June 25, 1908 and was buried beside his first wife. His second wife died July 11, 1909 and was buried on the other side of her husband. His equipment when he started to an appointment, was a Bible, a hymn book, and a six-shooter. The Bible and hymn book were laid on the stand and the six-shooter was somewhere handy. There will be more said about him later.

John was next. He was born in 1827 in Tennessee. I do not know what month. He came with his father’s family to Texas when he was seven years old. They settled in Rusk County. There he grew up and married Emiline Herrin (Mother’s sister.) They had three children; two sons and one daughter; Pleasant, Isaac, and Lydia. The mother died when Lydia was about two years old. Grandfather and Grandmother took Uncle John and the children in their home and it was like one family. He had a negro woman that could have taken care of the children but I do not think she had much to do with them as Grandfather had three daughters at home and they had most of the care of the children. In 1860 he and his father’s family moved to Hamilton County. He stayed there until after the Civil War, then he and his children went back to Rusk County. Shortly after that Pleasant, the oldest son, died. Isaac, the other son, and Lydia were taken to Erath County to make their home with Bob O’Neal, their uncle. Isaac lived to be twenty-five years old. Lydia married Graves Keith. Something like two years later she died and left an infant daughter.

Jim, the youngest son, married Nancy Ward while Grandfather lived in Freestone County. They had two sons; Wash and John. Wash died when just a lad. John grew up, married, and lived to Hood County. I never saw him after he was grown. The father died in the Confederate Army.

Margaret was next. She married Harmon Ward. They had three or four daughters; I am not sure how many. Frances, the oldest, married Jones Ridgeway. Later her father killed Ridgeway. There is quite a little sketch about that killing that I wrote for Stella, one of my daughters, sometime ago. My two oldest brothers and I took rather a prominent part in Ward’s trial. He came clear. I do not know that you would care for the details tho it was rather exciting at the time. One of the girls married Louis Dolloff. I do not know who the other girls married.

Lydia was next. She married Dick Baglee (?) They had two sons; Lee and Lafayette. There were four girls. Tom Reed married one; they were cousins. Sarah married Lovelance, and I do not know who the others married.

Briget was next. She married Greenville Norris. They had one son: A. D. They separated and later she married Joe Phillips. I do not know whether she had any more children or not.

Catherine was next. She married G. W. Bushong. I only know of three children; Andrew, William, and a daughter. She married Sam [Tom? pencilled in here] Beasley (Hensley ?).

Amanda was the youngest. She was born January 26, 1844. She married R. W. O’Neal. He was born January 3, 1831. They had no children. R. W. O’Neal died June 8, 1880. Amanda later married W. S. Goodson, who was born July 25, 1845. W. S. and Amanda had four children. R. L. (Vallie) was born December 10, 1881. He never married. His present address is Lingleville,

Texas. Willie E, a daughter, was next. She was born August 13, 1883. She married Marlett Davis. They had no children. Their address is Dublin, Texas, Route 3. I. D. (Dee) was next. He was born December 28, 1884. He has two children by his marriage; Rosilee and D/C, whose address is Dublin, Texas Route 3. Cora was next. She was born 188-. She married Calvin Moss. They had two children; Pauline and Marie. Calvin Moss died ____. W. S. Goodson died March 25, 1905. Amanda Goodson died ____.

Pleasant, my father, was the oldest son of W. B. Reed. He was born May 14, 1818 in Franklin County, Tennessee. In 1834, when he was sixteen years old he came to Texas with his father’s family. They settled in Rusk County. At that time a single man could get a certificate from the state that entitled him to one-third of a league of land (1476 acres.) As soon as he was old enough, he applied for and got a certificate and located land fifteen miles east of Henderson, the county seat, and five miles Northeast of his father’s home. I do not know what time he began to improve the land. I am sure he waited no longer than was necessary. He did not believe in putting off until tomorrow what could be done today. Anyway, he built a house and put in a farm. On the 29th day of December, 1842 he and Amanda Melvina Herrin were married. She was born November 20, 1818. They were born in the same county, in the same state, but they never met until her father’s family came to Texas in 1840. Her father was a prominent Baptist preacher. They went to housekeeping at once. They had nine children; five sons and four daughters. They were all born on the farm except the youngest son. He was born in Hamilton County.

The most I shall say from here on I either saw or got it first hand. Here Grandfather (William B. Reed) comes in again. He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church, and always took a leading part in the business of the church. He was born July 12, 1798 and died March 1, 1863. The neighbors put a tombstone at his grave with this inscription n it:

"Mr. W. B. Reed was born July 12, 1798, died March 1,

Was first Judge of Hamilton County."]

The house Grandfather left when he went to Freestone County had two large rooms with a passage between and a porch on either side. The house faced North. There was a bedroom on the East end of the South porch and one on the West end of the North porch. The walls of the two main rooms were of pine logs, hewed smooth. There was a window in the North side of the East rooms; no glass just a shutter. The bedrooms were weatherboarded. The kitchen and negro quarters were in the backyard. They got water from a spring about one hundred yards from the house. I have seen old Sal, a negro woman, carry a pail of water on her head, not touching it with her hands after she got it on her head.

When Grandfather went back to Rusk County his family consisted of himself, Grandmother, three daughters, and two negro women. Two public roads crossed in front of the house, one leading East and West, the other leading Northeast and Southwest. Quite a number of travelers would spend the night with them. We lived five miles from them but there were not many days at a time without some passing.

Father was a blacksmith. He made all his plows, plowstocks, hoes, grubbing hoes and handles, and ax handles. He also made cow bells, calf bells, five different sizes. He did most of Grandfathers work of that kind. He also made horseshoes and nails. If one family ran out of anything and the other had it, it was passed on and no account kept of it. Father never kept any sheep. Grandfather kept sheep as far back as I can remember. When they sheared the sheep the amount Mother needed was always put aside until it was convenient to send it.

Mother made all our clothes. For Father and us boys she made winter pants out of jeans and they would last until the boys out grew them. They were then passed on down to the next one, but I must say they did not always fit the second owner. Father also made all our shoes. For Mother and the girls he got lighter leather. I do not remember ever seeing him wear a suit of bought clothes. He would buy an overcoat.

The house we lived in when I can first remember was two large rooms with a partition wall between, no door in the partition wall. The house was built of pine logs, hewed smooth. They would face about twelve inches. The house faced south. The ground sloped off gradually for some distance. There was a porch on each side. The one on the North was not floored. There were two doors in the West room and one in the East room. There was not a window in either room. The West room was used for a kitchen. The smokehouse was in the back yard. There was a brick chimney to each room. I will say there were few houses in the community as good.

There was a well in the southwest part of the front yard. Father had the best peach orchard in the community: in fact, the only one. It had five acres. The trees were all seedlings. They knew nothing of budded trees at that time. We dried all the peaches we wanted for home use. There was no market for dried fruit. There were lots of wild grapes, black and dew berries but they knew nothing about canning fruit. The farm and orchard were north and east of the house. A settlement road passed in front of the house, leading east and west. One-half a mile west there was a public road, leading a little north of east, known as the Shreveport road. Shreveport, Louisiana, sixty-five miles from us, was our nearest general market. There was a good deal of travel on that road. Frequently, men who knew Father, passing that way, would come by and spend the night and they would set up and talk until a late hour and I was delighted to listen.

At that time Uncle Ike Reed lived a half mile from us. One night he was coming to our house horseback. He was singing my favorite song and I tried to keep the other children quiet so I could hear. After he came Father told him about my trying to keep the children quiet. He took me in his lap and sang it through and there were several verses. I am sorry to say I can not recall the words.

Father went to Shreveport two and sometimes three times each year. He generally bought a barrel of flour (196 lbs.), (we had biscuits for Sunday morning and when we had company), a half-barrel of molasses, (ribbon cane-the only kind they had then), one hundred pounds of coffee, (it was in its natural state and had to be parched and ground), fifty and one hundred pounds of sugar (that was brown sugar, as we had no granulated sugar.) Father hauled supplies for Grandfather as well as for himself. I do not remember Grandfather ever making the trip to Shreveport.

One time Father was going to Shreveport and a neighbor was going with him but at the last minute the neighbor backed out. Mother insisted he take Bill with him. She said she was sure I would cut wood and keep fires. You can imagine how proud I was that she had that much confidence in me. I was about eight years old and small for my age, and that was always a sore spot for me. Lem was four years older than I but he was sick a good deal of the time and not able to work. I kept the wood cut all right. Usually when Father would make these trips Grandfather would send a negro woman to help with the work. As I said before, I do not remember Grandfather’s ever going to Shreveport and I do not think he worked in the field, although he looked after the work and was always busy.

Grandfather made the water pails. We did not have water buckets like we have now or like we had later. Grandfather made

Several sizes of these vessels. Those used for water buckets would hold about two and one-half gallons. He also made wash tubs; all made of cedar.

Grandfather was a Botanic doctor in a small way. He did not do a general practice. All the medicine he used, and he used quite a variety, was produced from the vegetable kingdom. He did not use as much purgative medicine as doctors do now. His main standby for biliousness was lobelia and surely got results. It is surprising the amount of bile one vomits; and many are the doses of the stuff I have taken.

In the Fall of 1859 Father, Grandfather, Uncle Ike Reed, Uncle John Reed and Uncle Joe Ferguson began to get ready to move West. Father sold 316 acres of land, including all improvements, to George Rhodes and was to give possession the first of January.

Grandfather sold his place to old man Billingsley. He had two sons: John and Jim. Grandfather did not give possession until the first of March, 1860. Father gave possession January 1, 1960 and moved to a house on Grandfathers land. In December of ’59 they moved Uncle Ike Reed and his family and what cattle they had to Freestone County as the winter range was much better there. Uncle Ike was to see after all the cattle. There was a vacant house on Grandfathers land that he occupied until we got there the next March.

The first day of March 1860 they started. There were four families: twenty-one white persons, including children and four negro women, negros were slaves then. I will say here that Father was the leader. He was consulted about any change to be made. When they started he always went before. He had a large wagon and four yoke of oxen. It seemed unreasonable to tell what was in the wagons and tied on. Besides the family clothing and bedding there were a blacksmith’s anvil, bellows, a spinning wheel, chairs and a tent.

Bill came next driving Grandfather’s team of two yoke. Uncle John usually came next. He had two yoke. Uncle Joe came next driving Grandfather’s team of two yoke. Grandfather, Grandmother, and one of their daughters in a carry-all, something like a surrey, working one mule. Then came the negro women driving a little bunch of sheep. There was one mule. They took it time about riding him; they used side saddles. We passed through Rusk, the county seat of Cherokee County, and Palestine in Anderson County. Near there we saw the first Prairie. It was two miles wide. That was a sight to some of us. A day or two later we got to Uncle Ike’s. Uncle Jim Reed and Uncle Harmon Ward lived nearby. We stayed there about three weeks, catching up the cattle.

About the first of April we started West again. In Limestone County we struck the big prairie-thirty miles across. There I saw the first live oak and mesquite trees and the first mule-eared rabbits that I had ever seen. At Clifton we stopped a few days. After resting up two or three days we started on again. About two miles west of Clifton we came to the mountains and the Norwegian settlement. The road ran up a cove and wound around until it got to the top of the mountain, there the land was level and very rich. There was quite a settlement there; all Norwegians. Their principal crop was wheat. The mountain was eight or ten miles long and two or thee miles wide. The west end went up. This was in Bosque County. When we got off the mountain we were in what was known as Meredian Creek Valley. There was no timber. When we went on West to within about six miles of Hamilton, a big rain came that night, the 22nd of April, and I thought it was the most desolate looking place I had ever seen. They stayed there two or three days and sheared the sheep. They decided to turn back to the Meredian Creek Valley. They stopped at a vacant house and looked around. There Uncle Joe Ferguson left us. He moved around, stopped for a short time at different places but finally went back to Rusk County.

They decided to settle there in Meredian Creek Valley. They built Grandfather, Father, and Uncle Ike log houses, no floors, and built some pens for each family and began fencing land for a farm. They had to be done with rails or poles. They had to be hauled four miles. Just at that time some cow hunters from Hamilton County came along: John Barbee, Sol Boykin, Ike Malone, John Anderson, and others. I do not recall their names. They told our folks that Hamilton County was a much better county and had plenty of timber. They dropped all work and Father went to investigate. He decided to move. The 4th day of September, 1860 they landed on Honey Creek where they decided to settle.

They commenced all over again; building somewhat better houses, as they could get better logs nearby, but they had to go ten miles to get board timber. The rafters were little post oak poles with the bark taken off. The lathing was split from wild china or spotted oak. The floors were of puncheons: that was logs split open and one side hewed smooth, which made a solid floor. The door shutters were made of burr oak boards, one could get them as long as was needed. I have seen a big beef hide stretched and dried and used for a door shutter.

Pleasant Reed was born May 14, 1818, in Franklin County, Tennessee. Amanda Melvina Herrin was born October 30, 1818 in Franklin County, Tennessee. She and Pleasant Reed were married December 29, 1842 in Rusk County, Texas. They were born the same year, in the same county, in the same state, but never met until in Texas after they were grown. Pleasant Reed died February 14, 1863; age forty four years and nine months. Amanda Melvina Herrin Reed died March 3, 1884.

W. H. Reed, son of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born November 5, 1844. In 1860, when he was sixteen years old, he went with his father’s family to Hamilton County. He drove an ox team for his grandfather. They settled on Honey Creek in Hamilton County. In 1862 he and Father joined the Confederate Army. They volunteered for three months or during the war. They thought the war would be over in three months. They were sent to Galveston. At the end of three months they were discharged temporarily but later they were called back, but Father took sick and died. W. H. Reed got a three week’s furlough in 1864 then he remained at Galveston until the end of the war. He then freighted for a time with an ox team. He then went to farming. On January 6, 1876 he was married to Rozilee Blackstock. Rozilee Blackstock was born September 18, 1856 in Georgia.

Children of W. H. and Rozilee Reed:

[Someone - the typist? now inserts a second page 11. By mistake? Up through the 4th paragraph (the one ending "Herrin Reed died March 3, 1884."), it is identical. Then he/she inserted the lines given at the bottom of this page. I’m a bit mystified by the beginning of page 12. With more "study" I suspect I’ll discover it is a direct continuation of the "first" page 11! Right now, my eyes are too tired. /signed/ Ruth Cross]

[NOTE: Obvious error on page 16: Birth year of Neva Louise must be 1920, not 1930. She (if 1930) is not only out of order, but born only 3 months before her sister Eula V.].

*** Here this Reed Family History has been condensed. The author goes on to list the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of Pleasant and Amanda Reed. ***

Pleasant Reed was born May 14, 1818, and died February 14, 1863. Amanda Melvina Herrin Reed was born October 30, 1818, and died March 3, 1884. Pleasant and Amanda were married December 29, 1842. Their children were:

W. H. Reed, born November 6, 1844, died December 13, 1929

L. D. Reed, born 7-17-1846, died 11-14-1934

Polly Reed, born 4-22-1848, died 2-10-1938

Emily Reed, born 4-5-1852, died 5-27-1906

Elizabeth Reed, born 7-30-1854, died 9-27-1854

Sarah Reed, born 2-21-1856m died -25-1903

Isaac Reed, born 6-6-1858, died 8-26-1872

Richard Reed, born 1-13-1851, died 10-9-1931

James Reed, born 4-2-1850. (Author of Reed Family History)

The first son died in infancy.

Viola was next. She was born February 14,_____. She lived about two years.

Homer was next. He was born July 10, 1883. He married Amelia Cathey. They have five children living; one dead. Their address is Harrel, Texas.

Eva was born May 14, 1886. She married Hendrix Cathey August 28, 1904. Hendrix Cathey was born May 6, 18___. A daughter, Rozilee, was born to Eva Reed and Hendrix Cathey on July 4, 1905. Rozilee Cathey married Terrel Mote October 30, 1926. No children. A son, Virgil Lee, was born to Hendrix and Eva Cathey on December 9, 1907. He was married to Violet Phillips November 11, 1929. No children. Their address is Box 5-a Monahans, Texas. Boyd was born to Eva and Hendrix Cathey on November 23, 1916. Boyd married Beryl Montgomery July 23, 1938. Their address is Box 1119, Abilene, Texas; Mrs. H. Cathey, Carlton, Texas.

Twin sons of W. H. and Rozilee Reed, Johnnie and Lonnie, were born May 14, 1891.

Johnnie married Iris Harper. No children. Their address is Dublin, Texas, Route 6.

Lonnie Reed married Mrs Bagley. No children. Their address is Sanitorium, Texas, Box 25.

W. H. Reed’s first wife, Rozilee, died February 10, 1900.

In 1905 W. H. Reed was again married to Mrs Kate Jones. Mrs Kate Jones born April 10, 1958. W. H. Reed died December 13, 1929. He was buried at the Honey Creek Cemetery, where his father was the first person buried there on February 15, 1862. Mrs Kate Reed died October 26, 1932.

L. D. Reed, son of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born July 17, 1846 in Rusk County, Texas. At the age of fourteen years he went with his father’s family to Hamilton County. At the age of eighteen he joined the Frontier Ranging Service. He was in the noted Dove Creek Indian fight. After the Civil War was over he was a cowboy for two years. He then helped drive the bunch of hogs to near Waco; helped feed them, then he walked and helped drive them to Shreveport, Louisiana; three hundred miles distance. He then hauled freight with an ox team for three years and then went to farming. L. D. Reed and Hannah Montgomery were married November 22, 1877. They had eleven children: four boys and seven girls: one boy and three girls died. L. D. Reed died November 14, 1934 in Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas. Hannah, his wife, died February 28, 1935.

Mary _. (Pollie) Reed, daughter of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born April 22, 1848. J. F. Montgomery was born November 8, 1850. J. F. Montgomery and Mary Reed were married April 20, 1871.

Oscar Montgomery and Rispah Hudson were married July 14, 1892. Their son, Oscar Reed, died in infancy. A daughter, Blanche, also died in infancy. Jewell, another daughter died in infancy. They had another daughter, Ruth, who is married and lives in Ft Worth, Texas at 1112 N. West 14th Street. Oscar and Rispah had two other children; Roy and Ralph.

William Ira, son of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born January 5, 1874. Ira Montgomery and Hannah Hudson were married March 3, 1894. Their daughter Edna, died in infancy. They had three other daughters: Eunice, Irma, and Velma, and a son, Claude. Claude lives at Cleburne, Texas Route 3.

James Lemuel, son of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born September 7, 1875. He died March 18, 1901 in Oklahoma.

Naomi, daughter of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born March 13. 1877. She married William Hudson. They had two girls: Willie Josie and Birdie. Willie has three children: Glenn, Louise and Dora B. Birdie married George McKinley.

They have two children: Billie Jane and Patricia Ann. William Hudson died and Naomi married Jim Scoggins. Her address is Tiega, Texas.

John Walter, son of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born January 9, 1879 and died November 22, 1883.

Mary Amanda, daughter of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born Octpber 12. 1881 amd died Octpber 17. 1883.

Charles Richard. son of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born February 24, 1883. Charles Montgomery and Bonnie Capbell were married April 27, 1911. Children of Charles and Bonnie Montgomery were: Odell, Vera May, and Naomi. Naomi died in infancy. The address of the other is Waxahachie, Texas.

Myrtle, daughter of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born February 4, 1885. She married George Danner. Children of George and Myrtle Danner were: Ruby, Lucille, and Janice Louise. Her address is Box 183, Buford, Georgia.

Gertrude, daughter of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born August 19. 1887. She died November 23, 1904.

Ada, daughter of J. F. and Mary Montgomery, was born June 25, 1891 and died May 21, 1912.

In all there were twenty-two grandchildren: fourteen still living, and seventeen great grandchildren-all living. (written November 12, 1937.)

James Reed, son of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born April 2, 1850, in Rusk County, Texas. At the age of ten years he went with his father’s family to Hamilton County. The fourth day of September, 1860 they landed on Honey Creek, three miles East of where the town of Carlton now stands. On February 14, 1863 his father died. At the age of fourteen he and a negro woman were the dependence to make a living for the family: his mother, one sister older than himself, two sisters and two brothers younger. The first crop of wheat was sowed by his mother while he plowed it in with a yoke of oxen. [Bill, his oldest brother was in the Confederate Army. Lem, another brother, as in the Frontier Ranging Service.] At the age of seventeen he became a cowboy. After the cattle business played out he hauled freight with ox teams (four yoke) for two years. He then went to farming. On March 15, 1876 he married Nancy Richards. To them nine children were born; seven of them still living. There are twenty-two grandchildren and seventeen great, grandchildren. He followed farming until he got to old to work. He is in his eighty-ninth year: the oldest of the connection living. James Reed was born April 2, 1850. Nancy Evaline Richards was born July 25, 1853. They were married March 15, 1876.

Wheeler Allen, son of James and Nancy Evaline, was born January 31, 1877. Laura Frances Hall was born February 29, 1884. Wheeler A Reed and Laura F. Hall were married April 1, 1906. Velma Jewell, daughter of W. A. and Laura Reed, was born January 15, 1907. Jessie T Cook and Velma J. Reed were married February 16, 1924. Jessie T. Cook was born November 10, 1904. A daughter, Mary Lee, was born to Jessie and Velma Cook on March 7, 1925. A son, ___ Wheeler, was born April 18, 1927. Another son, Laun_ Guy, was born May 23, 1929. Betty Jean, a daughter, was born August 19, 1934. Jessie Cook was fatally injured on March 13, 1936. He died March 15, 1936. Later Velma married Wayne Hatfield on September 13, 1937. Wayne Hatfield was born December 2, 1913. A daughter, Nina Marie, was born to Wayne and Velma Hatfield October 7, 1938.

Amanda Pearl, daughter of James and Nancy Evaline Reed, was born November 15, 1878. A. G. Howell was born December 26, 1874. A. G. Howell and Pearl Read were married June 15, 1904. Their oldest son died in infancy.

Mary Lou, daughter of A. G. and Pearl Howell, was born March 31, 1907. J. D. Maxwell was born January 30, 1906. J. D. and Mary Lou were married December 19, 1925. Mary Louise, a daughter, was born Octobe 26, 1926. Jessie Pearl was born April 26, 1932. A son, Ralph, was born October 18, 1934. A daughter Joan Ann, was born July 5, 1936.

Joe Howell, son of A. G. and Pearl Howell, and Lola _____ were married April 19, 1934. Joe Jr. was born _____ 1925.

Myrtle Evaline, daughter of A. G. and Pearl Howell, was born May 27, 1911. Harold D. Woods was born November 14, 1907. Harold Woods and Myrtle Howell were married February 25, 1931. Harold Jr. was born May 27, 1933.

Lucy, daughter of A. G. and Pearl Howell, was born January 5, 1913. I_____ T. Dabney was born May 18 1906. I. T. Dabney and Lucy Howell were married November 7, 1936. A daughter, Ruth Marie, was born December 28, 1937.

Bessie Reed, daughter of A. G. and Pearl Howell, was born December 15, 1914. Reuben Dalton was born May 20, 1912. Reuben Dalton and Bessie Howell were married April 11, 1936.

Woodrow, son of A. G. and Pearl Howell, was born January 5, 1917.

A. G. Howell died January __, 1936.

Pearl Howell died June 24, 1931.

Lena Rebecca, daughter of James and Nancy Eveline Reed, was born October 8, 1880. Edmond Randolph Reed was born February 20, 1880. E. R. Reed and Lena Reed were married December 1, 1904. Their address is 1218 Speight St., Waco, Texas.

Infant daughter of E. R. and Lena Reed, was born and died November 28, 1905

Frances Bryan Reed, daughter of E. R. and Lena Reed, was born November 18, 1906. Dwight Moody Davidson and Frances Reed were married November 27, 1931. A son, Robert Dwight, was born February 24, 1933. The address is: 4103 Ave F, Austin, Texas.

Nathaniel Barksdale Reed, son of E. R. and Lena Reed, was born May 19, 1909. Nat B. Reed and Evelyn Hodges were married September 9, 1933. Their address: Box 21, Kilgore, Texas.

Ana Ruth Reed, daughter of E. R. and Lena Reed, was born November 19, and died February 20, 1917.

Edmond Randolph Reed, son of E. R. and Lena Reed, was born March 31, 1915. His address: Box 212, Overton, Texas.

Nancy Evaline Reed, daughter of E. H. and Lena, was born October 2, 1917. Address: 1218 Speight St., Waco, Texas.

Della Virginia, daughter of James and Nancy Reed, was born

January 23, 1883 and died June 30, 1886.

Mary Estella Reed, daughter of James and Nancy Evaline Reed, was born January 26, 1885. John R. Bradley was born November 2, 1883. John R. Bradley and Stella Reed were married August 2, 1908.

James Reed Bradley, son of J. R. and Stella, was born May 25, 1909. Velma Patty was born December 23, 1907. Reed Bradley and Velma Patty were married September 12, 1930. Their son, Charles Reed Bradley, was born May 28, 1933.

Helen May Bradley, daughter of John R. and Stella, was born September 12, 1911. Clifford W. Van Den Bos was born July 12, 1909. Clifford Van Den Bos and Helen May Bradley were married July 14, 1930. Betty Helen Van Den Bos was born May 24, 1931. Janice Marie Van Den Bos was born May 30, 1933. James Harold was born May 21, 1936.

George Townsend Bradley, son of J. R. and Stella, was born October 6, 1914. Marie Elizabeth Elliot was born June 14, 1915. George Bradley and Marie Elliott were married January 2, 1936.

Lawrence Bradley, son J. R. and Stella, was born. Only lived about two years.

Prentice Merle Bradley, son of J. R. and Stella, was born October 19, 1920.

Jesse Earnest, son of James and Nancy Evelina Reed, was born February 26,1887. Neva Whitten was born August 12, 1890. J. E. Reed and Neva Whitten were married March 21, 1909. Address: Star Route, Hope, New Mexico.

J. C. Reed, son of Earnest and Neva, was born August 20, 1910.

Jack Whitten Reed, son of Earnest and Neva, was born September 24, 1913.

Neva Louise, daughter of Earnest and Neva, was born November 29, 1930.

Jesse Elbert, son of Earnest and Neva, was born September 4, 1924.

Eula V, daughter of Earnest and Neva, was born September 2, 1930.

Margie Lorene, daughter of Jamea and Nancy Evaline Reed, was born November 8, 1889. Her address: Box 93, Dublin, Texas.

James Neal Reed, son of James and Nancy Evaline Reed, was born September 19, 1893. Dora Lou Cook was born March 1898. J. Neal Reed and Dora Cookwere married May 24, 1916. Address: Haskell, Texas.

James William Reed, son of J. Neal and Dora, was born January 22, 1926.

Barbara Joyce Reed, daughter of James and Nancy Evalina Reed, was born October 12, 1897. She was married to Harry O’Neal April 20, 1929. He died in 1930. Leona Reed O’Neal was married to Henry Clemford in January 1936.

Emily Reed, daughter of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born April 5, 1852. Wheeler Lee was born October 9, 1846. Wheeler Lee and Emily Reed were married March 16, 1876.

Lyourgus Edgar, son of Wheeler and Emily Lee, was.born October 8, 1878. He married but I do not know how many children he had. He died May 1, 1919.

Walter Best, son of Wheeler and Emily Lee, was born May 27, 1880. Mattie L. Lee, Walter’s first wife, was born December 16, 1883. Holcomb Wheeler, son of Walter and Mattie Lee, was born November 8, 1906 and died July 19, 1907. Walter died October 6, 1926. Mattie died ____. Margaret (Maggie Al___,) daughter of Wheeler and Emily Lee, was born December 31, 1894. Otho Mims was born August 10, 1883. He married Margaret Lee. Children of Otho and Margaret Mims were: Otho Leroy, born January 18, 1908; Gladys Emily, born July 13, 1909; Jewell Guineth, born April 23, 1911; Claudia Al___, born June 30, 1913; Leona Mabelle, born March 5, 1915; Darrell Wymon, born September 6, 1916; Glenn Wheeler, born June 1, 1918; Ola Jerrins, born Nov 2, 1919; Dalton Darwin, born June 7, 1921; Dorris Larna born June 7, 1921; Vera Marie, born June 10, 1924; Virgil Marvin, born June 10, 1924.

Alfred Elmore, son of Wheeler and Emily Lee, was born February 25, 1886. He married and I think had several children. He died in January __, 1924.

Virigil Porter, son of Wheeler and Emily Lee, was born May 18,1893 (?).

Edwin Stirman, son of Wheeler and Emily Lee, was born August 4, 1893.

Emily Lee died May 27, 1906. Wheeler Lee died April 15, 1924.

Elizabeth, daughter of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born

July 30, 1854. She died September 27, 1854.

Sarah, , daughter of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born

February 21, 1856. She died August 25, 1903.

Isaac Wright, son of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born

June 6, 1858. He died August 25, 1872.

Richard,son of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, was born January 12, 1861, Alice Dykes was born December 16, 1876. Richard P. Reed and Alice Dykes were married February 12, 1894.

Ila, daughter of Richard and Alice Reed was born October 16, 1894. J. A. Pebsworth was born December 31, 1889. J. A. Pebsworth and Ila Reed were married January 29, 1911.

Eva Bell, daughter of J. A. and Ila Pebsworth, was born December 10, 1911. Eva Bell Pebsworth and Travis Montgomery were married December 29, 1927. They had one son, Lowell Dean, born July 26, 1931. Eva later married Frank Ryles on September 30, 1933. Frank Ryles was born March 25, 1913. They had two children: Charles and Geraldine. Charles Ryles was born October 24, 1934 and Geraldine was born August 29, 1937.

Richard Boyd, son of J. A. and Ila Pebsworth was born August 29, 1914.

J. A. Jr. son of J. A. and Ila Pebsworth, was born June 4, 1922.

Ray Reed, son of Richard and Alice Reed, was born December 5, 1896. Eunice Philpot was born July 17, 1897. Ray Reed and Eunice Philpot were married May 5, 1914.

Geneva, daughter of Ray and Eunice Reed, was born March 19, 1915.

Letha Bell, daughter of Ray and Eunice Reed, was born April 19, 1917.

Willis Lee, son of Ray and Eunice Reed, was born August 25, 1923.

Richard F. Reed, son of Pleasant and Amanda Reed, died October 9, 1931

Pleasant Reed was born May 14, 1818, and died February 14, 1863.

Amanda Melvina Herrin Reed was born October 30, 1818, and died March 3, 1884.

Pleasant and Amanda Herrin were married December 29, 1842. Their children were:

W. H. Reed, born November 6, 1844, died December 13 1929.

L. D. Reed, born 7-17-1846, died 11-14-1934.

Polly Reed, born 4-22-1848, died 2-10-1938.

Emily Reed, born 4-5-1852, died 5-27-1906.

Elizabeth Reed, born 7-30-1854, died 9-27-1854.

Sarah Reed, born 2-21-1856, died 8-25-1903.

Isaac Reed, born 6-6-1858, died 8-26-1872.

Richard Reed, born 1-13-1861, died 10-9-1931.

James Reed, born 4-2-1850.