Last Updated: September 30, 2020

William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed Family

1. Reed, William Harvey I

Parents: possibly Jonathan & Ann (Brown) Reed of Loudoun Co., VA to Bureau Co., Illinois by 1849. William 21 yo with them 1850.

1830 Birth: 1825-1830 VA.

I1853 Marriage #1: William H. Reed m. Fanny Jane Burgess 11-24-1853 Floyd Co., VA by Henry Bishop of the Methodist Church. She d/o Henry Burgess per permission note.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Floyd Court House PO, H838:

…… Reed, Harvey 30 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $0/50, HOH.

……… Frances J. 28 yo w/f, b. VA.

……… Ira E. 5 yo w/f, b. VA.

……… Andrew J. 4 yo w/m, b. VA.

……… Juda A. 1 yo w/f, b. VA.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA, Auburn Twp, Childres PO, H182:

…… Reed, William H. 45 yo w/m farm laborer, cannot read or write, HOH.

……… Frances J. 34 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Ira E. 15 yo w/m, b. VA, works on farm, cannot read or write.

……… Andrew J. 13 yo w/m, b. VA, works on farm, cannot read or write.

……… Julia A. 11 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read/write.

……… Sarah O. 7 yo w/f, b. VA.

……… Henry G. 9 yo w/m, b. VA.

……… Parthena F. 5 yo w/f, b. VA.

……… Roley M. 2 yo w/m, b. VA.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA, Newbern District, H184:

…… Reed, Wm H. 54 yo w/m farm laborer, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write, HOH.

……… Frances J. 43 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, keeping house, cannot read or write.

……… Henry G. 19 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA, works on farm, cannot read or write.

……… Sarah 17 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Parthenia 15 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Rolla M. 12 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA, works on farm, cannot read or write.

……… Delila I. 5 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA.

……… George A. 3 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA.

……… Robert H. 7/12 son, b. Sept. VA, parents b. VA.

…+ Reed, Frances Jane I

Parents: Henry & Juda (Earles) Burgess.

1832 Birth: abt 1832 VA.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband William Harvey Reed.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with husband William Harvey Reed.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with husband William Harvey Reed.

…2. Reed, Ira E. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1855 Birth: abt 1855 VA.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

…2. Reed, Andrew Jackson I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1857 Birth: 9-12-1857 Floyd Co., VA.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

1880 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA, Auburn Twp, District 56, H95:

…… Reed, Andy J. 23 yo w/m boarder, b. VA, parents b. VA, school, farmer. (boarding with the Harvey Roop family)

1886 Marriage #1: Andrew m. Clara J. Cravens 3-16-1886 at her father’s home in Carthage Co., Illinois.

1920 Death: 4-14-1920 Middle Creek, Carthage Co., Illinois after a brief illness of pneumonia VA.

1920 Obit: The Carthage Republican, Carthage, Illinois, Wednesday April 28, 1920 Page 1 Column 2

(src: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bryant/obits/Reed_Andrew_Jackson.html)

DEATH OF A. J. REED

Well Known Citizen of Middle 
Creek Dies of Pneumonia. 
A Good Citizen.

Andrew Jackson, son of Wm. Harvey and Fanny Burgess Reed, was born in Floyd Co., Virginia, Sept. 12, 1857.  He departed this life April 14, 1920, after a brief illness of pneumonia.

At an early age, he with his parents, moved to Montgomery Co., Va., where he lived until ambition for prosperity urged him westward.  In 1882 he came to Ohio; the following year he came to Illinois, and remained there until March 16, 1886, when he was united in marriage to Clara J. Cravens at her father's home.

Desiring to go farther west, the following day after the marriage he left, settling in Lane Co., Kansas.  There he took up a government claim and after preparing the home, his bride joined him.  Here were spent three years of hardship and pleasure, typical of pioneer life.  Their life was one of the humblest; their home was the old-fashioned, one-room Kansas sod shanty.  During these years of hardship the Christian faith, which Mr. Reed had acquired during a series of evangelistic meetings conducted at Elm Tree M. E. Church, under the powerful influence of "Uncle Dick" Haney, in 1885, was exemplified.

The Sunday school and church services were conducted at a large two-room private home, to which Mr. Reed conveyed his family three and a half miles with an ox team and wagon.

Not all of this was displeasure, for during this time two little ones brought sunshine and pleasure to their home.

Mr. Reed's health failing, they returned to Illinois in the spring of 1889.  After a few years of unsettled life, he bought the Cravens homestead, where he resided with his family until he passed to the Great Beyond.

His home was known to all as one of open hospitality and the cry of the needy was never unheeded.  Mr. Reed was a man to whom home meant all, always planning for their comfort and pleasure, until the last.  He had been greatly cheered in the last four years by the visits at intervals of his three beloved grandchildren.

Those who preceded him in death were his father, mother, three sisters and two brothers.

To mourn their loss are left the faithful wife, Mrs. Clara J. Reed; one son, J. Clyde Reed I, of Muskoda, Minn.; Mrs. Minnie G. Boyd I, of Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Esther L. Wedding I, of Springfield, Ohio; and Clara M. I, at home; three grandchildren: Harvey Reed and David Shiflet Wedding, and Deloris Clara Belle Reed, all of whom with an aged uncle, Willis Reed, and daughters, Mrs. Lottie Emery, of Stillwell, Ill., were present to comfort him in the last sad hours.

There also left, four brothers, Rolley, Robert, Ira and Henry; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Knode and Mrs. Parthena French, all living in Virginia.

"Little Clara," as she was lovingly called, he especially leaned upon for comfort and help in his declining years.

We do not think of him as gone.  He has merely preceded his loved ones to the heavenly home, which will make their desire for the better life more longed for.

The funeral services were conducted at his own beloved Elm Tree M. E. Church, Sunday, at 11 a. m., by Dr. H. D. Hoover, of Carthage College, who gave a very comforting message to the saddened hearts.  Music was furnished by a ladies' quartette from the college.  He was laid to rest in Moss Ridge Cemetery at Carthage.

Others who attended from a distance were Mrs. Alice Cravens McNall, of Seaton, Ill.; Mrs. Mary Cravens Willits, of Joy, Ill.; Jackson Akers of Macomb.

Card of Thanks

We especially desire to thank relatives, friends and neighbors, who so willingly contributed to our comfort, and lovingly assisted us during the brief illness and death of our husband and father; also for the beautiful floral offerings.

Mrs. Clara J. Reed,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clyde Reed,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Boyd,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wedding,
Clara M. Reed.

1920 Burial: Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by CHECK)

……+ Reed, Clara J. I

Parents:

1867 Birth: 7-17-1867 Ill.

1921 Death: 2-18-1921 Hancock Co., IL.

1921 Burial: Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by CHECK)

……3. Reed, Minnie Grace I

Parents: Andrew Jackson & Clara J. (Cravens) Reed.

1888 Birth: 10-9-1888.

Marriage #1: Erza Lee Boyd, s/o Calloway T. Boyd & Lucy E. (Reed) Boyd. [boyd or reed_mark]

1976 Death: 4-14-1976.

1976 Burial: Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by CHECK)

…2. Reed, Julian E. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1858 Birth: Julian E. b. 11-18-1858 Floyd Co., VA.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

1879 Marriage #1: J. A. E. Reed, m. J. J. Knode 12-10-1879 Pulaski Co., VA. He 23 yo single w/m, b. Giles Co., VA, s/o H. & E. Knode. She 21 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, d/o W. H. & J. Reed.

…2. Reed, Henry G. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1861 Birth: abt 1861 Floyd Co., VA.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

1891 Marriage #1: Henry G. Reed m. Annie G. White 1-21-1891 Pulaski Co., VA. He 26 yo single w/m, b. Floyd Co., VA, s/o Wm H. & Fannie F. Reed. She 16 yo , b. Smith Co., VA, d/o B. D. & E. J. White.

…2. Reed, Sarah O. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1864 Birth: 10-17-1864 Floyd Co., VA.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

…2. Reed, Parthena F. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1865 Birth: abt 1865 VA.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

…2. Reed, Roley M. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1868 Birth: abt 1868 VA.

1870 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with parents.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

…2. Reed, Delila J. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1875 Birth: abt 1875 VA.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

…2. Reed, George A. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1877 Birth: abt 1877 VA.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

…2. Reed, Robert H. I

Parents: William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed.

1875 Birth: Sep 1879 VA.

1880 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA with parents.

End William Harvey & Frances Jane (Burgess) Reed Family.