Benjamin Reed

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name
Benjamin Reed
sex
male
access
public
born
date
c. 1808
place
Kentucky
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Age and birthplace as the research gives them; the census that gives them is not named.
residences
date
1840
place
Van Buren County, Iowa Territory
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1840-iowa-territory-reed]
note
Under "Van Buren, Iowa Territory", two pages from Tilford. Not seen here.
date
1850
place
Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
note
Head of household, as the research places him; page and ages not given.
date
1856
place
Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1856-iowa-appanoose-county]
note
Head of household, giving 18 years' residence. Not seen here.
father
id
james-reed-1766
basis
inferred
confidence
possible
sources
[census-1840-iowa-territory-reed, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township, census-1856-iowa-appanoose-county]
research
research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
note
A candidate son, downgraded from probable to possible on 27 Sep 2026. His Kentucky birth c. 1808 does not fit the J. Reed household's being in Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1810, so either his birthplace is loose or he belongs to another Reed household.

In Iowa by about 1838 (the 18 years' residence he gave in 1856, a round figure) and certainly by 1840, two pages from Tilford Reed in the census of Iowa Territory (headed Van Buren). He settled in Wells Township, Appanoose County, where in 1850 his household, counted white, had about ten people, with William H., Lucille, Sarah J., Dialpha, Frank, Reston, Daniel and Melissa. Mary (Reed) Collins settled in the same township after Jesse's death, near Benjamin and Tilford rather than near the Collinses in Center Township.

He is not among the children in JoEllen Reed's notes on the Morgan County James.

Open questions

  • Is he James's son? Nothing yet ties him to James except his surname and Mary's settling near him.
  • His 1850 entry: age, birthplace and page.
  1. ---
  2. name: Benjamin Reed
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. born:
  6. date: c. 1808
  7. place: Kentucky
  8. basis: inferred
  9. confidence: probable
  10. note: Age and birthplace as the research gives them; the census that gives them is not named.
  11. residences:
  12. - date: "1840"
  13. place: Van Buren County, Iowa Territory
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [census-1840-iowa-territory-reed]
  17. note: Under "Van Buren, Iowa Territory", two pages from Tilford. Not seen here.
  18. - date: "1850"
  19. place: Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
  23. note: Head of household, as the research places him; page and ages not given.
  24. - date: "1856"
  25. place: Appanoose County, Iowa
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [census-1856-iowa-appanoose-county]
  29. note: Head of household, giving 18 years' residence. Not seen here.
  30. father:
  31. id: james-reed-1766
  32. basis: inferred
  33. confidence: possible
  34. sources: [census-1840-iowa-territory-reed, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township, census-1856-iowa-appanoose-county]
  35. research: research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
  36. note: A candidate son, downgraded from probable to possible on 27 Sep 2026. His Kentucky birth c. 1808 does not fit the J. Reed household's being in Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1810, so either his birthplace is loose or he belongs to another Reed household.
  37. ---
  39. In Iowa by about 1838 (the 18 years' residence he gave in 1856, a round figure) and
  40. certainly by 1840, two pages from Tilford Reed in the census of Iowa Territory (headed
  41. Van Buren). He settled in Wells Township, Appanoose County, where in 1850 his household,
  42. counted white, had about ten people, with William H., Lucille, Sarah J., Dialpha, Frank,
  43. Reston, Daniel and Melissa. Mary (Reed) Collins settled in the same township after Jesse's
  44. death, near Benjamin and Tilford rather than near the Collinses in Center Township.
  46. He is not among the children in JoEllen Reed's notes on the Morgan County James.
  48. ## Open questions
  50. - Is he James's son? Nothing yet ties him to James except his surname and Mary's settling
  51. near him.
  52. - His 1850 entry: age, birthplace and page.
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