Elisha Reed

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name
Elisha Reed
aka
[Elisha John Reed]
sex
male
access
public
father
id
james-reed-1766
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[will-james-reed-1836, book-robbins-1991-african-heritage-morgan-county]
research
research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
note
Named as a son in the Morgan County James Reed's will of 1836. That James is Mary Reed's father only under the Morgan reading, which the Reed addendum leans to.
spouses
name
Delilah Bowmire
married
date
1 Aug 1839
place
Morgan County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[index-joellen-reed-2012-morgan-county-marriages]
note
Listed as Elisha's first marriage.
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[index-joellen-reed-2012-morgan-county-marriages]
name
Esther Reed
married
place
Morgan County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-records-morgan-county-1842-1851, index-joellen-reed-2012-morgan-county-marriages]
note
License 27 Dec 1842. The certificate's date (the 27th of a month cut off, filed "17 February 1842") cannot follow the license, so a year is miswritten; JoEllen Reed's list gives 25 Mar 1842. The wedding date is unsettled.
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-records-morgan-county-1842-1851]
note
Her second marriage, after Thomas Reed in 1837, so probably a Reed by marriage.

His father's will (signed 19 July 1836, recorded 6 January 1845) leaves him and a second son (John or James) the 103-acre home farm in the SW quarter of Section 17, T11N R1E. He bought 30 acres of the NW quarter of the same section from Abner Reed and his wife Catharine for $300 (Robbins's abstract #52, Deed Book L, p. 139). The NW quarter was John Reed's.

A newly married Elisha would fit the household of "Elijah" Reed on the 1840 Morgan County census (a man 24-36 and two women 24-36), and no Elijah Reed appears in the Morgan County marriages. He is enumerated twice in the 1850 census, with a Julia A. Hollingsworth, 15, in the household (county not stated in the notes). JoEllen Reed, who descends from the Morgan James, calls him Elisha John and repeats Naaman's dates for him in her tree, which may merge Elisha with a brother John. Her line later moved to Mt. Auburn, Christian County, Illinois.

Open questions

  • Is the 1840 "Elijah" Reed really Elisha? Re-read the image.
  • Birth and death dates.
  1. ---
  2. name: Elisha Reed
  3. aka: [Elisha John Reed]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. father:
  7. id: james-reed-1766
  8. basis: documented
  9. confidence: probable
  10. sources: [will-james-reed-1836, book-robbins-1991-african-heritage-morgan-county]
  11. research: research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
  12. note: Named as a son in the Morgan County James Reed's will of 1836. That James is Mary Reed's father only under the Morgan reading, which the Reed addendum leans to.
  13. spouses:
  14. - name: Delilah Bowmire
  15. married:
  16. date: 1 Aug 1839
  17. place: Morgan County, Indiana
  18. basis: documented
  19. confidence: probable
  20. sources: [index-joellen-reed-2012-morgan-county-marriages]
  21. note: Listed as Elisha's first marriage.
  22. basis: documented
  23. confidence: probable
  24. sources: [index-joellen-reed-2012-morgan-county-marriages]
  25. - name: Esther Reed
  26. married:
  27. place: Morgan County, Indiana
  28. basis: documented
  29. confidence: proven
  30. sources: [marriage-records-morgan-county-1842-1851, index-joellen-reed-2012-morgan-county-marriages]
  31. note: License 27 Dec 1842. The certificate's date (the 27th of a month cut off, filed "17 February 1842") cannot follow the license, so a year is miswritten; JoEllen Reed's list gives 25 Mar 1842. The wedding date is unsettled.
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: proven
  34. sources: [marriage-records-morgan-county-1842-1851]
  35. note: Her second marriage, after Thomas Reed in 1837, so probably a Reed by marriage.
  36. ---
  38. His father's will (signed 19 July 1836, recorded 6 January 1845) leaves him and a second
  39. son (John or James) the 103-acre home farm in the SW quarter of Section 17, T11N R1E. He
  40. bought 30 acres of the NW quarter of the same section from Abner Reed and his wife
  41. Catharine for $300 (Robbins's abstract #52, Deed Book L, p. 139). The NW quarter was John
  42. Reed's.
  44. A newly married Elisha would fit the household of "Elijah" Reed on the 1840 Morgan County
  45. census (a man 24-36 and two women 24-36), and no Elijah Reed appears in the Morgan County
  46. marriages. He is enumerated twice in the 1850 census, with a Julia A. Hollingsworth, 15,
  47. in the household (county not stated in the notes). JoEllen Reed, who descends from the
  48. Morgan James, calls him Elisha John and repeats Naaman's dates for him in her tree, which
  49. may merge Elisha with a brother John. Her line later moved to Mt. Auburn, Christian
  50. County, Illinois.
  52. ## Open questions
  54. - Is the 1840 "Elijah" Reed really Elisha? Re-read the image.
  55. - Birth and death dates.
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