Robert Reed and Leah Peoples

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Husband Robert Reed ¹

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           Born: 30 Oct 1804 - near Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 20 Jan 1865 2
         Buried:  - Beaver Run U. P. Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Reed (1772-1848/1849) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah "Sally" Clifford (1776-1853) 3 4

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       Marriage: 11 Jul 1833 5

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   Other Spouse: Nancy Mount (1805-1880) 6 7 - 29 Sep 1847 7

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Wife Leah Peoples ⁵

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         Father: Samuel Peoples (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Rachel Reed ⁸

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           Born: 7 Apr 1834 - Westmoreland Co, PA 8
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           Died: 9 Mar 1901 8
         Buried:  - Beaver Run U. P. Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Jonas S. Pifer (1837-1894) 8
           Marr: 29 Sep 1859 8

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2 M Samuel Thomas Reed ⁹

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           Born: 1836 - Westmoreland Co, PA 9
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           Died: 2 Feb 1865 - Point of Rocks, VA 9
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3 M Robert Marshall Reed ⁹

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           Born: Dec 1838 9
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           Died: Abt 1861-1865 - Salisbury Confederate Prison, Rowan Co, NC
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4 M Joseph Lawrenzo Reed ¹⁰

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           Born: 9 May 1840 10
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           Died: 2 Feb 1884 - Slate Lick, Armstrong Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Y. Beatty (1830-1885) 10
           Marr: 2 May 1863 10

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5 F Sarah Eleanor Reed ¹¹

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           Born: 21 Sep 1842 11
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         Spouse: John C. Pifer (1841-      ) 11
           Marr: 23 Sep 1865 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 11

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6 F Martha Ann Reed ¹³

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            AKA: Anna Reed 12
           Born: 30 Oct 1844 13
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           Died: 7 May 1898 - New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA 14
         Buried:  - New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA

         Spouse: Richard McClure (      -      ) 12 13
           Marr: Abt 1868

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Reed

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He was a cabinet maker and worked at his trade near Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, until about 1840, when he settled on what was later known as Chestnut Cliff farm, in Jefferson County, in the vicinity of Beaver Run church, which stood about one mile from Bellview.

He was an old line Abolitionist and many a runaway slave made his escape to freedom on the "Underground Railroad," which had one of its stations at his home. Not only for freedom for the slave, but from the shackles of custom which prevailed at that time of whiskey at frolics, he was pronounced. Neighbors were few and far between when the country was a wilderness. Men and overgrown boys came together from great distances and traveled from farm to farm, assisting each other rolling together the immense growth of timber to be burned. It was at Reed's where the first "log rolling" was made without whiskey. His wife remonstrated, arguing that he would be accounted stingy. "No," he said, "we must have the best dinner and supper that can possibly be set, but whiskey I will not have, as some of the young men drink too much." Some of the best men complimented Reed for his bold stand. This was the first but not the last "dry" rolling.

1 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 63.

2 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 72.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245.

4 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 6.

5 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 64.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 295.

7 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 71.

8 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 65.

9 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 66.

10 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 67.

11 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 68.

12 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 545.

13 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 69.

14 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 70.