Alexander B. Reed and Rachel Read

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Husband Alexander B. Reed ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1786 - Lancaster Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Reed (      -      ) 4 5 6
         Mother: Rebecca [Unk] (      -      ) 4 6

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       Marriage: 1815 1 4

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Wife Rachel Read ^{4 7}

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            AKA: Rachel Reed 5
           Born: 16 Apr 1792 - Cecil Co, MD 4 7
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           Died: 1875 - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA 7
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         Father: Alexander Read (1752-1826) 6 8 9
         Mother: Jemima Alexander (Abt 1756-1840) 6 10 11 12

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Children

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1 F Maria Jane Reed ^{3 4 5 13}

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           Born:  - Clearfield Co, PA
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         Spouse: Gov. William Bigler (1813/1814-1880) 4 14 15 16 17
           Marr: 23 Mar 1836 3 13

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2 F Henrietta Ann Reed ^{5 18}

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           Born: 1820 18
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           Died: 1824 18
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Read Alexander Reed ^{5 18}

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M George Latimer Reed ^{5 18}

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           Born: 1825 18
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         Spouse: Sarah E. Weaver (      -      ) 5 18

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5 M William Milton Reed ^{5 18}

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           Born: 1830 18
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           Died: 1832 18
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Rebecca Reed ^{18 19}

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         Spouse: John F. Weaver (      -      ) 18 20

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander B. Reed

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He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty-five years, while at Big Island [Lock Haven, Clinton County], he met John Ferguson and came with him to Clearfield County, in the winter of 1811. He made his home for a time with the family of Hugh Hall. He married and took up land about a mile north of Hall's place, but did not occupy it at once.
His parents and other members of their family followed him to Clearfield County about two years later (1813).

Being a close contemporary with the younger Alexander Read (his brother-in-law) they were nicknamed respectively "Black Alex." (Reed) and "Red Alex." (Read) for their contrasting shades of hair.

1 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 83.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 903.

3 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 415.

4 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 9.

5 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 84.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 811.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 619, 647, 903, 1002.

9 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 5.

10 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 211.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 903.

12 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 6.

13 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 339.

14 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 709.

15 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 337.

16 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 413.

17 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 110.

18 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 10.

19 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 932.

20 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 84, 345.