----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REED FAMILY OF CLEVELAND AND BRADLEY COUNTIES Submitted by Kittyink@mhtc.net Anyone with questions or additions please contact: Pat at Kittyink@mhtc.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John(Howard) Reed born Ala/Tenn on October 6th, 1827and died on the 9th of September 1905, buried in the Center Missionary Baptist Church Graveyard, Rowell, Cleveland County, Arkansas. He married Mary Frances Billingsly(ley(by) (Fanny) in DeSoto MS. Feb.18th 1847. She was born on the 3rd of September 1829 in TN. and died on March 16th 1904. Fanny is buried next to husband, John Howard Reed. Their children were: James Thomas b. 9/21/1848 MS. d. 8/26/1918 and buried near his parents. He married Frances Covington born May1847 MS. Their children were: Rosa Q born Feb. 1877 Courtney born Feb 1879 William Thomas born June 1881 *all of Cleveland County Charley L. born May 1883 Susie V. born May 1885 Walter H. born Jan 1889 He married Maybell Stewart on the 14th of September, 1913 . She was the daughter of John Stewart and Nannie Bell. Their children were: Howard Clinton Reed Earnestine Reed living Reed Walter Eugene Reed James Marion Reed Mary J. born 1891 She married Henry Hale. William Jefferson 1850 MS.(my line) He died about 1894 -1900 at Tucker's Sawmill when his leg was cut off and he bled to death. married Nancy Burgoyne on the 29th of December in 1869 Bradley County, Arkansas at MEChurch South. Nancy died on July first1925 in Gum Woods Township, Lonoke County Arkansas. Her death certificate reads that she was buried in Nelon Cemetery. Edmond Franklin 1853 ARK. Married Isabella Covington Edmond Tabitha Courtney The only other Information that I have is that Edmond Franklins daughter, Courtney Reed was born Feb. 19th 1890 and died April 12th 1923. (Methodist) She was married to Marcus Cameron. He remarried after she died. Henry Lewis1855 ARK. died 1909. He married Wille Goggans born 16th of August,1861, daughter of William James Goggans and Mary Elizabeth Rutledge. They a son named Adams. George W. 1857 ARK. married Mary(Mollie) Hannah Rawls born in 1870 Their children were: Victoria born September 1880 Athhur born November 1881 (Ro) Monroe born Feb. 1883 Fannie born November 1889 Almida born October 1892 Mary G. August 1894 Martha Jasper 1864 ARK. Married J.L. Phelps on the 2nd of Feburary,1881 John Alexander born 1866 died about 1904 married Paralee Stewart 12/11/1890 She remarried Pete Woodard in Waco Texas. Later she died in Oaklahoma living alone and working in a rooming house in the Lawton, Oklahoma area in 1933. Sarah Frances Feburary 22,1868 died July 28, 1941 Married a Pennington Walter Houston April 27th1870 died Dec. 15th 1947 ARK. married Kizzy Jane Reed on the 19th of Janurary in 1893. Kizzy was born in 1875 and died in 1902 Their children were: Linnie Ellen was born on the 30th of August 1901. She married Fred Larkin Jacks on the 6th of May 1922. Ida P. born March 1894 married a Miller. Garvin H. born August 1895 Carl born November 1897 Edgar H. born December 24th 1876 and died on Janurary 21st, 1941. Houston Reed married Terrissier Graves/Groves in the following year in 1903. Terrissier was the former wife of W.C. Graves/Groves that were married on Feb.18th and her maiden name was Roberts. Terissier was born on Janurary 24th, 1876 and she died on May 5th 1965. Edgar Marvin 1873 Ark. My grandfather Taylor Reed born on Jan. 7th 1883 married Elzie Sinclair in 1919. He had 3 brothers, John 6 -Willie 8 and a Luther 2 that died young and perhaps a sister named Francis that died young as well. His sisters were:( Fanney) Sarah Francis Lorine Reed 8/7/1879 had an illigitamate child named Ellis by Robert Rawls. Ellis was born on the 23rd ofMarch in 1908. and died in March of 1987. Sarah died in Sept 1928 . She was buried in Tomberlin Cemetery, England Arkansas. Ellis married a Bill Oliver. Anna Reed born1880 married a Dan Kimbrell. It is believed that they had the following children: Harrison Eunice Ressa Mae Roy Martha Reed born March 3rd,1882and died on6/9/1942 married William Elder Spakes 9/17/1879/-3/19/1953 . William was the son of William P. Spakes and Maggie Rattree. Their children were: Vallie A. Spakes 11-11-1901 - 2-13-87 Lena Inez Spakes 4/11/1903 -3/5/1989 William Ray Spakes 3/3/1906 -1/27/1951 Dow Hugh Spakes 3/2/1906 -19/34/1983 James Spakes 11/18/1907 - 6/8/1909 Mattie Spakes Sipes 9/29/1909 - 19/15/1977 Foy Spakes 4/11/ - 10/12/1970 Elbert Spakes 4/11/1911 -10/12/1970 J. C. Spakes 2/17/1916 - 3/9/1980 Alva Odell Spakes 12/16/1918 - 2/17/1969 Truman Lamar Spakes 11/23/1921 -1/11/1961 Christian Reed born about 1894 no other information, except that she had a son Lidge. It is believed that she may have married a Joe Howard -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------