Jefferson-Harrison County OhArchives Bible Records.....James REED Copyright Date c1800-1860
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Bible 1.
Single page only, 8.25 in.  x 5.5 in.  Presume page saved and bible lost or 
destroyed.
Drawing (woodcut?) on one side titled 'The Publication of the Jubilee Among 
the Israelites' Pub. by Zadek Cramer, Pittsburgh, no date.

Other side, all in same hand, a list:

Children born to Eliz'h & Ja's Reed
Rebecca Reed born Oct 3rd, 1799
McConnell Reed June 16th, 1801
Sinthy [A?] Reed  June 20th }twins
John Reed           June 20th }1803
Robert Reed       Sept; 20th, 1805

Bible 2.
Leather cover with tooled design, 7 in. x 4 1/4 in. x 2 in.
Pub. New York:  American Bible Society, 1850.
Stitches on binding match 2 loose pages titled 'Family Record'.

Pg. 1[arbitrary], side 1:

Children born to Eliz. & Ja's Reed
Rebecca Reed born October the 3rd 1799
James Mcconnell Reed born June the 16th 1801 [census reports b. PA]
Sinthy Reed & John Reed born June the 20th 1803
Robert Reed born September the 20th 1805

Pg. 1, side 2:

Deaths of James Reeds

Emma Louvinia Reed died May the 12th 1855
Rebecca Reed died April the 9th 1856
James Mcconnell Reed died August 7th 1876 [last res. Brilliant, Jefferson, 
Ohio]
Mary L Reed died August 23 in the year 1887
Mrs. Carrie Burkett died October 7, 1877 [Mrs. Carrie R. Burkett printed on 
card tucked in bible] 
Charles A.W. Reed died Nov 1908

Pg. 2, side 1:

Children born of James and Elizabeth Reed

Rebecca C. Reed born March the 22, 1845
Martha A. Reed born April the 2, 1847 [d. after 1920, m. Arthur Warne, lived 
in Buffalo, NY]
James A.W. Reed born June the 7, 1849
Mary L Reed born July the 20, 1851
Laura J. Reed born August the 27, 1853 [m. John Bucey, lived in Brooke Co., WV]
Emma L. Reed born March the 28, 1855

Pg. 2, side 2:

Charles William Reed born May the 1, 1866

[new pen, new hand]

Minnie Reed born March 22, 1876 [dau. of James W. Reed and Ellen _____]

Pg.3, side 1:
Title page of New Testament, last 3rd of bible.

James Mc. Reed, died August the 7th, 1876
Elizabeth Reed, died June 26/ 1890
Laura Jane Bucy, died Oct. 21st, 1909

Inside back cover:

Rebecca Caroline Reed 15 (age?) [in ink, good penmanship].
Rebecca Caroline Reed Holy Bible, 1861 [in pencil, childs hand].
Rebecca Caroline Reed [again, in pencil, as if practicing letters].

Inside front cover:

November  9(?) ___02(?)
Rebecca  _______33(?)
Died ____ Feb ____

Elizabeth Reed born 9 Mar 1820 [census reports b. Maryland]
James McConnel Reed, Lagrange [aka Brilliant, Jefferson, Ohio]
James Reed, 1861

Additional Comments:
James McConnell REED family was found in LaGrange, Jefferson County, Ohio for 
census years 1850-1880.

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