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William Henry Reed

Birth
Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois, USA
Death
24 Dec 1930 (aged 65)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Houston Chronicle, Saturday, December 27, 1930, Houston, TX, Page 10

Mortuary

REED - William Reed, 65, of 1217 Birdsall, died at a local hospital at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ella Gallacher and Mrs L. T. Nezer, and by four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Morse Funeral Chapel. Burial was at Forest Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were R. Oelze, William Cook, Herbert Hope, F. W. Wilson, W. Leggett and C. F. Peveto.
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William Henry Reed married Mary Adeline Kinney on 13 Dec 1885 in Jefferson County, Iowa. He was born in Keithsburg, Illinois, to George Washington Reed and Philinda Knott, according to the marriage record.

He was a laborer and was divorced, per his death certificate. He was employed as a truck driver in the April, 1930 census in Houston. The informant for his death certificate was his son-in-law, J. M. Gallacher.

Both his death certificate and an obituary published on December 26, 1930 show burial in Washington Cemetery in Houston, but there is no record of his burial in the online Washington Cemetery records.

Another obituary was published on December 27, 1930 showing burial at Forest Park Cemetery.
Houston Chronicle, Saturday, December 27, 1930, Houston, TX, Page 10

Mortuary

REED - William Reed, 65, of 1217 Birdsall, died at a local hospital at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ella Gallacher and Mrs L. T. Nezer, and by four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Morse Funeral Chapel. Burial was at Forest Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were R. Oelze, William Cook, Herbert Hope, F. W. Wilson, W. Leggett and C. F. Peveto.
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William Henry Reed married Mary Adeline Kinney on 13 Dec 1885 in Jefferson County, Iowa. He was born in Keithsburg, Illinois, to George Washington Reed and Philinda Knott, according to the marriage record.

He was a laborer and was divorced, per his death certificate. He was employed as a truck driver in the April, 1930 census in Houston. The informant for his death certificate was his son-in-law, J. M. Gallacher.

Both his death certificate and an obituary published on December 26, 1930 show burial in Washington Cemetery in Houston, but there is no record of his burial in the online Washington Cemetery records.

Another obituary was published on December 27, 1930 showing burial at Forest Park Cemetery.


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