(Written by Maurice L. Reed in the 1940's)
Mary Ellen is my grandmother, and details about her son Percy, my father are recorded elsewhere. Edith Catherine married Charles Lamoreaux but they had no children who lived beyond infancy. Eliza Ann Reed married Pelham Ellet and they lived in Florida. They had a boy, Lawrence, and Eliza died quite young of some tropical disease (blackwater fever). Her mother, Mary Ellen, went down to care for her, contracted the disease and died too. Edith Lamoreaux raised the boy. The Lamoreaux's lived in Beulah several years, where Uncle Charley had a tent and took pictures for a living. I knew them and Lawrence well therefore. When he first came to Beulah, he talked with a Florida accent. They have all lived in Miami for many years now however, and Lawrence was in the furniture business over a large part of the time but I think he is doing something else now.
from the journal of Maurice L. Reed, March 27, 1958:
"Went on to Center Hill, where my grandmother Reed and her daughter Eliza died and were buried 63 years ago. I wanted to see the graves and find out grandmother's first name. Eliza married Pelham Ellet and went to Florida with him to live. Lawrence was born of the union, and later she contracted blackwater fever. Her mother came down from Fennville, Mich. to care for her, caught the disease, and died nine days after her daughter. We found the cemetery very neat and well cared-for, a beautiful place. The inscriptions read:
Elize Reed Ellet
Apr 8 1869
Apr 2 1896
Gone but not forgotten
Ella, beloved wife of
James L. Reed
Born Apr. 16, 1846
Died Apr 11, 1896
We found two other graves in the cemetery:
Charles G. Lamoreaux 1861-1944
Edith Reed Lamoreaux 1866 - 1948
Mary Ellen is my grandmother, and details about her son Percy, my father are recorded elsewhere. Edith Catherine married Charles Lamoreaux but they had no children who lived beyond infancy. Eliza Ann Reed married Pelham Ellet and they lived in Florida. They had a boy, Lawrence, and Eliza died quite young of some tropical disease (blackwater fever). Her mother, Mary Ellen, went down to care for her, contracted the disease and died too. Edith Lamoreaux raised the boy. The Lamoreaux's lived in Beulah several years, where Uncle Charley had a tent and took pictures for a living. I knew them and Lawrence well therefore. When he first came to Beulah, he talked with a Florida accent. They have all lived in Miami for many years now however, and Lawrence was in the furniture business over a large part of the time but I think he is doing something else now.
from the journal of Maurice L. Reed, March 27, 1958:
"Went on to Center Hill, where my grandmother Reed and her daughter Eliza died and were buried 63 years ago. I wanted to see the graves and find out grandmother's first name. Eliza married Pelham Ellet and went to Florida with him to live. Lawrence was born of the union, and later she contracted blackwater fever. Her mother came down from Fennville, Mich. to care for her, caught the disease, and died nine days after her daughter. We found the cemetery very neat and well cared-for, a beautiful place. The inscriptions read:
Elize Reed Ellet
Apr 8 1869
Apr 2 1896
Gone but not forgotten
Ella, beloved wife of
James L. Reed
Born Apr. 16, 1846
Died Apr 11, 1896
We found two other graves in the cemetery:
Charles G. Lamoreaux 1861-1944
Edith Reed Lamoreaux 1866 - 1948
(Written by Maurice L. Reed in the 1940's)
Mary Ellen is my grandmother, and details about her son Percy, my father are recorded elsewhere. Edith Catherine married Charles Lamoreaux but they had no children who lived beyond infancy. Eliza Ann Reed married Pelham Ellet and they lived in Florida. They had a boy, Lawrence, and Eliza died quite young of some tropical disease (blackwater fever). Her mother, Mary Ellen, went down to care for her, contracted the disease and died too. Edith Lamoreaux raised the boy. The Lamoreaux's lived in Beulah several years, where Uncle Charley had a tent and took pictures for a living. I knew them and Lawrence well therefore. When he first came to Beulah, he talked with a Florida accent. They have all lived in Miami for many years now however, and Lawrence was in the furniture business over a large part of the time but I think he is doing something else now.
from the journal of Maurice L. Reed, March 27, 1958:
"Went on to Center Hill, where my grandmother Reed and her daughter Eliza died and were buried 63 years ago. I wanted to see the graves and find out grandmother's first name. Eliza married Pelham Ellet and went to Florida with him to live. Lawrence was born of the union, and later she contracted blackwater fever. Her mother came down from Fennville, Mich. to care for her, caught the disease, and died nine days after her daughter. We found the cemetery very neat and well cared-for, a beautiful place. The inscriptions read:
Elize Reed Ellet
Apr 8 1869
Apr 2 1896
Gone but not forgotten
Ella, beloved wife of
James L. Reed
Born Apr. 16, 1846
Died Apr 11, 1896
We found two other graves in the cemetery:
Charles G. Lamoreaux 1861-1944
Edith Reed Lamoreaux 1866 - 1948
Mary Ellen is my grandmother, and details about her son Percy, my father are recorded elsewhere. Edith Catherine married Charles Lamoreaux but they had no children who lived beyond infancy. Eliza Ann Reed married Pelham Ellet and they lived in Florida. They had a boy, Lawrence, and Eliza died quite young of some tropical disease (blackwater fever). Her mother, Mary Ellen, went down to care for her, contracted the disease and died too. Edith Lamoreaux raised the boy. The Lamoreaux's lived in Beulah several years, where Uncle Charley had a tent and took pictures for a living. I knew them and Lawrence well therefore. When he first came to Beulah, he talked with a Florida accent. They have all lived in Miami for many years now however, and Lawrence was in the furniture business over a large part of the time but I think he is doing something else now.
from the journal of Maurice L. Reed, March 27, 1958:
"Went on to Center Hill, where my grandmother Reed and her daughter Eliza died and were buried 63 years ago. I wanted to see the graves and find out grandmother's first name. Eliza married Pelham Ellet and went to Florida with him to live. Lawrence was born of the union, and later she contracted blackwater fever. Her mother came down from Fennville, Mich. to care for her, caught the disease, and died nine days after her daughter. We found the cemetery very neat and well cared-for, a beautiful place. The inscriptions read:
Elize Reed Ellet
Apr 8 1869
Apr 2 1896
Gone but not forgotten
Ella, beloved wife of
James L. Reed
Born Apr. 16, 1846
Died Apr 11, 1896
We found two other graves in the cemetery:
Charles G. Lamoreaux 1861-1944
Edith Reed Lamoreaux 1866 - 1948
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