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George Edwin Redd

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George Edwin Redd

Birth
New Harmony, Washington County, Utah, USA
Death
9 Feb 1914 (aged 35)
Colonia Juarez, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Burial
Colonia Juarez, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico Add to Map
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Son of Lemuel Hardison Redd and Sariah Louisa Chamberlain

Married Lydia Caroline Taylor, 7 Apr 1902, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - George Edwin Redd, Kenneth Taylor Redd, Mary Redd, Marguerite Redd, Ernest Lamar Redd, Verl Chester Redd, Nora Redd

Early in 1913, George and his family, with several others, returned to Colonia Juarez, to find everything pretty much as they had left it the year before. The Revolution had eased up but there were still many renegade soldiers around.

At about 3:00 AM. on 9 February 1914 some of these outlaws came to the corral and were driving the cows away. George and Lydia's brother, Adelbert Taylor, went out to try to stop them. They left but came back a short time later.

George went out the back way and it being bright moonlight the Mexicans saw him. They shouted, "We are going to kill you," and commenced firing. One bullet entered his leg severing a large artery, seeing him fall the Mexicans ran.

Lydia saw the whole thing from the window. She ran to him and found the wound bleeding profusely Uncle Jay Robinson went in the buggy to Casas Grandes seventeen miles away, to get the doctor but by the time he arrived George had lost too much blood and succumbed shortly after. He was thirty-six years of age and left Lydia (33) with five children.

Some time later Lydia discovered she was going to have another baby, who turned out to be a healthy little red-headed girl to be named Nora. This baby gave Lydia much comfort at this tragic time in her life.

Written by Carolyn Redd Derrick and taken from histories submitted by Kenneth Taylor Redd and Nora Redd Perdue.
Son of Lemuel Hardison Redd and Sariah Louisa Chamberlain

Married Lydia Caroline Taylor, 7 Apr 1902, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - George Edwin Redd, Kenneth Taylor Redd, Mary Redd, Marguerite Redd, Ernest Lamar Redd, Verl Chester Redd, Nora Redd

Early in 1913, George and his family, with several others, returned to Colonia Juarez, to find everything pretty much as they had left it the year before. The Revolution had eased up but there were still many renegade soldiers around.

At about 3:00 AM. on 9 February 1914 some of these outlaws came to the corral and were driving the cows away. George and Lydia's brother, Adelbert Taylor, went out to try to stop them. They left but came back a short time later.

George went out the back way and it being bright moonlight the Mexicans saw him. They shouted, "We are going to kill you," and commenced firing. One bullet entered his leg severing a large artery, seeing him fall the Mexicans ran.

Lydia saw the whole thing from the window. She ran to him and found the wound bleeding profusely Uncle Jay Robinson went in the buggy to Casas Grandes seventeen miles away, to get the doctor but by the time he arrived George had lost too much blood and succumbed shortly after. He was thirty-six years of age and left Lydia (33) with five children.

Some time later Lydia discovered she was going to have another baby, who turned out to be a healthy little red-headed girl to be named Nora. This baby gave Lydia much comfort at this tragic time in her life.

Written by Carolyn Redd Derrick and taken from histories submitted by Kenneth Taylor Redd and Nora Redd Perdue.

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  • Maintained by: SMS
  • Originally Created by: Dale Clawson
  • Added: Oct 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42867034/george_edwin-redd: accessed ), memorial page for George Edwin Redd (7 Dec 1878–9 Feb 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42867034, citing Panteón Municipal #02, Colonia Juarez, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).