Plot: 3-6
Husband of Eliza Reed.
Age: 70yrs, 3mos, 4dys.
*****
Source: Louis Reed ID47320868 [email protected]
From the census and a bigraphy written near the time of his death we know that Harrison Reed was born in Virginia. The exact county was not known but probably in the Shenendoah Valley in the western part of the state. This area was mostly settled by persons who had moved from the New York and Pennsylvania areas. His father Theophilus was born in Wayne County, New York, and his older brother Nathan was also born in New York.
It is not known how Harrison and Eliza met, Eliza living in Rumley, Shelby County, Ohio and Harrison living in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio which was about 65 miles to the southeast, but both locations were along or near to the Miami Canal, a major transportation hub at the time.
They lived at Centerville, Ohio where Harrison and his two brothers worked as coopers, or barrel making. a trade they had learned in their youth at Hamilton, Ohio. In 1845 they bought 160 acres of land from Osamus and Millie Farrington in Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois and moved there family there where they farmed. Eliza's parents and most of her siblings were living in the Schuyler and McDonough County, Illinois area. Two of Harrison;s brothers, older brother Nathan and younger brother Sanford also moved to Schuyler County where they settled at Brooklyn, Illinois, a few miles west of Littleton,. Nathan and Sanford worked at the trade of cooper in Brooklyn, as they had in Ohio. It is not known which of the family moved to the area first.
Harrison Reed farmed his land in Illinois along with his sons. They joined the Baptist church at Littleton, Illinois. It was while living here that there oldest son Presley was killed in a tree accident, the exact details not being known. Their second oldest son Ami would go off War, fighting for the Union side in the Civil War, be captured at the battle of Chicimaugua in Georgia, and die in a prisoner of war camp at Danville, Virginia.
In December 1864 Harrison Reed and his son William ventured to Franklin County, Kansas where they purchased land. Harrison's brother Sanford and his wife Catherine, who was also a sister to Eliza Reed, had come to Franklin County, Kansas in 1858 and settled in the Peoria, Kansas area. Harrison purchased 160 acres in the center of the county in Harrison Township, upon what had been part of the Ottawa Indian Reservation near the newly laid out town of Ottawa. He purchased additional land in the western part of the county which had been part of the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. Leaving his son William to care for the land he returned to Illinois.
In October 1865 Harrison along with his wife and family made the long overland trek by wagon to their new home in Kansas. It is not known the exact route taken, but based on a diary left by his brother Sanford on his trip in 1863, they probably traveled across the lower tier of counties in Iowa and then down through St Josheph, Missouri, probably Leavenworth which was the largest town in Kansas at the time, and on to Ottawa which by this time had become the county seat of Franklin County.
Catherine Reed, wife of Sanford Reed had died in Kansas in 1863, and Sanford would die in 1865 shortly after the arrival of Harrison and Eliza.
Harrison and Eliza became members of the First Baptist Church in Ottawa becoming one of their early members. Harrison had become a deacon in the Baptist church in Illinois and continued as a deacon through his years in Kansas.
The Reed's settled near the previous Sac and Fox Indian Mission in what became Greenwood Township, named for Alfred Greenwood, the US Indian Commissioner who had negotiated the treaty with the Sac and Fox moving them out of Franklin County onto their diminished Reserve in Osage County, Kansas in 1859. The Indian Mission, which had been in Franklin County was moved to the present site of the town of Quenemo in 1859. The land in Franklin County was not opened for public sale but was purchased by large land speculators with ties to the railroads and the government. Each member of the Sac and Fox tribe had been given tracts of land as part of the treaty. the land Harrison Reed purchased was purchased directly from these Indian allotments.
Harrison would go on to purchase several tracts, totaling about 1,000 acres, of rich Marais des cygne river bottom land. Unlike the Eastern States where they had migrated from trees were rare in Kansas. Harrison's land had an abundance of woodland for the trees that were there were found along the rivers and streams.
Husband of Eliza Reed.
Age: 70yrs, 3mos, 4dys.
*****
Source: Louis Reed ID47320868 [email protected]
From the census and a bigraphy written near the time of his death we know that Harrison Reed was born in Virginia. The exact county was not known but probably in the Shenendoah Valley in the western part of the state. This area was mostly settled by persons who had moved from the New York and Pennsylvania areas. His father Theophilus was born in Wayne County, New York, and his older brother Nathan was also born in New York.
It is not known how Harrison and Eliza met, Eliza living in Rumley, Shelby County, Ohio and Harrison living in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio which was about 65 miles to the southeast, but both locations were along or near to the Miami Canal, a major transportation hub at the time.
They lived at Centerville, Ohio where Harrison and his two brothers worked as coopers, or barrel making. a trade they had learned in their youth at Hamilton, Ohio. In 1845 they bought 160 acres of land from Osamus and Millie Farrington in Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois and moved there family there where they farmed. Eliza's parents and most of her siblings were living in the Schuyler and McDonough County, Illinois area. Two of Harrison;s brothers, older brother Nathan and younger brother Sanford also moved to Schuyler County where they settled at Brooklyn, Illinois, a few miles west of Littleton,. Nathan and Sanford worked at the trade of cooper in Brooklyn, as they had in Ohio. It is not known which of the family moved to the area first.
Harrison Reed farmed his land in Illinois along with his sons. They joined the Baptist church at Littleton, Illinois. It was while living here that there oldest son Presley was killed in a tree accident, the exact details not being known. Their second oldest son Ami would go off War, fighting for the Union side in the Civil War, be captured at the battle of Chicimaugua in Georgia, and die in a prisoner of war camp at Danville, Virginia.
In December 1864 Harrison Reed and his son William ventured to Franklin County, Kansas where they purchased land. Harrison's brother Sanford and his wife Catherine, who was also a sister to Eliza Reed, had come to Franklin County, Kansas in 1858 and settled in the Peoria, Kansas area. Harrison purchased 160 acres in the center of the county in Harrison Township, upon what had been part of the Ottawa Indian Reservation near the newly laid out town of Ottawa. He purchased additional land in the western part of the county which had been part of the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. Leaving his son William to care for the land he returned to Illinois.
In October 1865 Harrison along with his wife and family made the long overland trek by wagon to their new home in Kansas. It is not known the exact route taken, but based on a diary left by his brother Sanford on his trip in 1863, they probably traveled across the lower tier of counties in Iowa and then down through St Josheph, Missouri, probably Leavenworth which was the largest town in Kansas at the time, and on to Ottawa which by this time had become the county seat of Franklin County.
Catherine Reed, wife of Sanford Reed had died in Kansas in 1863, and Sanford would die in 1865 shortly after the arrival of Harrison and Eliza.
Harrison and Eliza became members of the First Baptist Church in Ottawa becoming one of their early members. Harrison had become a deacon in the Baptist church in Illinois and continued as a deacon through his years in Kansas.
The Reed's settled near the previous Sac and Fox Indian Mission in what became Greenwood Township, named for Alfred Greenwood, the US Indian Commissioner who had negotiated the treaty with the Sac and Fox moving them out of Franklin County onto their diminished Reserve in Osage County, Kansas in 1859. The Indian Mission, which had been in Franklin County was moved to the present site of the town of Quenemo in 1859. The land in Franklin County was not opened for public sale but was purchased by large land speculators with ties to the railroads and the government. Each member of the Sac and Fox tribe had been given tracts of land as part of the treaty. the land Harrison Reed purchased was purchased directly from these Indian allotments.
Harrison would go on to purchase several tracts, totaling about 1,000 acres, of rich Marais des cygne river bottom land. Unlike the Eastern States where they had migrated from trees were rare in Kansas. Harrison's land had an abundance of woodland for the trees that were there were found along the rivers and streams.
Plot: 3-6
Husband of Eliza Reed.
Age: 70yrs, 3mos, 4dys.
*****
Source: Louis Reed ID47320868 [email protected]
From the census and a bigraphy written near the time of his death we know that Harrison Reed was born in Virginia. The exact county was not known but probably in the Shenendoah Valley in the western part of the state. This area was mostly settled by persons who had moved from the New York and Pennsylvania areas. His father Theophilus was born in Wayne County, New York, and his older brother Nathan was also born in New York.
It is not known how Harrison and Eliza met, Eliza living in Rumley, Shelby County, Ohio and Harrison living in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio which was about 65 miles to the southeast, but both locations were along or near to the Miami Canal, a major transportation hub at the time.
They lived at Centerville, Ohio where Harrison and his two brothers worked as coopers, or barrel making. a trade they had learned in their youth at Hamilton, Ohio. In 1845 they bought 160 acres of land from Osamus and Millie Farrington in Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois and moved there family there where they farmed. Eliza's parents and most of her siblings were living in the Schuyler and McDonough County, Illinois area. Two of Harrison;s brothers, older brother Nathan and younger brother Sanford also moved to Schuyler County where they settled at Brooklyn, Illinois, a few miles west of Littleton,. Nathan and Sanford worked at the trade of cooper in Brooklyn, as they had in Ohio. It is not known which of the family moved to the area first.
Harrison Reed farmed his land in Illinois along with his sons. They joined the Baptist church at Littleton, Illinois. It was while living here that there oldest son Presley was killed in a tree accident, the exact details not being known. Their second oldest son Ami would go off War, fighting for the Union side in the Civil War, be captured at the battle of Chicimaugua in Georgia, and die in a prisoner of war camp at Danville, Virginia.
In December 1864 Harrison Reed and his son William ventured to Franklin County, Kansas where they purchased land. Harrison's brother Sanford and his wife Catherine, who was also a sister to Eliza Reed, had come to Franklin County, Kansas in 1858 and settled in the Peoria, Kansas area. Harrison purchased 160 acres in the center of the county in Harrison Township, upon what had been part of the Ottawa Indian Reservation near the newly laid out town of Ottawa. He purchased additional land in the western part of the county which had been part of the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. Leaving his son William to care for the land he returned to Illinois.
In October 1865 Harrison along with his wife and family made the long overland trek by wagon to their new home in Kansas. It is not known the exact route taken, but based on a diary left by his brother Sanford on his trip in 1863, they probably traveled across the lower tier of counties in Iowa and then down through St Josheph, Missouri, probably Leavenworth which was the largest town in Kansas at the time, and on to Ottawa which by this time had become the county seat of Franklin County.
Catherine Reed, wife of Sanford Reed had died in Kansas in 1863, and Sanford would die in 1865 shortly after the arrival of Harrison and Eliza.
Harrison and Eliza became members of the First Baptist Church in Ottawa becoming one of their early members. Harrison had become a deacon in the Baptist church in Illinois and continued as a deacon through his years in Kansas.
The Reed's settled near the previous Sac and Fox Indian Mission in what became Greenwood Township, named for Alfred Greenwood, the US Indian Commissioner who had negotiated the treaty with the Sac and Fox moving them out of Franklin County onto their diminished Reserve in Osage County, Kansas in 1859. The Indian Mission, which had been in Franklin County was moved to the present site of the town of Quenemo in 1859. The land in Franklin County was not opened for public sale but was purchased by large land speculators with ties to the railroads and the government. Each member of the Sac and Fox tribe had been given tracts of land as part of the treaty. the land Harrison Reed purchased was purchased directly from these Indian allotments.
Harrison would go on to purchase several tracts, totaling about 1,000 acres, of rich Marais des cygne river bottom land. Unlike the Eastern States where they had migrated from trees were rare in Kansas. Harrison's land had an abundance of woodland for the trees that were there were found along the rivers and streams.
Husband of Eliza Reed.
Age: 70yrs, 3mos, 4dys.
*****
Source: Louis Reed ID47320868 [email protected]
From the census and a bigraphy written near the time of his death we know that Harrison Reed was born in Virginia. The exact county was not known but probably in the Shenendoah Valley in the western part of the state. This area was mostly settled by persons who had moved from the New York and Pennsylvania areas. His father Theophilus was born in Wayne County, New York, and his older brother Nathan was also born in New York.
It is not known how Harrison and Eliza met, Eliza living in Rumley, Shelby County, Ohio and Harrison living in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio which was about 65 miles to the southeast, but both locations were along or near to the Miami Canal, a major transportation hub at the time.
They lived at Centerville, Ohio where Harrison and his two brothers worked as coopers, or barrel making. a trade they had learned in their youth at Hamilton, Ohio. In 1845 they bought 160 acres of land from Osamus and Millie Farrington in Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois and moved there family there where they farmed. Eliza's parents and most of her siblings were living in the Schuyler and McDonough County, Illinois area. Two of Harrison;s brothers, older brother Nathan and younger brother Sanford also moved to Schuyler County where they settled at Brooklyn, Illinois, a few miles west of Littleton,. Nathan and Sanford worked at the trade of cooper in Brooklyn, as they had in Ohio. It is not known which of the family moved to the area first.
Harrison Reed farmed his land in Illinois along with his sons. They joined the Baptist church at Littleton, Illinois. It was while living here that there oldest son Presley was killed in a tree accident, the exact details not being known. Their second oldest son Ami would go off War, fighting for the Union side in the Civil War, be captured at the battle of Chicimaugua in Georgia, and die in a prisoner of war camp at Danville, Virginia.
In December 1864 Harrison Reed and his son William ventured to Franklin County, Kansas where they purchased land. Harrison's brother Sanford and his wife Catherine, who was also a sister to Eliza Reed, had come to Franklin County, Kansas in 1858 and settled in the Peoria, Kansas area. Harrison purchased 160 acres in the center of the county in Harrison Township, upon what had been part of the Ottawa Indian Reservation near the newly laid out town of Ottawa. He purchased additional land in the western part of the county which had been part of the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. Leaving his son William to care for the land he returned to Illinois.
In October 1865 Harrison along with his wife and family made the long overland trek by wagon to their new home in Kansas. It is not known the exact route taken, but based on a diary left by his brother Sanford on his trip in 1863, they probably traveled across the lower tier of counties in Iowa and then down through St Josheph, Missouri, probably Leavenworth which was the largest town in Kansas at the time, and on to Ottawa which by this time had become the county seat of Franklin County.
Catherine Reed, wife of Sanford Reed had died in Kansas in 1863, and Sanford would die in 1865 shortly after the arrival of Harrison and Eliza.
Harrison and Eliza became members of the First Baptist Church in Ottawa becoming one of their early members. Harrison had become a deacon in the Baptist church in Illinois and continued as a deacon through his years in Kansas.
The Reed's settled near the previous Sac and Fox Indian Mission in what became Greenwood Township, named for Alfred Greenwood, the US Indian Commissioner who had negotiated the treaty with the Sac and Fox moving them out of Franklin County onto their diminished Reserve in Osage County, Kansas in 1859. The Indian Mission, which had been in Franklin County was moved to the present site of the town of Quenemo in 1859. The land in Franklin County was not opened for public sale but was purchased by large land speculators with ties to the railroads and the government. Each member of the Sac and Fox tribe had been given tracts of land as part of the treaty. the land Harrison Reed purchased was purchased directly from these Indian allotments.
Harrison would go on to purchase several tracts, totaling about 1,000 acres, of rich Marais des cygne river bottom land. Unlike the Eastern States where they had migrated from trees were rare in Kansas. Harrison's land had an abundance of woodland for the trees that were there were found along the rivers and streams.
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