Moses
Reed
Born in Warren County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Reed
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ruth (Fortner) Reed
— married
1832 in Tennessee
Descendants 
Died
at age 77
in Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2016
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Biography
Moses was born in 1807. He was the son of Edward Reed and Sally Martin.
He married Ruth Fortner in Warren county, Tennessee. They had children.
They moved to Shelby county, Illinois. In 1850, they were in Locust Grove in that county.[1]
1. IL: Locust Grove, Shelby; 1850 Fed Census, 4 Oct 1850, pg 340, 1080/1080, lines 31-37.
READ, Moses 42 M farmer TN,
Ruth 42 F NC,
Artametha 16 F IL,
Moses 14 M IL,
Alfred 11 M IL,
Marion 5 M IL,
Elisha 2 M IL.
They were in South Division, Shelby, Illinois in 1860.[2]
2. IL: Shelbyville P.O., Shelby; 1860 Fed Census, 23 Jul 1860, pg 165, 1139/1137, lines 21-29. REED, Moses 53 M M farmer TN, Ruth 52 F M NC, Alfred 21 M I,L Jas. M. 15 IL, Elisha 13 M IL, MILLER, Melvina 9 F IL, RICHARDSON, Ima 13 F IL, REED, Moses 23 M farmer IL married within the year, Harriet 16 F IL married.
In 1870 and 1880, they were in Shelbyville in Shelby, Illinois.[3][4]
3. IL: Shelbyville P.O., Shelby; 1870 Fed Census, 7 Jun 1870, pg 26, 163/165, lines 15-18. Reed, Moses 63 M W farmer TN illiterate, Mrs. 62 F W KH NC illiterate, HILSABECK, J. 11 M W IL, Melinda 18 F W IL.
4. IL: Shelbyville, Shelby, 1880 Fed Census, 10 Jun 1850, Dist 199, pg 9, 76/76, lines 39-43. REED, Moses E M 73 M farmer TN NC NC, Ruth W F 72 Wf M NC NC NC, MANANG, Artamacy W F 46 dau Wd IL TN NC, VENTORS, Moses W M 24 gson S IL, Francis A. W F 20 gdau S IL, Living between Elisha Reed and Joseph Manning.
He passed away in 1884. He was buried in Oak Grove cemetery in Shelbyville.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M853-6V3 : 12 April 2016), Moses Read, Locust Grove, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing family 1080, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHY-W9M : 13 December 2017), Moses Reed, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W6-Y74 : 8 June 2019), Moses Reed, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKV-X8Q : 20 August 2017), Moses Reed, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 199, sheet 259A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0251; FHL microfilm 1,254,251.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60341583
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