Rebecca Jane (Reed) Beard (abt. 1843 - 1930)

Born about 9 Dec 1843 in Belmont Co., Ohio, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of James Madison Beard — married 24 Feb 1874 in Noble Co., Ohio, USA

Died 28 Nov 1930 at about age 86 in Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

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Biography

Rebecca J Reed was born in December 1843 in Belmont Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of James Reed and Sarah Kent.

RESEARCH NOTE: Family bible states Rebecca was born 9 December 1843. Her death certicate states she was born 17 December 1843 in Batesville, Ohio. The informant was not related to Rebecca. Batesville did not exist until 1852.

1850 census -- Beaver Twnp., Guernsey Co., Ohio, USA

James P Reed, age 48, male, , farmer, $3000 real estate, born Virginia; Sarah Reed, age 42, female, , born Ohio; Sarah Reed, age 17, female, , born Ohio; Martha M Reed, age 15, female, , born Ohio; James R Reed, age 13, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Mary E Reed, age 11, female, , born Ohio; Isaac Reed, age 9, male, , born Ohio; Rebecca Reed, age 5, female, , born Ohio; Maranda Reed, age 1, female, , born Ohio^[1]

1860 census -- Beaver Twnp., Noble Co., Ohio, USA

James P Reed, age 70, male, , farmer, $6500 real estate, $3000 personal property, born Virginia; Sarah Reed, age 59, female, , domestic, born Ohio; Martha Reed, age 52, female, , born Ohio; Mary Reed, age 25, female, , born Ohio; Isaac Reed, age 22, male, , farm hand, attended, born Ohio, attended school; Rebecca Reed, age 16, female, , domestic, born Ohio, attended school; Meranda Reed, age 10, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Emily Reed, age 10, female, , born Ohio, attended school;^[2]

1870 census -- Beaver Twnp., Noble Co., Ohio, USA

James Reed, age 68, white, male, farmer, $9000 real estate, $1700 personal property, born Virginia; Salay Reed, age 62, white, female, housekeeping, born Pennsylvania; Rebecca J Reed, age 25, white, female, helps mother, born Ohio; Maranda Reed, age 20, white, female, assists mother, born Ohio; Maria J Reed, age 9, white, female, born Ohio.^[3]

She married James M Beard 24 February 1874 in Noble Co., Ohio.^[4][5]

1880 census -- Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

James M Beard, white, male, age 35, married, grocer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Rebecca Beard, white, female, age 35, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania; William S Beard, white, male, age 14, single, at school, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio;^[6]

1885 Iowa Census - Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

James M Beard, age 40, male, married, merchant, born Ohio; Rebecca Beard, age 41, female, married, keeping house, born Ohio; William Beard, age 19, male, single, born Ohio^[7]

1895 Iowa Census - Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

James M Beard, age 50, male, married, dairyman, born Ohio; Rebecca J Beard, age 50, female, married, keeping house, born Ohio; William Beard, age 30, male, single, clerk, born Ohio^[8]

1900 census -- Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

James M Beard, head, white, male, born Aug 1844, age 55, married 26 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, own house; Rebecca Beard, wife, white, female, born Dec 1843, age 56, married 26 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania^[9]

1910 census -- Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

Rebecca J Beard, head, white, female, age 65, widow, 0 children / 0 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania, own income, own free house^[10]

1915 Iowa State census^[11]

1920 census -- Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

Rebecca J Beard, head, own free, white, female, age 75, widow, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania^[12]

1925 Iowa Census - Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

Mrs RJ Beard, white, female, age 80, widow, own free $3000, born Ohio, father James Reed of Virginia, mother Sarah Kent of Pennsylvania^[13]

1930 census -- Osceola Clarke Co., Iowa, USA

Rebecca J Beard, head, own $2000, white, female, age 87, widow, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania; Emma J Benedict, employee, white, female, age 72, widow, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born New York, practicing nurse private family^[14]

She died 28 November 1930 in Osceola, Iowa.^[15][16] She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola, Iowa.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJC-BPG : 21 December 2020), Rebecca Read in household of James P Read, Beaver Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGQ-6PP : 18 February 2021), Rebecca Reed in entry for James P Reed, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K3-WVT : 28 May 2021), Rebecca J Reed in entry for James Rud, 1870.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZZ8-XD7 : 29 September 2021), James M. Beard and Rebecca J. Reed, 1874.
5. ↑ Viola Reed and Gail Hamil, The Reed Family History, 1985. In 1985, Viola Reed transcribed pages from two bibles supposedly belonging to James Porter Reed's family. These pages were copies of the original bible pages.

   Rebecca Jane Reed and James M Beard married February 24, 1874.

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD29-248 : 14 January 2022), Rebecca Beard in household of James M. Beard, Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HC32-2W2 : 2 March 2021), Rebecca Beard in household of James M Beard, Osceola, Clarke, Iowa; citing p. 321, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,453.
8. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTSR-527 : 20 February 2021), Rebecca J Beard in household of James M Beard, Clarke, Iowa, United States; citing p. 300, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,344.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M928-2SM : accessed 31 May 2023), Rebecca J Beard in household of James M Beard, Osceola Township Osceola city, Clarke, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1X-3GG : accessed 31 May 2023), Rebecca J Beard, Osceola Ward 1, Clarke, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 3A, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 397; FHL microfilm 1,374,410.
11. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4R-N963 : 13 August 2022), Rebecca J Beard, 1915; citing Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8B8-F3D : 1 February 2021), Rebecca T Beard, 1920.
13. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ4-VYYH : 8 August 2022), Mrs R J Beard, Clarke, Iowa, United States; citing Clarke, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNG-RJN : accessed 31 May 2023), Rebecca J Beard, Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 28A, line 29, family 773, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 648; FHL microfilm 2,340,383.
15. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-J338 : 8 November 2017), Rebecca Jane Beard, 28 Nov 1930, Osceola Township, Franklin, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #2093, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101797035.
16. ↑ Viola Reed and Gail Hamil, The Reed Family History, 1985. In 1985, Viola Reed transcribed pages from two bibles supposedly belonging to James Porter Reed's family. These pages were copies of the original bible pages.

    Rebecca Jane Reed, born December 9, 1843, died November 28,1930.

17. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14259981/rebecca-jane-beard: accessed 31 May 2023), memorial page for Rebecca Jane Reed Beard (17 Dec 1844–28 Nov 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #14259981, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252).