Reuben Read (1805 - 1891)

Born 1805 in Burlington co., New Jersey, USA

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Died 1891 at about age 86 in Dobbins, Yuba county, CA, USA

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Biography

This might be the same as Reed-7198; we may merge later.

Reuben was born in New Jersey in 1806, in either Camden or Burlington county. According to oral tradition, his father was a soldier in the Revolution, and was deeded some land around Franklin, Warren, Ohio for his service in the war. The family moved out there around 1820, probably building a home, then his father went back to New Jersey to close out his business there, and was tragically killed, possibly in a fire. His mother did not remarry, but raised the kids as a single mother. Her eldest son Jonathan would have been 19 in 1820, and was probably responsible for the support of the family. Reuben may have left home to relieve pressure on the family, or hoping to be able to send home money.

Reuben married Mary Ann (unknown) of Kentucky probably around 1833, as their first child was born in 1834 (in Ohio). The 2nd child was born in 1836, in Kentucky (a visit to the in-laws?). The next is born in Illinois in 1839. Census records show him in Sweet Home Township, Clark County, Missouri in 1940. The next three children are born in Missouri from 1841 to 1845. The next three are born in Iowa in 1847, 1850 and 1852. The 1850 census has him in Lee county, Iowa, and lists him as a farmer.

The 1860 census has him in Ophir township, Butte county, California, also listed as a farmer. The 1870 census has him in Big River-Navarro township, Mendocino county, California. He's listed as a teamster, so he probably took a job working in the logging industry.

The 1880 census has him living in the home of his son Andrew in Foster's Bar township, Yuba county, CA, and he and his son are both listed as farmers. He's on the voter's registration lists in Foster's Bar township, Yuba, CA in 1877 and 1880. There is a grave for a Reuben Reed in Keystone cemetery, Dobbins, Yuba co., CA, along with one for a Mary Ann Reed, and A. J. Reed, the first two in similar style. I suspect this is him.

Sources

• The Forrey-Read Family Records, by Hattie M. Diehl, 1938
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTF-QZ6 : 15 August 2017), Reubin Reed, Sweet Home Township, Clark, Missouri, United States; citing p. 328, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 221; FHL microfilm 14,855.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-48F : 12 April 2016), Reuben Reid, Lee county, part of, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing family 837, 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:MDK6-CDN : 13 December 2017), Reuben Reed, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6J-11J : 12 April 2016), Reuben Reed, California, United States; citing p. 69, family 717, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,573.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PR-WY6 : 22 August 2017), Ruben Reed in household of Andrew J Reed, Fosters Bar, Yuba, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 171, sheet 514A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0086; FHL microfilm 1,254,086.
• "California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTXC-6FK : 8 December 2017), Ruben Reed, 1877; citing Voter Registration, Foster Bar Tp, Yuba, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 978,599.
• "California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTXC-2JJ : 8 December 2017), Reuben Reed, 1880; citing Voter Registration, Foster's Bar tp, Yuba, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 978,599.