Robert Tedman Reed (1832 - 1906)

Born 14 Oct 1832 in Macedon, Wayne, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Hoag) Reed — married Mar 1853 (to 13 Aug 1906) in Macedon, Wayne, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1906 at age 73 in West Walworth, Walworth, Wayne, New York, United States

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Biography

Robert Tedman Reed was born on 14 October 1832 in Macedon, Wayne, New York to Nathan Stone Reed and Mary Ann Tedman.

His mother died when he was two, after which his father remarried. He and his siblings were raised primarily on a farm in West Walworth; his father owned 90 acres of land at the 1850 census. Robert attended the Macedon Academy, a private co-ed Quaker secondary school.

Robert married Mary Ann Hoag in March 1853 in either Macedon or West Walworth. Together they had nine children: Emma Jane, Eva D, Charles White, Florence Ada, John F, Lewis R, Stephen Albert, Della B, and Caroline Elizabeth. They lived on a farm in West Walworth that was 71 acres at its peak. He would live on and tend to this land for the rest of his life.

He was appointed an overseer of highways of West Walworth in three separate years: 1898, 1901, and 1904. He was a Freemason and member of Walworth Lodge No. 254, F. & A. M.

Robert passed away on 13 August 1906 in West Walworth and is buried in Macedon Center Cemetery.

Sources

• R.T. Reed in Landmarks of Wayne County, New York. Hon. George W. Cowles, D. Mason & Company, Syracuse, New York, 1895. Google Books, pg. 145.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch, Robert J Reed in household of Nathan S Reed, Macedon, Wayne, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch, Robert Read, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch, Robert T Reed, 1870.
• Robert T Reed in the U.S., Census Non-Population Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. Ancestry.com. Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Walworth, Wayne, New York; Archive Collection Number: A30; Roll: 30; Page: 5; Line: 5.
• R Reed in the U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918. Ancestry.com. Year: 1874. Collection Number: G&M_12; Roll Number: 12.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, Robert Reed, Walworth, Wayne, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 192, sheet 470A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,944.
• Robert Reed in the U.S., Census Non-Population Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. Ancestry.com. Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Walworth, Wayne, New York; Archive Collection Number: A74; Roll: 74; Page: 8; Line: 2.
• "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch, Robert T. Reed, 1885.
• "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch, Robert Reed, 1892; citing Walworth, E.D. 02, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,874.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Robert Reed, Walworth Township, Wayne, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 128, sheet 16A, family 362, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,174.
• "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch, Robert T Reed, Walworth, E.D. 02, Wayne, New York; citing p. 20, line 49, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,875.
• "West Walworth," first paragraph, Appointed Pathmaster. NYS Historic Newspapers, The Monroe County Mail, vol. XVIII, no. 13, 31 March 1898, pg. 7.
• "West Walworth," last paragraph, Appointed Overseer of Highways. NYS Historic Newspapers, The Monroe County Mail, vol. XXI, no. 13, 28 March 1901, pg. 7.
• "West Walworth," second to last paragraph, Appointed Pathmaster. NYS Historic Newspapers, The Monroe County Mail, vol. XXIV, no. 17, 28 April 1904, pg. 2.
• "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch, Robert T Reed, 1906.
• Obituary of Robert Reed, left column, third paragraph down. NYS Historic Newspapers, The Monroe County Mail, vol. XXVI, no. 33, 16 August 1906, pg. 2.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #69321202