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James Lawrence Reed (1839 - 1938)

James Lawrence Reed
Born in Newderry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] in , , Michigan, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1863 in , , Michigan, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1 Jun 1907 in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 29 Oct 1913 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at age 98 in Beulah, Benzie County, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Biography

James was born on 17 November 1839 in Newderry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of John Reade and Kathryn Kettering.[1]

In 1840 James (an infant) was living in Derry, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, United States.[2]

Note:
John Reed:
1 male under 5 [James Lawrence Reed]
1 male 20 and under 30 [ John Reed]
1 female 20 and under 30 [Katherine Kettering Reed]

On 23 July 1850 James (age 10) was living in Alamo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.[3]

Note:
John Reed; age 38; male; carpenter; value of real estate 180; b. NH
Catherine; age 34; female; b. PA
James L.; age 10; male; b.PA
Laura A.; age 8; female; b. PA
Ezra M.; age 2; male; b. MI

On 14 July 1870 James (age 30) was living in Silver Creek, Cass County, Michigan, United States.[4]

Note:
Reed, James; age 30; male; white; shoe maker; b.PA
----- Ellen; age 34; female; white; keeping house; b.MI
----- Percy; age 6; male; white; b.MI
----- Edith C.; age 3; female; white; b.MI
----- Eliza A.; age 1; female; white; b.MI

On 1 June 1880 James (age 40) was living in Pokagon, Cass County, Michigan, United States.[5]

Note:
Reed, James L; white; male; age 40; married; shoemaker;
b.PA; father b.NH; mother b.PA
----- Mary E.; white; female; age 33; wife; married; keeping house;
b.MI; father b.NY; mother b.NY
----- Percy D.; white; male; age 15; son; single; at school;
b.MI; father b.PA; mother b.MI
----- Edith C.; white; female; age 13; daughter; single;
b.MI; father b.PA; mother b.MI
----- Eliza A.; white; female; age 11; daughter; single;
b.MI; father b.PA; mother b.MI

On 2 June 1900 James (age 60) was living in Fennville, Allegan County, Michigan, United States.[6]

Note:
Reed, James L.; head; white; male; b.Nov. 1839; age 60; married for 17 years;
b.PA; father b.NH; mother b.PA; occupation: shoemaker
----- Lillie; wife; white; female; b.Jan. 1859; age 41; married for 17 years;0 children/0 living;
b.PA; father b.PA; mother b.VA
Owens, Anna A.; stepdaughter; b.Feb. 1882; age 18; single;
b.PA; father b.PA; mother b.PA

On 3 May 1910 James (age 70) was living in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan, United States.[7]

Note:
Lincoln St.
Reed, James L.; head; male; white; age 70; married (2nd time); 2 years;
b.Michigan; father b.United States; mother b.United States
occupation: shoemaker/own shop
----- Lucinda; wife; female; white; age 61; married (2nd time); 2 years; 5 children/1 living;
b.Ohio; father b.Ohio; mother b.Pennsylvania

Newspaper Article: 6 November 1915 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States. Morning Olympian[8]

Note:
HUSBAND 75 YEARS OLD IS SUED FOR DIVORCE BY 60-YEAR OLD SPOUSE
In His Answer He Says She Married Him to be Comfort In His Old Age
His First Wife Is Her Sister and They Lived Happily for 32 Years - Defendant Says He Is Practically
Penniless and Asks Court for Property
One of life's tragedies found its way into the divorce court yesterday when James L. Reed, 75 years old, and practically penniless, filed an answer and cross bill to his wife's suit for divorce. Mrs. Reed is 60 years of age and lives in Olympia. Her divorce complaint has not been filed, but it has been served on the 75-year old defendant, who is in Beulah, Michigan, from where his answer was mailed, reaching the clerk's office yesterday.
Like Fiction
The document is more like a piece of fiction of the tragedy type than a legal paper, as it pours forth the old man's story just about as he would tell it to the court. He says his present wife is a sister to the wife he lived with happily for 32 years and that he married her on her promise to be a comfort to him in his old age. The agreement was that they were to pool their worldly wealth and make a home. Instead of this he says he had to pay for everything and did pay $800 for a home, but that shortly after they reached Olympia her attitude toward him changed and she became irritable and cross.
Gave Her $3 a Week
He denies that he only gave her $2 a week as she charges, but instead he says he gave her as much as $3 a week for running the house, and besides paid a few of the bills himself.
Because he married her under what he terms "false representations she held out", he asks that he be given the divorce decree and the property which is all he has in the world.

Newspaper Article: 6 November 1915 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States. Olympia Daily Recorder[9]

Note:
Tells Pitiful Tale of Life Tragedy
Old Man Weaves Sad Story into Answer to Divorce Complaint Filed by Aged Wife
From Beulah, Mich. yesterday came the answer and cross complaint of James L. Reed, aged 75, to his wife's suit for divorce. Mrs. Reed is 60 years of age and is a resident of this city. The papers in her action for divorce have not yet been filed but have been served on the defendant, who mailed his answer which was received by the county clerk yesterday.
The document is more like a piece of fiction of the tragedy type than a legal paper, as it pours forth the old man's story just about as he would tell it to the court. He says his present wife is a sister to the wife he lived with happily for 32 years and that he married her on her promise to be a comfort to him in his old age. The agreement was that they were to pool their worldly wealth and make a home. Instead of this he says he had to pay for everything and did pay $800 for a home, but that shortly after they reached Olympia her attitude toward him changed and she became irritable and cross.
Gave Her $3 a Week
He denies that he only gave her $2 a week as she charges, but instead he says he gave her as much as $3 a week for running the house, and besides paid a few of the bills himself.
Because he married her under what he terms "false representations she held out", he asks that he be given the divorce decree and the property which is all he has in the world.

Newspaper Article: 5 April 1916 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States. Morning Olympian[10]

Note:
ASKS DIVORCE AND PROPERTY
Wife, Aged 60, Insists Husband, Aged 75, Was Cruel to Her
Mrs. Dora Reed, through her attorney yesterday, filed a reply to the answer of her husband, James L. Reed, defendant in a divorce suit brought some time ago by Mrs. Reed. She asks for a divorce and a deed to the community property.
In her complaint, Mrs. Reed charges cruelty, non-support and alleges that after a few years of disagreement Reed left her. Reed, who is in Michigan, answered that he believed she had married him and persuaded him to move to Olympia with the intention of driving him away and keeping the property.
Reed is 75 years old and Mrs. Reed is 60. Mrs. Dora Reed is the sister of Reed's first wife, with whom, he says, he lived happily more than 32 years.

Newspaper Article: 11 July 1916 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States. Olympia Record[11]

Note:
AGE SHATTERS REAL ROMANCE
Lovers in Youth Marry to Find Trouble
Girl of Five Remembers Protector of 16 and Late in Life, When He is 74, They Are Wedded,
but Old Sentiment Flees
A one-time romance was completely shattered yesterday when Dora A. Reed was granted a decree of divorce from James L. Reed by Superior Judge Wright.
Many years ago in Michigan there lived a little girl of five years and a stalwart youth of 16 who was always her ardent admirer and protector. The two grew up together and then one day the boy bade the girl good bye and went out in the world to make his own way. Fainter and fainter grew the memory of the girl for the boy and soon she married another man and moved to the state of Washington, but all this time she had received letters from the boy. The boy, broken hearted, came back to his old home to brood over the affair. He soon fell in love with the sister of the girl and married her. For years the girl only heard through her sister of her former sweetheart and then the girl's husband died. Not long after this the sister died and this left the boy and girl "that used to be" again alone in the world, and in their loneliness they began to write to each other. Soon he came out from Michigan and then love in the winter of life was personified for she was 58 and he was 74, when in the spring of 1914 they were married. Both had evidently changed since their youth for the matrimonial seas were rough and quarreling over property soon led him to pick up his belongings in 1915 and leave for Michigan. On the grounds of desertion and non-support, Mrs. Reed then sued for a divorce, which was granted, and the court will also divide the property.

On 2 January 1920 James (age 80) was living in Center Hill, Sumter County, Florida, United States.[12]

Note:
Lamoreaux, Charles G.; head; owned home free & clear; male; white; age 58; married;
b. MI; father b.MI; mother b. Alsace-Lorraine (French); occupation school office
----- Edith; wife; female; white; age 51; married;
b.MI; father b.MI; mother b.MI
Ellett, Lawrence E.; nephew; male; white; age 24; single;
b.FL; father b.MS; mother b.MI; occupation driver
Reed, James L.; father-in-law; male; white; age 80; widowed;
b.MI; father b.MI; mother b. Berlin, Germany; occupation shoe maker at own shop

In 1935 James (age about 95) was living in Miami, Dade County, Florida, United States.[13]

Note:
J.L. Reed; 784 NW 18 terrace; outside city limits; age 96; white;
b.Penna.; 3rd grade education; renter; shoemaker
Chas. G. Lamoreaus; 784 NW 18 terrace; outside city limits; age 74; white; husband;
b.Mich.; college; owner; caretaker
Edith Lamoreaus; 784 NW 18 terrace; age 68; white; wife;
b.Mich.; 8th grade education; housewife

James died at the age of 98 on 2 July 1938 in Beulah, Benzie County, Michigan, United States. Cause of death was old age; Parenchymatous Nephritis.[1]

James was buried on 4 July 1938 in Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan.[14]

Obituary: 7 July 1938 in Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan, United States. Benzie (MI) Banner[15]

Note:
James Lawrence Reed
Funeral services for James Lawrence Reed were held Monday afternoon at the home of his son, P.A. Reed in Beulah under direction of B.G. Bennett. The rites were conducted by Rev. Ormund A. Schulz.
James Lawrence Reed was born in Pennsylvania November 17th, 1839. He was 98 years, 7 months and 15 days old. He moved to Michigan when a small boy and has spent all his life in Michigan except the past fifteen years which he spent in Florida with his daughter. Burial was in the Benzonia cemetery.

Research Notes

Facts with no date

Family Notes:[16]

Note:
(written by Maurice L. Reed, Lansing, Michigan)
After Mary Ellen died, her husband, James Reed, who was of course my grandfather, married a widow, Mrs. Lily Owens, but they were not happy together and were divorced. After a few years he married again, this time to Mrs. Lucinda Cardinal, "Cindy", another widow. They were very happy together but she died after only a year or two. Several years passed and he married once more, this time to his first wife's sister, Dora Curtis Phillips, shown on the outline as married to James Phillips only, since the later marriage did not result in children. Both parties were old people at the time, in their 70's, and although they had expected to be supremely happy in a really romantic marriage, it did not turn out that way. He went out to Seattle where she had a house, and set up his shoe shop, for he was a cobbler all his life. They were too set in their ways, however, and did not agree, so the shoe shop was soon sold out and J.L. returned to Michigan. He lived for many years in Beulah, until the climate became too cold for him, when he began spending the winters in the south, coming north for the summer. This soon became too much for a man around 85, and he stayed in Miami with his daughter Edith. Dad paid them $10 a month for his share of grandfather Reed's care for years, but he became a burden greater than they cared to assume during his last years and when he was 98, they wrote Dad that they were bringing him back to Michigan, and in June he came. He had been examined by a doctor before leaving and pronounced sound and able to make the trip. He lived with the folks in Beulah that summer, 1937. Dad took care of him all the time, for of course, he had retired from business some years before, and Granddad said he was much better treated that he had been in Florida and had nicer things to eat. But one day he went to sleep and a coma followed from which he never woke. It was about two months from the time he arrived in the north, and he died at the age of 98 years & 7 months.

Notes from external profile

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Could not parse date out of 1896-1900.

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Marriage:
Date: 1 Jun 1907
Place: Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan, United States
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Date: 26 Sep 2010
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Marriage:
Date: 29 Oct 1913
Place: Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States
Event: Olympia Record
Type: Marriage
Date: 30 Oct 1913
Place: Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States
Note:
A marriage license was granted today at the county auditor's office, to James L. Reed, of Grand Lodge, Michigan; and Mrs. Dora A. Phillips, of Olympia
Source: #S1341
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Time: 08:36


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burial: Media: Vital. Abbreviation: Death Record for James Lawrence Reed. Title: Death Record for James Lawrence Reed. Text: Place of death: Beulah, Benzie Co., MI. Full Name: James Lawrence Reed. Male, white, widowed. Date of death: July 2, 1938. Age: 98 years, 7 months, 15 days. Occupation: Shoemaker. Birthplace: Pennsylvania. Father: John Reed. Birthplace: Unknown. Mother: Unknown. Birthplace: Unknown. Cause of death: Parenchymatous Nephritis. Burial: Benzonia Twp. Cemetery, July 4, 1938. Note: Received from the Benzie County Clerk, 22 May 1986. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  2. ↑ Census: 1840 Census of Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
    Page: M704, roll 498, Derry, p. 318, line 10, James Lawrence Reed, accessed 9 Jun 2008. * Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
    • Date: 9 Jun 2008.
  3. ↑ Census: Abbreviation: 1850 Census of Alamo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Title: 1850 U.S. census, \i Ancestry\i0, Digital images. Author: Michigan, Kalamazoo. Publication: http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. Citing: Page: M432, roll 353, Alamo, p. 50, dwelling 718, family 732, James Lawrence Reed * Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 * Date: 9 Jun 2008 (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  4. ↑ Census: Abbreviation: 1870 Census of Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan, USA. Title: 1870 U.S. census, \i Ancestry\i0. Author: Michigan, Cass. Publication: http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2003. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. Citing: Page: M593, roll 668, Silver Creek, p. 217, dwelling 177, family 178, James Lawrence Reed
    • Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 * Date: 10 Jun 2008 (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  5. ↑ Census: Abbreviation: 1880 Census of Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA. Title: 1880 U.S. census, \i Ancestry\i0. Author: Michigan, Cass. Publication: http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. Citing: Page: T9, roll 575, Pokagon, enumeration district (ED) 73, p. 553.4000, dwelling 73, family 73, James Lawrence Reed, accessed 10 Jun 2008 * Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
    • Date: 10 Jun 2008 (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  6. ↑ Census: Abbreviation: 1900 Census of Fennville, Allegan Co., MI. Title: 1900 Census of Fennville, Allegan Co., MI. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  7. ↑ Census: Media: Census/Tax. Abbreviation: 1910 Census of Grand Ledge, Eaton Co., MI. Title: 1910 Census of Grand Ledge, Eaton Co., MI. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  8. ↑ Newspaper Article: Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Newspaper Article - 6 Nov. 1915; Morning Olympian. Title: Newspaper Article - 6 Nov. 1915; Morning Olympian. Publication: Genealogy Bank. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  9. ↑ Newspaper Article: Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Newspaper Article - Olympia Daily Recorder, 6 Nov. 1915. Title: Newspaper Article - Olympia Daily Recorder, 6 Nov. 1915. Publication: Genealogy Bank. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  10. ↑ Newspaper Article: Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Newspaper Article - 5 Apr 1916, Morning Olympian. Title: Newspaper Article - 5 Apr 1916, Morning Olympian. Publication: Genealogy Bank. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  11. ↑ Newspaper Article: Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Newspaper Article - 11 July 1916, Olympia Record. Title: Newspaper Article - 11 July 1916, Olympia Record. Publication: Genealogy Bank. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  12. ↑ Census: Media: Census/Tax. Abbreviation: 1920 Census of Center Hill, Sumter Co., FL. Title: 1920 Census of Center Hill, Sumter Co., FL. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  13. ↑ Census: Abbreviation: 1935 Florida State Census. Title: 1935 Florida State Census, population schedule. Author: Dade. Publication: Digital images. Ancestry. \i Florida State Census, 1867-1945\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 17 Dec 2008. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. Citing: Page: Miami, J.L. Reed; (http://www.ancestry.com)
    • Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
    • Date: 2 Jan 2009 (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  14. ↑ Burial: Media: Personal. Abbreviation: Cemetery Records of Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia, Benzie Co., MI. Title: Cemetery Records of Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia, Benzie Co., MI. Publication: Based on personal visits, June 2004. also online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/michigan/benzie.htm. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  15. ↑ Obituary: Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Obituary for James L. Reed, 7 Jul 1938. Title: Benzie Banner. Publication: Benzonia, Michigan. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. Repository R17. Name: Benzonia Public Library. Address: Benzonia Public Library. 891 Michigan Ave., U.S. 31. Benzonia, MI. Name: Benzonia Public Library. Address 1: 891 Michigan Ave., U.S. 31. City: Benzonia. State: MI. Note: This library has bound volumes of the local newspapers since the early 1880's, along with a 3 volume set of indexes, compiled by volunteers. URL: http://www.millscommunityhouse.org/library.html. Citing: Page: James L. Reed obituary, 7 Jul 1938
    • Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 (accessed before 25 October 2010)
  16. ↑ Family Notes: Media: Family Memoirs. Abbreviation: Notes on the Benjamin Curtis Tree - by Maurice L. Reed, 1943. Title: Notes on the Benjamin Curtis Tree - by Maurice L. Reed, 1943. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y. Repository R1. Name: Claudia Breland. (accessed before 25 October 2010)

See also:

  • Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Olympia Daily Recorder, 30 Oct 1913. Title: Olympia Daily Recorder, 30 Oct 1913. Publication: Genealogy Bank. Text. A marriage license was granted today at the county auditor's office, to James L. Reed, of Grand Lodge, Michigan; and Mrs. Dora A. Phillips, of Olympia. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y
  • Abbreviation: Marriage record for James L. Reed and Lucinda J. Cardinal. Title: Return of marriages for the county of Eaton. Michigan Marriages 1868-1925. Author: Michigan. Secretary of State. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Publication: http://pilot.familysearch.org :2008. Text: Record #88. June 1, 1907. James L. Reed, age 67, white; b.PA, shoemaker. father: John Reed. mother: K. Kittenridge. times previously married: two. Lucinda J. Cardinal, age 58, white; b.MI. father: Jacob Miller. mother: N.J. Miller. times previously married: three. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y
  • Media: Newspaper. Abbreviation: Obituary for Mrs. J.L. Reed, 24 Apr 1913. Title: Benzie Record. Publication: Benzonia, Michigan. Italicized: Y. Paranthetical: Y

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of My Michigan Ancestors 20 Oct 2010.ged on 25 October 2010.




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