Henry S ReedAge: 48 years1839–1887
- Name
- Henry S Reed
- Given names
- Henry S
- Surname
- Reed
 Birth | 1839 34 35 |
 Birth of a brother | Andrew Jackson Reed May 16, 1843 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Murphy Reed 1847 (Age 8 years) Cause: Accident, Falling Tree |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | August 29, 1850 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Sarah L Wood — View this family December 2, 1858 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a father | Noah Reed after 1860 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Henry “Billy” Reed April 14, 1863 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 28 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 28 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 30 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Shemwell February 22, 1879 (Age 40 years) Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky |
 Death | July 31, 1887 (Age 48 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Noah Reed Birth: February 16, 1804 22 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: after 1860 |
| mother |
Nancy Shemwell Birth: June 26, 1803 53 43 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: February 22, 1879 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 14, 1823 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Murphy Reed Birth: 1825 20 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1847 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Milus G Reed Birth: May 7, 1827 23 23 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 15, 1890 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years elder brother |
James Wesley Reed Birth: 1834 29 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| sister |
Mary Reed Death: |
| brother |
David Reed Death: |
| sister |
Priscilla Reed Death: |
| elder sister |
Rebecca Ann Reed Birth: February 7, 1836 31 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1919 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Henry S Reed Birth: 1839 34 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1887 — Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Andrew Jackson Reed Birth: May 16, 1843 39 39 Death: November 6, 1899 |
| Family with Sarah L Wood |
| himself |
Henry S Reed Birth: 1839 34 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1887 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Sarah L Wood Birth: November 26, 1838 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: January 10, 1913 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 2, 1858 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
William Henry “Billy” Reed Birth: April 14, 1863 24 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 20, 1924 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Henry S Reed has 30 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (30)
Parents Alexander Shemwell Sr. + Nancy Jane Daniel
Parents … … + Rebecca Ann Shamel
Parents Henry Shemwell + Susannah W “Susie” Cox
Parents John B Loftin + Sarah “Sallie” Shemwell
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Noah Reed - Household
Graves, Kentucky, United States
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