Isaac & Clarissa Reed in Morgan Co. 1860
I am looking for the family of Sarah Reed/Reid/Read.
Sarah Reed and Thomas Scott were married in Washington Co., Ohio on March 6, 1865 Thomas Scott was born in 1830 so I'm assuming Sarah would be born abt. the same year.
Thomas and Sarahs children were Luzerne,Orpha and Ira
Ira was my ggrandfather.
They would have been Ohio between 1856 and 1863.
Here is the section of a biography I have that mentions Sarah.
(Thomas Scotts first wife Phoebe Drake died in Bristol Oh in 1854 on the way to Mercer Co., PA ,her daugher Angeline was born in 1851)
"At least once he(Thomas A. Scott) went down the Muskingum River to Merritta, then up the Ohio, to Pittsburgh. He came to Mercer County with Mother(Angeline Lorinda Scott Hodge),was three years old at that time. They made their way to the Ohio River, across country, and took a boat to Pittsburgh, and on up to Mercer County,PA by stagecoach. Two years later (1856)he went back to Hebbardsville and married Sarah Reed(March 6, 1856 Washington Co.Ohio). I think she lived in or near ***Chester Hills, a town not many miles from Hebbardsville.********* They lived there several years********, and later moved to Mercer County,PA near New Vernon.
The biography was written by Thomas Scott Hodge. Son of Thomas's daughter Angeline by his first wife Phoebe Drake. I can't tell you how frustrating this has been. First a document said Phoebe Drake was his wife. Then we found out he was also married to a Mrs. Emily Nichols Clutter.After researching both Phoebe Drake and Mrs.Emily Nichols Clutter in detail ,it turned out that he had married Sarah Reed between those two. Wouldn't it figure that my ancestor was born to his second wife Sarah Reed.
So Thomas was married First to:
Phoebe Drake-died 1854 children-Angeline and Howard
second to : Sarah Reed-died abt.1862 or 3 children-Luzerne, Orpha and Ira*
Third to: Mrs. Emily Nichols Clutter-died 1903 children- Elizabeth Scott,Marietta Scott,William Francis Scott,Virgil Scott Thomas, Emily and their children are buried in Ross Co., Chilicothe ohio.
Since Thomas and Sarah were married in Washington County, I thought perhaps her family might have lived there in 1850
-I found one Reed family with a 15-year-old Sarah in the household.
It was the Isaac and (probable wife) Clarissa Reed household.
Looking back at the 1860 Morgan County census, Isaac and Clarissa are living there, just a few doors away from Thomas and Sarah.
Isaac and Clarissa are still there in 1870; Clarissa is a widow in 1880.
Isaac and Clarissa had a son George, and in a Morgan County family history book, I found a write-up on a daughter of his, saying he (George Washington Reed) was the son of Isaac and Clarissa (Jarvis) Reed.
1850 Washington Co. OH Census Wesley Twp.
Isaac Reed40 PA
Clarissa (Davis ? Jarvis) wife 42 NY
Diantha 17 OH
SARAH 15 OH
John 13 OH
Clarinda 11 OH
George 7 OH
Thomas 3 OH
Thank-you kindly I really appreciate your help. Marsha