DUTOIT: A Family from Moudon, Switzerland
Ernest Willis REEDY (ID #I21337)
(male)
- BIRTH: 25 OCT 1879, NE
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- DEATH: aft 1942, Proctor, OK?
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Father: James Jackson Hamilton REEDY (b. 3 MAY 1853, d. 6 FEB 1941)
Mother: Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL (b. 20 MAY 1851, d. 9 FEB 1942)
Family 1
:
Katherine MILLE (b. abt 1873)
- Earl REEDY (b. abt 1903)
- Virginia REEDY (dates unknown)
Draft registration card dated 12 sep 1918 says he is manager of the Reedy Auto Truck Co., 19 E. Archer Ave., Tulsa, OK, and lists next of kin as Katie Reedy, 1334 E. 1st St., Tulsa.
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From World War I draft registration card filed at Tulsa, OK.
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He was living in Proctor in 1942, according to his mother's obituary.
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|
_William Michael REEDY _|
| (1821 - 1857) |
| |______________________________________
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_James Jackson Hamilton REEDY ______|
| (1853 - 1941) m 1871 |
| | _John McGinley RANKIN ________________+
| | | (1797 - 1837)
| |_Mary Kerr RANKIN ______|
| (1824 - 1902) |
| |_Catherine KERR ______________________+
| (1802 - 1872)
|
|--Ernest Willis REEDY
| (1879 - 1942)
| _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _
| |
| _John MCDOUGALL ________|
| | (1810 - 1884) |
| | |______________________________________
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|_Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL _|
(1851 - 1942) m 1871 |
| _Jonathan URAN _______________________+
| | (1774 - 1843) m 1807
|_Elvira URAN ___________|
(1812 - 1900) |
|_Sarah (Sally) J. Smith HAVEN(S) _____+
(1789 - 1882) m 1807
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Eulia Rose May REEDY (ID #I11238)
(female)
- BIRTH: 5 MAY 1877, Norfolk, Madison Co., Nebraska
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- DEATH: 21 DEC 1967, Long Beach, CA
Father: James Jackson Hamilton REEDY (b. 3 MAY 1853, d. 6 FEB 1941)
Mother: Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL (b. 20 MAY 1851, d. 9 FEB 1942)
Family 1
:
Walter Moses VICTOR (b. 12 MAR 1865, d. 30 SEP 1933)
- MARRIAGE: 2 NOV 1892, Omaha, NE
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- +William Clinton VICTOR (b. 27 SEP 1893, d. 10 DEC 1981)
- +Robert Ingersoll VICTOR (b. 27 DEC 1895, d. 26 MAY 1984)
- Hazel Valparaiso VICTOR (b. 20 NOV 1897, d. 11 JUN 2003)
- (son) VICTOR (b. SEP 1899, d. 1899)
- +Vervia Marie VICTOR (b. 15 JUN 1901, d. 11 APR 2007)
- +Gertrude Marguerite VICTOR (b. 11 JUL 1903, d. 20 SEP 1993)
- +Richard Melvin VICTOR (b. 18 SEP 1908, d. 1990?)
She was in Long Beach in 1942, according to her mother's obituary. In fact, she is listed as the wife of C. Homer DePuy in Long Beach directories 1929-30, then alone as Mrs. Rose M. DePuy in 1931. Homer was still in the area too, a 1932 directory listing shows him working as a cook for the restaurant of Mrs. Hazel Benning, 1717 E. Anaheim St., without mention of Rose. At least one reference calls her Eulalia, which may be correct, but the official documents say Eulia.
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according to notarized deposition of Carrie E. McDougal Reedy, listing entries from family bible, and information on marriage certificate.
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Marriage was performed by James J. H. Reedy, father of the bride.
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_William Michael REEDY _|
| (1821 - 1857) |
| |______________________________________
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_James Jackson Hamilton REEDY ______|
| (1853 - 1941) m 1871 |
| | _John McGinley RANKIN ________________+
| | | (1797 - 1837)
| |_Mary Kerr RANKIN ______|
| (1824 - 1902) |
| |_Catherine KERR ______________________+
| (1802 - 1872)
|
|--Eulia Rose May REEDY
| (1877 - 1967)
| _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _
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| _John MCDOUGALL ________|
| | (1810 - 1884) |
| | |______________________________________
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|_Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL _|
(1851 - 1942) m 1871 |
| _Jonathan URAN _______________________+
| | (1774 - 1843) m 1807
|_Elvira URAN ___________|
(1812 - 1900) |
|_Sarah (Sally) J. Smith HAVEN(S) _____+
(1789 - 1882) m 1807
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F. E. Myrtle REEDY (ID #I21341)
(female)
- BIRTH: 22 OCT 1891, NE
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- DEATH: 24 MAR 1974, San Bernardino Co., CA
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Father: James Jackson Hamilton REEDY (b. 3 MAY 1853, d. 6 FEB 1941)
Mother: Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL (b. 20 MAY 1851, d. 9 FEB 1942)
Family 1
:
Isaac H. ALBRIGHT (b. 2 FEB 1878, d. 29 JAN 1953)
Myrtle was the informant on the death certificate of her mother in 1942. Myrtle was then living at 2408 W. 36th Ave., Denver, CO. Myrtle's name appears with the extra initials either before or after the name. After her marriage to Isaac Albright, she appears either as Mrs. Albright or as Mrs. Reedy. SSAN 524-12-2685, last residence Loma Linda, CA.
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California Death Index.
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California Death Index.
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_William Michael REEDY _|
| (1821 - 1857) |
| |______________________________________
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_James Jackson Hamilton REEDY ______|
| (1853 - 1941) m 1871 |
| | _John McGinley RANKIN ________________+
| | | (1797 - 1837)
| |_Mary Kerr RANKIN ______|
| (1824 - 1902) |
| |_Catherine KERR ______________________+
| (1802 - 1872)
|
|--F. E. Myrtle REEDY
| (1891 - 1974)
| _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _
| |
| _John MCDOUGALL ________|
| | (1810 - 1884) |
| | |______________________________________
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|_Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL _|
(1851 - 1942) m 1871 |
| _Jonathan URAN _______________________+
| | (1774 - 1843) m 1807
|_Elvira URAN ___________|
(1812 - 1900) |
|_Sarah (Sally) J. Smith HAVEN(S) _____+
(1789 - 1882) m 1807
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James Jackson Hamilton REEDY (ID #I11240)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: teacher, minister
- BIRTH: 3 MAY 1853, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA
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- DEATH: 6 FEB 1941, Guthrie, Logan Co., OK
- BURIAL: Tulsa, OK
Father: William Michael REEDY (b. 6 JUL 1821, d. 27 JUL 1857)
Mother: Mary Kerr RANKIN (b. 14 AUG 1824, d. 14 SEP 1902)
Family 1
:
Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL (b. 20 MAY 1851, d. 9 FEB 1942)
- MARRIAGE: 13 APR 1871, Green Co., IA
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- Louie Viola Mary REEDY (b. 24 MAR 1872, d. aft 1942)
- Lowell Walter REEDY (b. 28 FEB 1874, d. aft 1942)
- +Eulia Rose May REEDY (b. 5 MAY 1877, d. 21 DEC 1967)
- +Ernest Willis REEDY (b. 25 OCT 1879, d. aft 1942)
- F. E. Myrtle REEDY (b. 22 OCT 1891, d. 24 MAR 1974)
He ended his ministry in Tulsa, OK. There are several notices of his career from Tulsa, and a few additional mentions from other locations where he served in the Protestant Episcopal Church. There is even a "notice of discipline" of Deacon James J. H. Reedy by the Bishop of Iowa, 01 mar 1891, (with no details) in the Journal of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church (Newark, NJ, 1891). Other, similar volumes from Newark as well as Omaha (Diocese of Nebraska) show that he was a "candidate for Holy Orders" in 1888, when he was living in Omaha. Somewhat later, he applied for "Deacon's Orders only", and transferred to the Diocese of Iowa. By 1889, now ordained as Rev. J. J. Hamilton Reedy (restricted diaconate), he was officiating at All Saints' Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and then released on his own request from that ministry in 1891.
He was a Mason, as revealed by a poem of his published in the New Age Magazine, Washington., D.C., September, 1919:
The Eastward Facing Gate
By Bro. Rev. James J. H. Reedy
"Then he brought me back by the way of the gate to the outward sanctuary that looketh toward the east."—Ezekiel 44:1.
Three score years and six and more,
Treading mountain, vale and shore,
Wondering what the end shall be—
What the future has for me.
Not alone each place I go,
Marked by painful step and slow,
Visions bright oft seal the day,
Milestones marked upon the way.
One score years and ten and more,
Studying Mason's golden lore;
Such has been my happy lot,
Gaining thence each blessed thought.
Marked by Master with His Name—
Since this way Himself he came—
Light from Him shall lead us straight
Toward the Eastward-facing Gate.
Fellow-Crafts we still must be
While we sail upon life's sea;
Rudder, compass, pilot He,
Trust in Him our only plea.
Safely landed home at last,
Entrance gained to such repast
As the Master shall provide
Those who Him have ne'er denied.
Some interesting information is contained in the marriage affidavit. It mentions the written consent of James' mother, proof of his father's death, and evidence of his being of lawful age. Also, an affidavit from William F. Adams is mentioned, attesting that he was personally acquainted with Carrie McDougal and that she was over the age of 18. From this we deduce the unavailability of her own family, likely because they were living somewhere else at the time. Who was Adams? A friend, a relative?
Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska (1882), section on Columbus, Platte Co., gives the following sketch of J. J. H. Reedy, providing material we have not found elsewhere:
"PROF. J. J. H. REEDY, Columbus, was born in Clearfield County, Penn., in 1853; his parents moved to Freeport, Ill., the following year, locating, in the spring of 1855, at Marengo, Ill. Prof. R. is a graduate of the Pecatonica High School, in Illinois [Winnebago Co.], and of the Jefferson Normal School, in Iowa; for the past fourteen years, he has taught school almost continuously; he has been an instructor in several county normal institutes, among them the Madison County Normal Institute in 1880 [the 1880 census shows him as a school teacher in Pierce Co., NE]; he also has been an active newspaper correspondent. He was married in 1871, in Jefferson County, Iowa, to Miss Carrie E. McDougal, who is a native of Monmouth, Ill.; she also has been engaged in teaching; they have four children--Louie V. M., Lowell W., Eulalia R. M. and Ernest W."
(In spite of the above information, the marriage is recorded in Greene Co., IA, and the McDougall family is found in the vicinity of Wilmington, IL. There are now 4 alleged birthplaces for Carrie McDougall! Part of the confusion arises because the "Jefferson Normal School" is in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, and not in Jefferson Co., IA. He is in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA in the 1870 census, but his mother has remarried to James A. Carpenter, and he and his brother Edward are called "Reedly".)
So far, no trace of his family has been found at Curwensville, Pike Township, Clearfield Co., PA. However, Rev. James Jackson Hamilton, formerly "O. S. P. Clergyman" from Coal Township, Northumberland Co., PA (1850 census), was the minister at the Curwensville Presbyterian Church from 1851 to 1855. James J. H. Reedy was named after him. A biographical sketch of Rev. James Jackson Hamilton is found in The Centennial Memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle, 2:236-244 (1889), referring also to lengthy obituaries upon his death on 19 feb 1886 in the Lock Haven Express and the Clinton Republican. It may be significant for our story that Rev. Hamilton's first wife, Sarah Coates, who died 20 jun 1852, was survived by a brother, Hon. John Coates of Freeport, IL.
The following item in the Columbus, Nebraska Journal suggests further directions for research: (05 nov 1884) "D. A. Magee has received notice of the death of his grandfather, John Magee, in Clarion county, Pa., at the mature age of 100 years, 3 months and 19 days. At his 100th birthday, he entertained some 300 relatives, many of them his descendants, a few of them of the fifth generation.—Sioux City Journal. The birthday anniversary mentioned above was noted in these columns. Mr. Magee is a cousin of Mr. J. J. H. Reedy of this city. Instances of such great age are rare, and when so well authenticated are worthy of record."
In the same newspaper, 17 sep 1884, we find: "A grand uncle of J. J. H. Reedy, of this city, celebrated his 100th anniversary on the 28th of May, 1884, over 500 visitors being present. The old gentleman is blind. He was persuaded to have his picture taken for his friends. He resides near Bellefonte, Pa. Another uncle of Mr. R.'s survived that age nearly a dozen years."
These relationships appear to be explained from secondary sources that indicate John Magee (born 22 may 1784) had a son David Frampton Magee (born 22 jul 1823, Cumberland, PA) who married Abigail Rankin (born 08 feb 1827, Cumberland, PA). Their son David Alexander Magee was presumably the D. A. Magee mentioned in the newspaper article. Abigail died in 1904 in Monticello, Iowa. Abigail was the daughter of John McGinley Rankin and Catherine Kerr, and is mentioned in papers relating to her mother's estate.
Another item from the Journal: (18 oct 1899) "J. J. H. Reedy was in the city Thursday advertising for the A. O. U. W. day at the Exposition, Oct. 14. He keeps books for the county coroner at Omaha. Some twenty years ago he lived in this city. He visited his child's grave while here."
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deposition of Carrie E. McDougal Reedy showing family bible entries, 23 jan 1941. Other sources show 03 may 1852.
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Acc. to affidavit. However, Greene Co., IA marriage record shows license granted 12apr1871, return dated05may1871, by J. A. Allen, JP; also R. H. Reedy to Sylvia Vader 21oct1871/01nov1871 by J. S. Dunning.
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_William Michael REEDY _|
| (1821 - 1857) |
| | _____________________
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| |_______________________|
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| |_____________________
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|--James Jackson Hamilton REEDY
| (1853 - 1941)
| _William RANKIN _____+
| | (1770 - ....)
| _John McGinley RANKIN _|
| | (1797 - 1837) |
| | |_Abigail MCGINLEY ___
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|_Mary Kerr RANKIN ______|
(1824 - 1902) |
| _William KERR _______
| |
|_Catherine KERR _______|
(1802 - 1872) |
|_Mary JOHNSTON ______
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Oliver Kerr REEDY (ID #I21309)
(male)
- BIRTH: 16 OCT 1851, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA
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- DEATH: 11 FEB 1945, San Bernardino, CA
Father: William Michael REEDY (b. 6 JUL 1821, d. 27 JUL 1857)
Mother: Mary Kerr RANKIN (b. 14 AUG 1824, d. 14 SEP 1902)
Family 1
:
Kate B. SHERRILL (b. 1850)
- MARRIAGE: 14 MAY 1872, Lancaster, NE
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- +Oliver Thomas REEDY (b. 10 MAR 1873)
- Mary B. REEDY (b. 1874)
- William Henry REEDY (b. 11 JUL 1876)
- Edward (Edwin?) Hager REEDY (b. 19 AUG 1878)
- James Albert REEDY (b. 8 FEB 1881)
- Charles Augustus REEDY (b. 19 NOV 1882)
- Effie REEDY (b. 17 DEC 1884)
- Ray Rankin REEDY (b. 22 OCT 1888)
In the 1860 census, he is in Cazenovia, Woodford Co., IL, in the household of Joseph B. McCullough, a farmer (however, his birthplace is listed as Illinois instead of Pennsylvania). He is not with his mother in 1870 (Greene Co., IA). In 1880, he is in Orleans, Harlan Co., NE, with his wife and four children. His brother David, with his family, are enumerated on the same page. His family was in Beatrice, Gage Co., NE in 1900 and 1910, then in Pomona, Los Angeles Co., CA for the 1920 and 1930 censuses.
Some of his movements are explained in this sketch from Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska (1882, section on Gage County):
"O. K. REEDY, carpenter and builder, was born in Clearfield County, Penn., in 1851. His parents soon after moved to Dixon, Ill., while there his father died, and, in 1861, went with his mother to Woodford County, remaining there until 1868, when he went to Jefferson County, Iowa [probably Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, where his mother, two brothers, and step-father were enumerated in the 1870 census], remaining a short time and learned the cabinet-making [his step-father James A. Carpenter was a cabinet maker]. In 1870, came to Nebraska and located at Plattsmouth [Cass Co., NE], remaining there about one year; thence to Crete [Saline Co.], and then to Nebraska City [Otoe Co.], remaining there until 1873, when he went into Harlan County, Neb., and opened a furniture store, which business he was in about eighteen months, when he took a homestead on Section 20, Township 3, Range 19 west, living on the farm five years. On getting his deed, he took a pre-emption on Section 29, Township 3, Range 19, and has planted several thousand trees, and various other improvements. Was married in 1872, at Lincoln, Neb., to Miss Catherine Sherritt of that place [Thomas and Mary Sherrill and their children, from Missouri, were in Beatrice, NE from at least 1860]. They have five children, viz: Oliver T., Mary B., William H., Elwin H. and James A. Is a member of the Temple of Honor."
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Oliver Reedy family found in Harlan Co. NE 1880 census ED 31 p. 12 line 26, thus nearby to John and John R. McDougall families. Exact birthdate was found in IGI, as were his children and wife. Birth date is also found in death record.
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IGI
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_William Michael REEDY _|
| (1821 - 1857) |
| | _____________________
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| |_______________________|
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| |_____________________
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|--Oliver Kerr REEDY
| (1851 - 1945)
| _William RANKIN _____+
| | (1770 - ....)
| _John McGinley RANKIN _|
| | (1797 - 1837) |
| | |_Abigail MCGINLEY ___
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|_Mary Kerr RANKIN ______|
(1824 - 1902) |
| _William KERR _______
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|_Catherine KERR _______|
(1802 - 1872) |
|_Mary JOHNSTON ______
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Oliver Thomas REEDY (ID #I21311)
(male)
- BIRTH: 10 MAR 1873, Nebraska City, Otoe Co., NE
Father: Oliver Kerr REEDY (b. 16 OCT 1851, d. 11 FEB 1945)
Mother: Kate B. SHERRILL (b. 1850)
Family 1
:
Eva Mary MCCUNE (dates unknown)
- Oliver Calmar REEDY (b. 13 NOV 1909, d. 21 MAR 2005)
- Margaret Maribel REEDY (dates unknown)
- William W. REEDY (dates unknown)
This seems to be the Oliver T. Reedy listed in the 1900 Omaha, NE directory as a draftsman for the Union Pacific Railway, residence 2427 Dodge St. 1900 census has not been checked. By 12 sep 1918, when he registered for the draft in World War I, he was a civil engineer in Denver, CO, married to Eva Mary. He was President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Colorado Section, in 1920.
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_William Michael REEDY _|
| (1821 - 1857) |
| |_______________________
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_Oliver Kerr REEDY __|
| (1851 - 1945) m 1872|
| | _John McGinley RANKIN _+
| | | (1797 - 1837)
| |_Mary Kerr RANKIN ______|
| (1824 - 1902) |
| |_Catherine KERR _______+
| (1802 - 1872)
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|--Oliver Thomas REEDY
| (1873 - ....)
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| ________________________|
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|_Kate B. SHERRILL ___|
(1850 - ....) m 1872|
| _______________________
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|________________________|
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|_______________________
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William Michael REEDY (ID #I21308)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Presbyterian Minister
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- BIRTH: 6 JUL 1821, PA
- DEATH: 27 JUL 1857, Freeport, IL?
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Family 1
:
Mary Kerr RANKIN (b. 14 AUG 1824, d. 14 SEP 1902)
- +Oliver Kerr REEDY (b. 16 OCT 1851, d. 11 FEB 1945)
- +James Jackson Hamilton REEDY (b. 3 MAY 1853, d. 6 FEB 1941)
- +David M. REEDY (b. 1 JAN 1855, d. aft 1920)
- +Edward Hagar REEDY (b. 6 NOV 1856, d. 20 NOV 1931?)
One entry in LDS files gives parents as Henry Reedy and Mary Mickle, and also gives Michel in place of Michael as the middle name. We have no idea where this information came from. Exactly where he died has not been established with certainty. His son Oliver Kerr Reedy gives Dixon, IL, while the descendants of James J. H. Reedy placed the death at Freeport, IL. A compiled genealogy, apparently informed by the Edward Hagar Reedy family (Alethea Mary Wallack McClain, The Way we were, 1977) gives William's birth date as 06 jul 1826 instead of 06 jul 1821, and makes him the son of Henry Cline Reedy and Margaret, with a sister Elizabeth Reedy born in 1819.
He has not yet been located in the 1850 census. His birthplace is from 1880 census listings for his children James, Oliver, and David. He is not in the 1850 census of Pike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, so he must have arrived either late in 1850 or early in 1851, just about the time the new minister Rev. James Jackson Hamilton arrived at the Curwensville Presbyterian Church. Rev. Hamilton was a celebrated preacher, and it is just possible that it was he who inspired William Reedy to become a minister. The Reedy family is not found in the 1850 census of Coal Township, Northumberland Co., PA, where Rev. Hamilton served prior to his position at Curwensville. The first wife of Rev. Hamilton was Sarah Coates, who died 20 jun 1852; she had a brother Judge John Coates who came to Illinois in the 1840's and lived in Freeport from about 1853 until his death in 1898 . Did the Coates family have something to do with the Reedy family settling in the Freeport area about 1857?
The information from the Edward Hagar Reedy family in the LDS International Genealogical Index indicates an intermediate stop in McHenry Co., IL in 1856. This information has not been confirmed. It is possible that Edward's brother David was also born in Illinois; the census records are contradictory. One sketch of James J. H. Reedy says the family came first to Freeport about 1854, then to Marengo, McHenry Co., IL early in 1855.
In spite of what his son James said about him, no evidence has been found that William was actually ordained.
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according to writeup on James J. H. Reedy
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last known location before his death. However, could have been in Rockford (Winnebago Co., IL), where family is next known.
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