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1031. ELIZA CARLOCK SHINN (6).--SILAS (5), SILAS (4),
SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1). Eliza Carlock, ninth child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. 9/4/1815, in Cabarrus
County, North Carolina; ob. 3/18/1896; quietly she lived with her parents until at the age of sixteen she was married to Clairborn Freeman Reed, 12/1/1831; they lived eight years in North Carolina, and in 1839 moved to
Pope County, Ark. On arriving there they were poor and much work was to be done, but she was a shrewd manager and soon they had a comfortable home; she lived in Pope County when the Arkansas Traveler was a true picture
of the State; she also lived there when it was a travesty upon its good name; member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; her home was known far and wide for its welcome to preachers, its generous hospitality to
strangers, and its kindly attention to the poor and distressed; to them nine children were born; five girls and four boys, four living and five dead; and from these have sprung sixty-six grandchildren and 105
great-grandchildren and twenty-four great-great-grandchildren. Children: 1. Dicy Melisse Reed (7), b. 10/12/1833; ob. 12/11/1901; m. (1), 12/25/1849, Avery McGee; m. (2), 1874, James Taylor. By the first marriage:
1. Newton McGee (8); b. 10/4/1860; m., 1871, Hettie Coonce.
2. Mary Jane McGee; b. 7/1/1854; m. Lemuel Shinn, and had: 1. Henry Shinn (9); m.
Ollie Ferman, and had Lucy, Otto and Roy. 2. Minnie; m. Marion Stinnette, and had
Mamie, Bessie and Clyde. 3. Lillie. 4. Leeburh; m. Mary Thompson. 5. Ruth; m. Lee
Roarex. 6. Avery.
3. Jason Jasper McGee; b. 4/16/1857; m., 10/16/1880, Juda Crowell, and had:
1. Verta; b. 9/27/1883; m. 1897, William McAnulty, and had Lois Edna and Vera.
2. Cassie; b. 8/1/1881; m., 7/4/1900, Laura Harvel, and had Lloyd Herman.
3. Ellen. 4. Charles. 5. Bonnie May. 6. Gurley. 7. Norma. 8. Mary Ethel.
4. Eliza Ellen McGee; b. 5/11/1862; m. (1) Willis Dyer; (2) Taylor Johnson, and had
Dora Dyer. Children by Second Marriage.
5. George Ezra Taylor; b. 5/14/1875; m., 12/23/1894, Wellie Shinn, and had
Frederick.
6. William Taylor; b. 3/1/1877; m., 7/21/1897, Ada Harvel, and had Uller and Ulah.
2. Julia Elizabeth Reed (7), b. 4/24/1835; ob. 4/27/1865.
3. Mary Malinda Reed (7), b. 3/7/1837; m. (1), 1/28/1859, Jackson Harkey; (2) Edward Guthrie. Children by first marriage:
1. Jennie Harkey; b. 12/15/1859; m., 7/4/1874, James Powell; she ob. 4/9/1888.
Children: 1. Robert Powell; b. 12/11/1876. 2. Mina Powell; b. 7/14/1880; m.,
8/29/1894, Otis Simmons, and had Gertrude, Bertie and William. 3. Mary Powell;
b. 3/17/1882; m., 1898, Charles Knox, and had Myrtle and Ruth. 4. Omah
Powell; b. 8/7/1885; m., 12/5/1900, William Lancaster, and had Bernard.
5. Jeannette; b. 4/1/1888.
2. Jefferson Davis Harkey; b. 7/4/1861; d. 3/5/1868.
3. Isabelle Harkey; b. 8/6/1862; m., 11/26/1883, Marion Stinnette; d. 9/29/1892;
children, Della and Herschel.
4. Mary Jackson Harkey; b. 7/18/1864; d. 7/18/1865. Children by Second Marriage.
5. Sarah Ellen Guthrie; b. 2/7/1869; m. Edward Edgman, and had children:
1. Philamon. 2. Edmond. 3. Josie. 4. Hazie. 5. Jesse. 6. Samuel, deceased.
7. Mattie.
6. Nettie Guthrie; b. 9/9/1867; d. 9/29/1897. 4. George Allen Reed (7), b. 6/30/1840; m. (1), 1/1/1861, Minerva Copeland; (2),
9/26/1867, Katie Harkey; he died 8/27/1892; early in his teens he had charge of his father's farm, where he learned to love the occupation which he followed all his life; he was a farmer because he loved it; when the
war came up he was not in favor of dissolving the Union, but enlisted in the Confederate Army and served faithfully during the greater portion of the war; served as Commissary Sergeant, was then promoted successively to
third, second and first lieutenant, and for a short time during the latter part of service was Captain of his company. After the capture of Dardanelle by the Federals he took the oath of allegiance and all through his
life set the example of true loyalty and citizenship. He was a devoted Christian; a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and served in all the offices of the same. He was especially active in Sunday School work and
was superintendent for many years of both his own and country schools; was a prominent temperance advocate and worker, always voting the Prohibition ticket when one was in the field. He was the father of five children,
as follows:
1. Eliza Allen Reed (8); b. 5/7/1862; m., 2/14/1878, Thomas Guthrie, and had
children: 1. Ida, b. 7/13/1879; m., 7/3/1898, Thos. Jarnagain, and had Glen and
Herschel. 2. Grace, b. 4/29/1881; m., 11/5/1902, James McKeever. 3. Effle, b.
4/22/1883; m., 3/8/1903, Daniel Patterson. 4. Edward; 5. Lizzie; 6. Carl; 7. Lester;
8. Ernest; 9. Kate; 10. Leedona Pearl.
2. Sarah Reed (8); b. 2/20/1864; d. 6/20/1865.
3. Emily Annice Reed (8); b. 11/22/1868; educated Russellville High School; teacher;
has given me the facts concerning her family. A most intelligent woman.
4. Lorenzo Dow Reed (7); b. 10/11/1870; m., 9/22/1896, Martha Harkey, and had
Otis Allen.
5. Infant Reed; ob. infans. 5. William Adolphus Reed (7), b. 4/10/1843; m., 2/18/1862, Cyrena Harkey; member of the Methodist
Church; a soldier in the Union Army; farmer; Democrat; d. 3/5/1899. Children:
1. Maonah Jane Reed (8); b. 12/29/1862; m., Dec., 1881, Pink McCurdy and had,
Lizzie, Annice, Lee and Martha Verlette.
2. Mary Alice Reed (8); b. 8/29/1864; m., 2/11/1883, Geo. Taylor and had Lucy,
William Henry, Elmer Adams, Jesse, John, Mary Ellen, Ada, Ina Cyrena, Amasa
and Etta.
3. Jesse Lawrence Reed (8); b. 5/18/1866; m. (1) Mary Nelson; (2) 7/18/1889,
Wager Wood; children: Nellie, Cyrena, David Allen, Ernest Orma, Jesse and
Elizabeth.
4. Martha Verlette Reed (8); b. 3/28/1868; m., 1/9/1890, John Witt, and had Minnie
Bell, Eliza, Allison, Walter Guy, Everett, Cyrena Annice and Mary Melisse.
5. Sallie Reed (8); b. 4/5/1869; d. 8/18/1875.
6. Melisse Jane Reed (8); b. 1/3/1871; m., 1/3/1893, James McAlister and had
William, Scott and Theora.
7. John Thomas Reed (8); b. 3/10/1873; m., 10/29/1896, Edith Tabor.
8. Charles Reed (8); b. 2/27/1875; m., 12/16/1897, Martha Shinn and had Ruby and
Clarence.
9. Amasa Reed (8); b. 3/18/1877.
10. Eliza Reed (8); b. 12/6/1879; m., 11/23/1901, Lewis McAllister and had Jessie
Leona and Henry.
11. Maud Reed (8); b. 8/10/1883. 12. David Scott Reed (8); b. 3/5/1886.
6. John Franklin Reed (7), b. 4/12/1846; m.
(1), 4/3/1865, Sarah Petray; (2), 4/21/1892, Lydia Cline; soldier in the Union Army during Civil War; farmer and a Democrat. Children:
1. John Thomas Reed (8); b. 10/27/1868; m., 9/29/1887, Jane Taylor, and had
Dessle Lula, Grace, Emma, Arthur, Leona and Ruby.
2. Mary Reed (8); b. 9/24/1870; m., 9/18/1888, Elias Cotton, and had Lillie, Grace,
James, Omah, Lawrence and Laura.
3. Mattie Reed (8); b. 8/28/1876; m., 8/15/1896, Charles McDonald, and had
Rada, Irene and Sarah.
4. William Reed (8); b. 5/14/1878; m., 1899, Ella Childres, and had William.
5. Edward Reed (8); b. 2/28/1880.
6. Ida Reed (8); b. 3/30/1882; m. (1), 1896, Richard Cline; (2), 1901, Warren
Steward, and had Clarence Cline and Lois Steward.
7. Charles Reed (8);
8. Walter Reed (8);
9. Elizabeth Reed (8).
10. Lee Reed (8);
11. Arie Reed (8);
12. Mamie Reed (8);
13. Oscar Reed (8);
14. Etta Reed (8);
15. Alta Reed (8);
16. Eliza Reed (8.) 7. James Shinn Reed (7), b. 8/3/1848; m. Fannie Churchill; farmer; Republican. Children: Eliza
Florence, Hattie, Bertha, Octa, William, Monroe and Ray.
8. Sarah Ellen Reed (7), b. 2/1/1853; m., 4/9/1871, Alexander Love. Children:
1. Lillie Love, b. 8/11/1872; m., 4/20/1892, John Tabor, and had Gertrude, Ellen
and Della.
2. Amanda Love, b. 3/5/1876; m. (1), 7/10/1893, William Malone; (2), 1897, Amos
Tolbert; (3) 1901, William Cole, and had Winfred and Clyde Malone and Lucy
Ellen Cole.
3. Varnel; 4. Jackson Love, b. 4/5/1881; m., 2/8/1902, Sallie Petray, and had
Ulallah.
5. Lucy; 6. Eliza; 7. Nettie; 8. Claiborn; 9. Martha; 10. Pleasant. 9. Martha Magdeline Reed (7), b. 8/9/1855;
m., January, 1873, John Powell, and had children: (1) William Jackson, b. October, 1873; m. February, 1903, Rosa Moreland. (2) Henry Melton, deceased. |
