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May 23, 2006 Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
Arbell ''Mary Bell'' (Lewis) REED, age 83 formerly of
Franklin, passed away Monday May 22, 2006 at Kensington Place
Nursing Home. She was born
January 5, 1923 in Washington County, KY the daughter of Miley
and Mattie Keeling. She was preceded in death by her
parents; a husband, Willie Lewis in 1979 and a son, Donnie Lewis
in 1988. Arbel is survived by five sons, W.T. "Junior" Lewis and
wife Phyllis of Union City, OH, Bobby Lewis and wife Louise of
Franklin, OH, Theo Lewis of Middletown, OH, Gary Lewis and wife
Ann of Middletown, OH, and Jesse Lewis and wife Debbie of
Germantown, OH; two daughters, Pauline Powell and husband Omer
of Union City, OH and Corfene Price and husband Sonny of
Middletown, OH; five step-children, Grace Jewell of Carlisle,
OH, Willie Lewis and wife Ethel of Franklin, OH, Christine
Napier of Franklin, OH, Alice Wheeler of Hunter, OH, and Effie
Henson of Springboro, OH. She is also survived by 86
grandchildren, 65 great grandchildren, and 1 Great great
Grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to express their thank to Kensington Place
and Franklin Ridge Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be held
Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 11:00 am at Anderson Funeral Home (40
North Main Street, Springboro, OH.) Visitation will be Wednesday
from 5-8 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Springboro
Cemetery. Please visit www.andersonfuneralhomes.com to share a
memory in the family guest book
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Vivian Moon
13 March 2010 |
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December
30, 1937 Middletown Journal
ROBERT C. REED, LAST MEMBER OF PIONEER FAMILY IN BUTLER COUNTY, DIES
AT RESIDENCE
Son Of First White Child Born In This District Succumbs at 83
Robert C. Reed, 83, of 1123 Kunz Avenue son of Thomas C. Reed,
the first white child born in Butler County, died at 6 P.M. Wednesday at
his home.
Suffering the infirmities of age, which had kept him bedfast for 18
months, the widely beloved man's death was not unexpected to his wife,
relatives and friends. With his death, the direct line of David and Mary
Carrick Reed, who immigrated to Ohio when George Washington was
president, comes to an end. Robert Reed's nearest relatives are the
widow and nieces and nephews.
RECOUNTED STORIES
During his long illness, Mr.
Reed told and retold friends at his bedside the story of his ancestors,
as it was handed down to him and as he remembered it himself. He was
proud of his ancestry, a background of hardships and hard-fighting
pioneers.
On the first farm immediately south of Georgetown on Yankee Road, his
father, Thomas C. Reed, was born. The same locality marked the
birthplace of Robert C. Reed, whose five older brothers fought in the
Civil War. Robert Reed was too young for service. To his lot fell the
task of riding daily to the Middletown Post Office to get mail from his
soldier brothers at the front.
BROTHER ORGANIZER
His brother, Captain David P.
Reed, was organizer of two Ohio companies -- one the famous Sixty-Ninth
Regiment.
He liked to tell of the fright given his parents and himself when
John Morgan's riders galloped through this section of the country. He
often repeated the story of how farmers herded their horses and
livestock into heavy brush and timberland which is now Oneida
Subdivision and Rolling Mill Park Additions.
Simon Girty, notorious character known as the "white renegade," was
a visitor in the Reed home more than once.
WORKED AS FARMER
Like his father and
grandfather before him, Robert Reed was a farmer, at one time owning the
present home of W. D. Vorhis on South Dixie Highway. He had been retired
from farming for 10 years.
Twice married, Mr. Reed's first wife was Anna Britton, pioneer of
Monroe. Following her death he married Anna K. Schlisting, who survives
with two nieces, Mrs. Vernon McCullough, of this city and Mrs. Rachel
Hood, of Dayton, two nephews, Wallace W. and Florence J. Reed.
He was a member of the Seven Day Adventist Church of Dayton. The
Rev. Schedrat of Detroit, a lifelong friend, and the Rev. W. Schwartz,
of Cincinnati, will officiate at the funeral some time Saturday. The
time will be announced later. |
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Carolyn Lacey
3 Feb 2008 |
