John B Reed

1818 - 1879  (61 years)

• Name	John B Reed
  Birth	29 Jan 1818	Sweden, Monroe, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	22 Jul 1850	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 32, born NY, farmer
  Census	15 Jun 1855	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 35, born Monroe Co, farmer
  Census	12 Jun 1860	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 41, born NY, farmer
  Census	14 Jun 1865	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 45, born Monroe Co, farmer
  Census	22 Jun 1870	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 52, born CT, farmer
  Census	16 Jun 1875	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 57, born Monroe Co, farmer, blind
  Death	6 Oct 1879	Sweden, Monroe, NY
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Sweden, Monroe, NY ; age 61, born NY, farmer, parents born CT/CT, entry scratched out
  Burial		Beach Ridge Cemetery, Brockport, NY
  Person ID	I4639	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2016

  
  

  Family	Mary W Emerson,   b. 28 Dec 1819, Riga, Monroe, NY d. 27 Jul 1916, Sweden, Monroe, NY (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1841	Monroe County, NY
  Children	+ 1. Lucy A Reed,   b. Jun 1845, Sweden, Monroe, NY d. 19 Aug 1932, Sweden, Monroe, NY (Age ~ 87 years) + 2. Ruby May Reed,   b. Jul 1848, Sweden, Monroe, NY d. 11 Jan 1932, Bergen, Genesee, NY (Age ~ 83 years) + 3. Lydia R Reed,   b. 24 Sep 1853, Sweden, Monroe, NY d. 21 Jan 1878, Sweden, Monroe, NY (Age 24 years) 4. Cora M Reed,   b. 22 May 1862, Sweden, Monroe, NY d. 23 Aug 1935, Sweden, Monroe, NY (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2016

  
  

• Notes

  From Landmarks of Monroe County, NY by William F. Peck (1895), Part III, p. 87 Reed, J. B. (deceased). was born in Sweden, January 29, 1818. His father, John, came to Sweden in 1806, and settled on the farm which has been in the family for eighty-five years. John B. married Mary W., daughter of Joseph Emerson, who married Lucy Hill, and settled in the town of Riga, Monroe county, in 1809. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have had four daughters: Mrs. Seymour H. Root, Mrs. George H. Rowe, Mrs. Fred J. Root, who died January 21, 1879, and Cora M. Reed. Our subject was a practical and successful citizen and farmer, and has taken an active interest in all town affairs, being specially interested in educational matters. He died in 1879 in his sixty-second year. He was mourned by all who knew him for his many noble traits of character.