Scrapbook Page for James Jesse Reed


George M & Matilda Murray Reed

George M is the son of family patriarch William C "Uncle Billy" Reed. He and Matilda raised a fine family: James Jesse, Wm Campbell, Geo M Jr, John "J T", Hiram "Hy", Samuel, Mary, Robert C, Isaac, Esther, Cain, Everett.

Six sons of George M Reed, Sr., and wives.

Rear L-R: Geo. M, Jr; Wm. C "Bill", Hiram "Hy", John T "J T", James Jesse "J J", Elmer Cain "E C". Front L-R; Alice Townsend, Lucinda Powell, Lucinda Profit, Caroline Johnson, Mary Jane "Mollie" Crabtree, Ella Johnson.

Ruth Reed Powell, dau. of Isaac "Ike" Reed

Born est 1910, mother Ellen Wise. Alas, little is known of Ruth's life except she married a Powell.

Samuel "Sam" Reed 1879-1945

Sam was in the Insurance Business. He gave g-nephew Edsel S Reed a 12" straight edge with the inscription, "A good rule: Keep your insurance paid up". Sam & family lived in a fine home on Georgetown, Ky's, main street.