The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-05-29

children born in Abingdon.
Y Caty tCato b. Oct 4, lib, d.
May 21, 1850; m Feb l. 1898, Ben
jamin Norton. son of Samuel and Mary
/ Porter Norton. of Abingdon chill
dren
SIXTH GENERATION
t Anna blanchard, daughter OF
I Thomas and Mary DEAN Blanchard
/ born Dec -. 1852. died Nov. 30 1871
/ Married, April a. 17S2. Daniel Reed son
Of Daniel and Mary CTnrnerl Reed
born July Il 1883, died Feb. II, 1879
Lived ia Abingdon Mass until about
1 lso3 when they removed to Madison
NJ Mr. Reed was soldier in the
var of ISL The most of the
Reeds of Somerset county are descen-
danis Of Daniel Reed and his wife
Anna Blanchard He had farm on
The East Madison road. about three
miles from SkoWhegan They are
buried in the Blackwell Hill cemetery
Madison
CHILDREN
Turner Reed born Sept q,
15s2, died April n, ISo6.
/ IL Daniel Reed b. Dec Is, 1884;
d Feb Ia. 1887, at the age Of 102
Years, married, LIST. July 1898, Hannah
/ Quincy daughter Of John and Sarah
/ (Norton) Quincy, b. Sept. Is, 1884; d.
/ April 3, 1894 Married Ind Mrs Sally
Snow, who died Dec. II, 1870 First
/ wife had five children Farmer. of
/ East Madison.
III. Dean Reed b. May 28, 1857, d.
Oct 28. 1863 NJ. July %, 1912, Eliza
beth Norton. daughter Of Samuel and
Silence CHerseyl Norton b April H.
1880; d. March IA, 1864 J children
Farmer OF Madison
" David Reed, born March 81
179o; died Sept. 70, 1863 Married
4 lst. Elizabeth Thaxter Brown, daugh-
ter of Woodbridge and Hannah (Nor-
tom Brown. born August 3, 1890; died
March 6, 1899. children Married
md Nov 1910, Della Smith chill
dren Farmer Of Madison.
Y Jesse Reed, born June 20, 1872
married Jan Is, 1918, Lucy j. Reed
) children. first four born in Abing-
ton.
VI. Anna Reed born Jan 10, 1895;
m March Is, 1915, Richard Holbrook
VII Josiah Reed, b. July 28. 1897;
d August s. 1879; IN. June, 1929 Abb
gail White Bicknell, daughter of Sam
uel and Mary Dawes) Bicknell, b
Sept %. 1907; d. August 7, lS47.
! child Farmer Of Madison
VIII Molly Reed. b. Jan |, 1900;
d July Il. 1881; m. Oct. %, 1921
Charles Clifford, son of Paul and Re
becca (Nye) Clifford. 10 children. OF
Braintree. Mass
TX. Caty Reed, b. April TO- 1902;
d. May 21. 1855. NJ. Jesse Pierce
b. Jan II. 1799 d. May g. 1851, 3
children Farmer of Madison.
X. Gridley Reed, b. Sept. 6, 1904
d March 21, 1875; M. Nov. 90 1890,
Clarissa Dyer. She died July %,
/ 1877 aged - No children. Farmer
! Of Madison.
XI Lydia Reed, b. July 2, 1907; d.
! Nov 81. 1889 NJ - Warren Blan-
chard. son of Thomas and Susanna
! Gatham) Blanchard.
/ XII Turner Reed, b. at Madison,
June %. 1910; d. Dec. 6, 1882 m. ---
Louisa Lawrence who died Dec. IS,
1892 aged 50 years 5 children. Far
mer of Madison.
!. Thomas Blanchard son of
Thomas and Mary DEAN Blanchard,
born April %, 1764. died -- at Cum
mington. Mass Married, Feb g.
1855, Susanna Latham Of Brdgewa-
ter
CHILDREN
| Thomas, b. --; died unmarried
o II. Warren, b. -- d. Dec 2S.
1881; IN. Lydia Reed.
Ill Galen, b --; d. "
". Hiram b. -; died unmar-
ried
V Susanna, b ; died unmar
ried
VI. Melvin, b. ; died unmar-
ried
8. Jesse Blanchard, son of Thomas
and Mary DEAN Blanchard born
Sept 81, 1867, died May 16, 1904 OF
pneumonia. Farmer of Abingdon
Married July IS. 1897, Betsey Davis,
daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth
(Thayer) Davis. She was born Feb.
1, 177S died Oct &c, 1852 Nathan
lei Davis was a soldier of the Revo-
lutionary war, and was killed In the
first battle of Lake Champlain; Ruth
! Thayer was great granddaughter OF
Ruth (A1den) Bass, daughter of John
Alden and Priscilla Mullens. Widow
Betsey Davis married Nov. 81. 1888
Joseph Brown of Abingdon, Mass, a
Revolutionary soldier He died at
East Bridgewater, Mass, Dec 28, 1875
CHILDREN
10 |. Jesse, b. Sept 8, 1898; d.
April %. 1854. m. April II, 1923,
Mary d. Bicknell.
II. Quincy, b, May "a, 1901; d. Dec.
| 5, 1872 Removed to Madison with
his widowed mother and grandmother
Brown, about 1929, and bought farm
near his brother Jesse After the
death of his mother, he married Nancy
E. Reed, daughter of David and Eliza
beth 7. (Brown) Reed, No children,
II. III Theron, b. May %, 1904 !,
d. Aug %, 1887; m. March 20, 1882,
Martha Reed.
SEVENTH GENERATION
| g. Warren Blanchard, son of
Thomas and Susanna (Latham) Blan-
chard, born at Cummington, Mass,
| about 1898, died Dec. 2S, 1881. Mar