William Alexander Reed, 18481914 (aged 66 years)

William Alexander Reed Tombstone
Name
William Alexander /Reed/
Given names
William Alexander
Surname
Reed
Birth
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849
Birth of a sister
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
Birth of a sister
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853
Birth of a sister
Death of a maternal grandmother
Death of a father
Birth of a brother
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: "Samuel Phillips McLean", page 275
Citation details: page 45
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Note: Samuel's birthplace was listed as Monett, Burnet, Texas, USA. It probably should read as "Mahomet", Burnet, Texas, USA as I [bdc] have not been able to locate a "Monett, Burnet, Texas, USA".
Death of a maternal grandfather
Birth of a son
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Birth of a son
Note: date does not agree with the tombstone inscription
Marriage of a sister
Birth of a daughter
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Birth of a son
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Birth of a daughter
Death of a wife
Burial of a wife
Cemetery: Center Cemetery
Address: From Lampasas, travel north on US 281 and turn left, north, onto US 190/US 183. Turn right, east, onto CR 2001 - old Lometa-Lampasas highway - traveling north/northwest. Turn right onto CR 2080 [old CR 40]. Then turn right at the narrow Center Cemetery stone entry with chain link fence.
Note: transcription tombstone inscription: Parry Lee Reed; Aug. 22, 1848 - July 6, 1887
Marriage
Note: Marvin Reed says that Tennie Levy was a cousin of Matilda Levy, William's mother.
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Death of a mother
Death of a brother
Marriage
Note: Carrie Florinda McGuire was the third wife of William Alexander Reed
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Birth of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Birth of a son
Burial of a daughter
Cemetery: Center Cemetery
Address: From Lampasas, travel north on US 281 and turn left, north, onto US 190/US 183. Turn right, east, onto CR 2001 - old Lometa-Lampasas highway - traveling north/northwest. Turn right onto CR 2080 [old CR 40]. Then turn right at the narrow Center Cemetery stone entry with chain link fence.
Note: transcription tombstone inscription: REED; Eva 14 SEP 1899; infant
Note: The Center Cemetery transcription has the birth and death as Sep. 14, 1899, but the Reed family history site has her brother Frank born in 1899 so it is assumed that the tombstone was difficult to read.
Marriage of a son
Family census
Address: Justice Precinct 4
Lampasas County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet No 4 B
Text:

Enumerator: John H. Stanley
Supervisor's District 4
Enumeration District 106

Note: in hh 66 66 Reed, William A., Head, White, Male, Born: Apr 1848, Age: 52, Married: 3 years, TN Ireland TN, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm # 68; Carriet, Wife, White, Female, Born: Jan 1865, Age: 35, Married: 3 years, Children born: 1, Children living: 1, TX AL TN, Read write & speak English: Yes; Thomas N., Son, White, Male, Born: Mar 1883, Age: 17, Single, TX TN MS; Farm laborer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes; Frank E., Son, White, Male, Sept. 1899, Age: 8/12, Single, TX TN TX.
Birth of a granddaughter
Death of a daughter
Burial of a daughter
Cemetery: Center Cemetery
Address: N 31.20739 and W –98.2942 - From Lampasas, travel north on US 281 and turn left onto US 190/US 183. Turn right onto CR 2001 - old Lometa-Lampasas highway - traveling north/northwest. Turn right onto CR 2080 [old CR 40]. Then turn right at the narrow Center Cemetery stone entry with chain link fence.
Note: transcription tombstone inscription: REED; Tennie D.; June 8, 1871 - Sep. 10, 1900.
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a grandson
Marriage of a daughter
Marriage of a son
Birth of a grandson
Marriage of a son
Birth of a son
Note: Atherton Community is located a few miles east of Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
Marriage of a son
Birth of a granddaughter
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Death
Burial
Cemetery: Center Cemetery
Address: From Lampasas, travel north on US 281 and turn left, north, onto US 190/US 183. Turn right, east, onto CR 2001 - old Lometa-Lampasas highway - traveling north/northwest. Turn right onto CR 2080 [old CR 40]. Then turn right at the narrow Center Cemetery stone entry with chain link fence.
Note: tombstone inscription: ASLEEP IN; William A. Reed; Born; Apr. 9, 1848; Died; July 12, 1914; "Earth has no sorrow; that Heaven cannot; heal"
Family with parents
father
18201856
Birth: September 1820County Cork, Down, Ulster, Northern Ireland
Death: October 19, 1856New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
mother
18181895
Birth: May 29, 1818 23 23 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: January 18, 1895Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageJanuary 30, 1845Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
5 years
younger sister
18501937
Birth: April 15, 1850 29 31 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 6, 1937Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
-4 years
elder brother
18451937
Birth: November 16, 1845 25 27 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: February 22, 1937Lampasas, Texas, USA
2 years
himself
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
4 years
younger sister
18521919
Birth: January 9, 1852 31 33 Chappell Hill, Washington, Texas, USA
Death: March 8, 1919Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
18541943
Birth: April 22, 1854 33 35 Chappell Hill, Washington, Texas, USA
Death: May 4, 1943Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
3 years
younger brother
18571896
Birth: January 16, 1857 36 38 Washington, Texas, USA
Death: February 29, 1896Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA
Family with Parolee Virginia Ann Hill
himself
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
wife
18481887
Birth: August 22, 1848Tippah, Mississippi, USA
Death: July 6, 1887Lampasas, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageAugust 11, 1870Burnet, Texas, USA
10 months
daughter
18711900
Birth: June 8, 1871 23 22 Texas, USA
Death: September 10, 1900Lampasas, Texas, USA
19 months
son
18731956
Birth: January 1, 1873 24 24 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: January 14, 1956Santa Anna, Coleman, Texas, USA
3 years
son
18761941
Birth: January 23, 1876 27 27 Bastrop, Texas, USA
Death: July 17, 1941Novice, Coleman, Texas, USA
2 years
son
18781966
Birth: March 6, 1878 29 29 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: March 10, 1966Hamilton, Texas, USA
2 years
daughter
18801969
Birth: March 27, 1880 31 31 Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA
Death: July 24, 1969Newport Beach, Orange, California, USA
3 years
son
18831967
Birth: March 2, 1883 34 34 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: August 11, 1967Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
3 years
daughter
18851937
Birth: August 13, 1885 37 36 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: February 1, 1937Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Family with Tennessee E. Levy
himself
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
wife
Marriage MarriageJune 17, 1888
Family with Carrie Florinda McGuire
himself
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
wife
Carrie Florinda McGuire Reed Tombstone
18651939
Birth: December 13, 1865 Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA
Death: June 4, 1939Lampasas, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageDecember 6, 1896Lampasas, Texas, USA
9 months
daughter
18971897
Birth: September 14, 1897 49 31 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: September 14, 1897Lampasas, Texas, USA
19 months
son
18991950
Birth: April 18, 1899 51 33 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: May 25, 1950Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 years
daughter
19011955
Birth: December 25, 1901 53 36 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: April 5, 1955Lampasas, Texas, USA
4 years
son
19051989
Birth: November 5, 1905 57 39 Atherton Community, Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: July 1, 1989Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA
Marriage

Marvin Reed says that Tennie Levy was a cousin of Matilda Levy, William's mother.

Marriage

Carrie Florinda McGuire was the third wife of William Alexander Reed

Family census

in hh 66 66 Reed, William A., Head, White, Male, Born: Apr 1848, Age: 52, Married: 3 years, TN Ireland TN, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm # 68; Carriet, Wife, White, Female, Born: Jan 1865, Age: 35, Married: 3 years, Children born: 1, Children living: 1, TX AL TN, Read write & speak English: Yes; Thomas N., Son, White, Male, Born: Mar 1883, Age: 17, Single, TX TN MS; Farm laborer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes; Frank E., Son, White, Male, Sept. 1899, Age: 8/12, Single, TX TN TX.

Burial

tombstone inscription: ASLEEP IN; William A. Reed; Born; Apr. 9, 1848; Died; July 12, 1914; "Earth has no sorrow; that Heaven cannot; heal"

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