William Earl Reed, 18781966 (aged 88 years)

Name
William Earl /Reed/
Given names
William Earl
Surname
Reed
Birth
Note: date does not agree with the tombstone inscription
Birth of a sister
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
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 brother
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Birth of a sister
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
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 of a parent
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 paternal grandmother
Marriage of a parent
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 half-sister
Death of a half-sister
Birth of a half-brother
Burial of a half-sister
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 brother
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 69 70 Reed, James R., Head, White, Male, Born: Jan 1876, Age: 24, Single, TX TN MS, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes; Home: rent, farm, Farm # 70; William E., Brother, White, Male, Born: Mar 1878, Age: 22, Single, TX TN MS, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes. [father's farm was # 68; their farm was # 70]
Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
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.
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Birth of a half-sister
Marriage of a sister
Marriage
Marriage of a brother
Birth of a half-brother
Note: Atherton Community is located a few miles east of Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
Marriage of a brother
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Death of a father
Burial of a father
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"
Marriage of a half-brother
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Marriage of a half-sister
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Death of a sister
Marriage of a half-brother
Address: 1st Baptist Parsonage
Death of a brother
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Death of a half-brother
May 25, 19501:00 p.m. Age: 51 years, 1 month, 7 days
Address: Parkland Hospital
Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Cause: Auto collision/Skull fracture; Rib fractures
Citation details: Certificate # 22562
Text:

Informant: Ellen C. Reed [his wife]

Quality of data: Death Certificate
Note: Auto accident occurred on 21 MAY 1950.
Burial of a half-brother
Cemetery: Southland Cemetery
Citation details: Certificate # 22562
Note: unable to find him in the Old Southland Cemetery [07 JAN 2010]
British King
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Death of a half-sister
Burial of a half-sister
Cemetery: Straley Cemetery
Address: On HWY 281 a short distance north of Adamsville, turn right at the sign "Straley Cemetery."
Note: transcription double tombstone inscription: WEST; Payne L.; Dec. 25, 1901; June 24, 1981 [and wife] Arminta; Dec. 25, 1901; Apr. 5, 1955
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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; Eugene "Gene"; 1873 - 1956
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963
Death
Burial
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; William Earl; Sep. 2, 1878 - 1966
Family with parents
father
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
mother
18481887
Birth: August 22, 1848Tippah, Mississippi, USA
Death: July 6, 1887Lampasas, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageAugust 11, 1870Burnet, Texas, USA
10 months
elder sister
18711900
Birth: June 8, 1871 23 22 Texas, USA
Death: September 10, 1900Lampasas, Texas, USA
19 months
elder brother
18731956
Birth: January 1, 1873 24 24 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: January 14, 1956Santa Anna, Coleman, Texas, USA
3 years
elder brother
18761941
Birth: January 23, 1876 27 27 Bastrop, Texas, USA
Death: July 17, 1941Novice, Coleman, Texas, USA
2 years
himself
18781966
Birth: March 6, 1878 29 29 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: March 10, 1966Hamilton, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
18801969
Birth: March 27, 1880 31 31 Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA
Death: July 24, 1969Newport Beach, Orange, California, USA
3 years
younger brother
18831967
Birth: March 2, 1883 34 34 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: August 11, 1967Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
3 years
younger sister
18851937
Birth: August 13, 1885 37 36 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: February 1, 1937Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Tennessee E. Levy
father
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
stepmother
Marriage MarriageJune 17, 1888
Father’s family with Carrie Florinda McGuire
father
William Alexander Reed Tombstone
18481914
Birth: April 9, 1848 27 29 Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 12, 1914Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, USA
stepmother
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
half-sister
18971897
Birth: September 14, 1897 49 31 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: September 14, 1897Lampasas, Texas, USA
19 months
half-brother
18991950
Birth: April 18, 1899 51 33 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: May 25, 1950Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 years
half-sister
19011955
Birth: December 25, 1901 53 36 Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: April 5, 1955Lampasas, Texas, USA
4 years
half-brother
19051989
Birth: November 5, 1905 57 39 Atherton Community, Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: July 1, 1989Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA
Family with Sarah Thomas Horrell
himself
18781966
Birth: March 6, 1878 29 29 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: March 10, 1966Hamilton, Texas, USA
wife
18791973
Birth: May 21, 1879Lampasas, Texas, USA
Death: May 27, 1973San Saba, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageSeptember 17, 1903Lampasas, Texas, USA
Birth

date does not agree with the tombstone inscription

Census

in hh 69 70 Reed, James R., Head, White, Male, Born: Jan 1876, Age: 24, Single, TX TN MS, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes; Home: rent, farm, Farm # 70; William E., Brother, White, Male, Born: Mar 1878, Age: 22, Single, TX TN MS, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Read write & speak English: Yes. [father's farm was # 68; their farm was # 70]

Burial

transcription tombstone inscription: REED; William Earl; Sep. 2, 1878 - 1966

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