Reed-Read Lineage (Capt. John Reed of Norwalk)

2779. Julia Cleora (8), b. Nov. 21, 1845; "i- F^b. 27, 1873, Wesley O. Dodge of Red Wing, Minn. ; m. in Brooklyn, N. Y. Julia Cleora d. Mar. 20, 1875; issue — 2780. Harry Dodge, who d, aged six years. 1131 Nancy Reed (7). Chapin Branch. Descent: John (i), John (2), Daniel (3), James (4), Daniel (5), William (6), Nancy (7). Nancy (7), dau. of William (6) and Elizabeth (Mix) Reed, b. Dec. 7, 1814, d. Dec. 16, 1872 ; m. Mar. 12, 1833 (as his second wife), Jonathan B. Chapin, M. D., who was b. June 25, 1805, d. Apr. 13, 1891, Battle Creek, Mich. +2781 ♦2782 +2783 +2784 ■2785 2786 2787 +2788 ISSUE. Mary A., b. July 1835; m. Stillman B. Brigham. William J., b. August, 1837; m. January, 1881 ; no issue. Ursula E., b. June 3, 1839; m. Rev. Chas. Temple. John B., b. Aug. 21, 1841 ; m. Lucy Hartwell. Frances C, b. Mar. 1844, d. ; unm. Scott H., b. Apr. 1846, d. in Civil war, in 1865. Sybil R., b. Oct. 1848; unm. _ Newell B., b. Mar. 1851 ; m. Alice Renwick. *m. June 1867, Minerva Skinner. Nancy Reed, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mix) Reed, was the second wife of Dr. Jonathan B. Chapin, married at the early age of eighteen and the mother of eight children, of whom at this writing (Feb. 1906) five are living. Of the descendants of Mary Bringham, the oldest of the family, who died 1904, two sons, William B. and John Morrison, survive. The former is a resident of Plainwell, Mich., and the latter of Battle Creek, Mich. Both are married, but neither have issue. Their sister Cora Elizabeth, who died soon after her mother, was a musician of exceptional skill and possessed a voice of rare and natural quality. Ursula, the third issue of Nancy and Jonathan Chapin, is the second i84 HISTORY AND GBNEALOGY wife of Rev. Chas. Temple. She writes me that her grandfather WilUam was "tall and straight, in bearing the fine English gentleman." He took up large tracts of land in central New York and Southern Michigan. He gave her mother Nancy i6o acres of timbered land, consisting mostly of beeches and a thousand sugar maples. Here were spent some of her childhood days, three miles from the city of Lansing. Rev. Chas. Temple, her husband, had four children by his first marriage. She speaks in affectionate terms of her stop-children, especially of Irving, a highly respected deacon in the Congregational church at Otsego, Mich. Her one daughter and only child, Mabel Scott is the wife of Rev. C. W. Green. They have a family of three children. Several years were spent by this familv among the mountains of Kemtuckv and Tennesse in missionary work. At tlie present time (1906) Frances and Sybil (unmarried daughters of Nancy Chapin) Ursula (Mrs. Chas. Temple) and Newell B. Chapin are living in Traverse City, Mich. Newell B. lives in an at- tractive cottage near his sisters. He is the architect of the house occu- pied by Frances and Sibyl.. They are engaged in the artistic pursuit of designing cards and book work. Their home is the resort of taste and culture and die atmosphere which surrounds these gentlewomen speaks of inherent refinement and gentility. Their mother was a natural artist and her offsprings seem to have inherited that talent in a remarkable de- gree. Scott H., the sixth child of Nancy Chapin, gave his young life in the defense of the Union in 1865, aged only 19. I 133 Elizabeth Reed (7). Jerome Branch. Descent: John (i), John (2), Daniel (3), James (4), Daniel (5), William (6), Elizabeth (7). Elizabeth (7), dau. of William (6) and Elizabeth (Mix) Reed, b. Apr. 27, 1825, d. June 19, 1858; m. Dec. 23, 1846, Rev. Charles Jerome, b. Jan. 2, 1815, d. May 31, 1873, at Pompey, N. Y. ISSUE. 2789. William Reed, b. 1848, d. Aug. 26, 1888; unm. -I-2790. Theo. Chas., b. Jan. 31, 1850; m. Annie E. Swan. -I-2791. John Lathrop, b. July 6, 1854; m. Lucy Wright. -i-2792. Frank, b. July 19, 1856; m. Marguerite M, McAuliflFe. -j-2793. Irene Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1858; m. Thomas Hood. 2794. Henry Reed, d. young. 1134. JEROME. Horace R., s. of Horace and Nancy (Reed) Jerome, b. Nov. 28, 1863, d. Jan. 16, 1876; m. first. Mar. 6, 1825, Mary Sutton, who d. Dec. 10, 1825; m. second, Apr. i, 1827, Adelina Swartwout, who d. Aug. 19, 1879. REED-READ LINEAGE 185 ISSUE BY WIFE MARY. +2795. Mary E., b. Dec. 6, 1825 ; m. W. Chapin. ISSUE BY WIFE ADELIA. +2796. Lucinda. b. Feb. 23, 1830; m. Levi C. Locke. +2797. Arthur, b. July 30, 1834; m. first, Anna E. Thomas; second, Catharine D. Cleland. -(-2798. Adele, b. July 24, 1841 ; m. first, James Hamilton ; second, A. J. Buckwell. 4-2799. Laura, b. Sept. 12, 1844; "i. first, Harry Smith; second, Benj. C. Higdon; third, A. J. Friedrichs. 1135. JEROME. Edwin, s. of Horace and Nancy (Reed) Jerome, b. Dec. 24, 1805, d. June 21, 1880; m. first, June 14, 1836, Julia Story; m. second, Dec. 23, 1869, Delia Mather. ISSUE BY WIFE JULIA. 2800. Julia, b. Mar. 29, 1837, d. Aug". 25, 1838. 4-2801. Edwin, b. June 24, 1839; m. first, Mary Straight; second, Mrs. Ann Johnson Spencer. 2802. James, b. Aug. 27, 1841, d. Dec. 3, 1858. 4-2803. Franklin Harrison, b. Aug. 19, 1846; m. Nora F. Daly. 1137. JERO.ME. Reed, s. of Horace and Nancy (Reed) Jerome, b. Jan. 24, 1810, d. Oct. 9, 1895; m. Dec. 7, 1834, Abigail P. Carleton. ISSUE. -I-2804. Charles, b. June 6, 1836; m. Susan L. Prootor. 2805. Wirt, b. May 24, 1838, d. Feb. 21, 1841. 2806. Laura, b. Sept. 8, 1844; m. Feb. 19, 1874 Capt. M. P. Par- sons ; no issue. 4-2807. Ira, b. July 4, 1853; m. Susan L. Parsons. Reed Jerome was born in the state of Pennsylvania, on tlie Delaware river near Cohocton. His parents moved to New York state and settled in the town of Ulysses. There he aittended school until the age of seven- teen years. In 1827 he went to Michigan with his father. They landed in St. Claire July 12, and built a mill, which being a water mill, could not be operated in the winter, so they returned to New York State and remained there until the fall of 1828, when the family removed to De- troit. Reed Jerome bought a farm, cut the timber, and cleared the land and made a home on the banks of the beautiful St. Claire, where he lived the remainder of his days, and where his children were born, and near which his daughter, Mrs. Parsons, now lives. Her husband, Capt. My- ron P. Parsons, sailed on the lakes about thirty-five years, but has now retired and is enjoying the comfort of home. i86 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 1138. JEROME. James H., s. of Horace and Nancy (Reed) Jerome, b. Sept. 28, 1812, at Cohocton, Penn., d. Aug. 8, 1883 ; m. first, May 2, 1837, Lisette At- water, at Trumansburg, N. Y. ; she d. July 30, 1863 ; m. second, Apr. 4, 1865, Calista Allen. ISSUE BY WIFE LISETTE. +2808. Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1838; m. Dr. Bliss. 2809. George, b. July 22, 1841, d. Dec. 6, 1863. 2810. Emma, b. July 22, 1843, d. Mar. 13, 1844. +2811. Horace, b. Aug. 30, 1845; ^- Martha E. Benson. 2812. James VL., b. June 2, 1848, d. Jan. 3, 1865. 2813. Frank, b. July 13, 1850, d. Sept. 10, i860. 4-2814. Emma, b. Aug. 10, 1852; m. Rev. John Wilson. 2815. Fred H., b. June 25, 1855, d. Sept. 9, 1865. ISSUE BY WIFE CAEISTA. +2816. Maude, b. Oct. 17, 1866; m. Will H. Sherzer. +2817. Fred H., b. Sept. 23, 1869 ; m. Jessie Baker. James H. Jerome went to Flint, Mich., in 1836, for the purpose c^f lo- cating land in and about Saginaw. The following year he returned to Trumansburg, married and settled down to the practice of medicine, hav- ing previously graduated at the Geneva Medical College of that state. He became widely known in his profession and during the years of '60, and '61, occupied the position of "Physician-in-Chief" at Staten Island, N. Y. After his second marriage he removed to Saginaw, Mich., where he aided in organizing the State Medical society and became its first pres- ident. 1139. HOWE. Mary Jane, dau. of Elisha and Maria (Reed) Bigelow, b. June 8, 1819, d. Jan. 23, 1892 ; m. Oct. 9, 1845, Harry Howe, who was b. Apr. II. 1810, in Groton, N. Y. She was b. in Fabins, N. Y. ISSUE. -I-2818. Ellen M., b. Nov. 15, 1851 ; m. Dwight W. Hyde. 2819. Frank, b. Dec. 24, 1853, d. Jan. 6, 1854. 2820. Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1855, d. Sept. 21, 1862. +2821. Harriet, b. July 6, 1857; m. James W. Blakeley. -i-2822. Isabelle, b. Mar. 8, i860; m. Milo M. Whiting. 2823. Tryphena, b. Nov. i, 1862, d. Apr. 30, 1863. 1140. BIGELOW. Horace Elisha, s. of Elisha and Mary (Reed) Bigelow, b. Oct. 3, 1821, in Hastings, N. Y. ; m. Almira Sturges of Batavia, N. Y., who was b. June 3, 1821, in Canandaigua, N. Y. RBBD-RBAD UN BAGS 187 ISSUE. 4-2824. Helen Maria, b. 1846; m. Geo. Fox Fuller. 2825. Jennie S., b. 1853; unm. +2826. Lewis E., b. 1857; m. Ella Haggarty. 4-2827. James Horace, b. 1865; m. Mary P. Dyer. Horace Elisha was born in Hastings, N. Y. 1141. BIGELO^V James Romain, s. of Elisha and Maria (Reed) Bigelow, b. Dec. 7, 1823, d. Jan. 19, 1894; m. first, Malvina Putnam; m. second, June 30, 1863; Helen Rosencrans, b. Oct. 2, 1836, d. Nov. 17, 1886; m. third. Mar. 30, 1887, Emily E. Atherton, b. Feb. 10, 1830. Issue by wife heeEn — 2828, Eva M., b. Oct. 3, 1864, d. May 16, 1882; 2829, Edith D., b. Apr. 23, 1867, d. Apr. i, 1875. 1142. BIGELOW. William Reed, s. of Elisha and Maria (Reed) Bigelow, b. Jan. 22, 1826, Hastings, N. Y, ; m. first, Dec. 29, 1853, Almira Dibble, of East Bloomfield, N. Y., b. May 3, 1836, Byron, N. Y., d. Apr. 2, 1858; m. second, Nov. 11, 1858, Jeanie A. Safford of E. Pembroke, N. Y., b. Sept. 6, 1828, d. Aug. 23, 1896. ISSUE BY FIRST MARRIAGE. -I-2830. Egbert A., b. Mar. 31, 1855; m. first, Lillian Kellogg; second, Eugenie M. Langmaid. ISSUE BY SECOND MARRIAGE. 2831. Gertrude Sarah, b. May 17, i860; a missionary at Japan. 2832. Florence Julia, b. Mar. 18, 1867; teacher at New York State School for the Blind, Batavia, N. Y. 2833. Luella Ellen, b. Nov. 28, 1869, d. Nov. 22, 1890. Mr. William Reed Bigelow rendered valuable assistance in this com- pilation though at the advanced age of 80 years. He died April 7, 1907. 1143. KNIGHT.