U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Floyd A. (b. 1874) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 541 FLOYD A. REED, a farmer and lumberman of Washington District, was born September 1, 1874, son of David M. Reed and Mary Goodwin, the daughter of Elijah Goodwin and Ann Cutright the daughter of Jacob, the son of John Cutright. His grandfather, Jacob Reed, and his grandmother _____ Metheney, were natives of Highland County, Va., immigrating to this county before the Civil War. The subject of this sketch is the oldest child of a family of seven, five boys and two girls, and was by age made foreman and leader and protector of his brothers on the farm and at school. When 19 years of age, he went to work for himself and followed teaming and lumbering for A. G. Giffin several years. He traded horses in Virginia two years and then entered into partnership with L. C. Wamsley, which still exists. They own a store at Sand Run and are operating two lumber mills, near their home. He owns one hundred and fifty-two acres of land. Married in 1898 to Ivy B. Smith, daughter of Abraham Smith and Harriet, the daughter of Jerry Lanham, his wife. Children: Lena J., born April 6, 1901, and Nellie Dale, born January 15, 1907. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of Floyd A. Reed) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #8140 FULL-NAME: Ivy Smith Reed BIRTH-DATE: August 16, 1877 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: June 13, 1953 (at age 75y-9m-28d) DEATH-PLACE: Memorial Hospital, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married FATHER: Richard Smith MOTHER: Harriet Lanham CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Thrombosis INFORMANT: Linc Reed Tenney BURIAL: Mt. Union Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------