Benjamin Franklin Reed ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1837 and a birth location of Virginia.

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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Barbour County, VA on 15 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 96, Roll 1334, Dwelling 671, Family 673
, Barbour County, Virginia
Benjamin F. Reed..23..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 8 Nov 1835, then his age should have been 24 instead of 23.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Ritchie County, WV on 23 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 356C, Roll 1413, District 149, Family 274
Union District, Ritchie County, West Virginia
B. F. Reed..Head..43..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 8 Nov 1835, then his age should have been 44 instead of 43.
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• He was buried after 13 October 1884 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Anmoore, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial #141220217
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Benjamin married Rachel Weaver, daughter of John J. Weaver and Martha Keller, on 11 December 1857.^{1 2} (Rachel Weaver was born in 1832 in Virginia, died on 19 June 1895 and was buried after 19 June 1895 in Anmoore, WV.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Barbour County, VA on 15 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 96, Roll 1334, Dwelling 671, Family 673
, Barbour County, Virginia
Benjamin F. Reed..23..VA..Farmer
Rachel Reed..25..VA
Emily J. Reed..8m..VA
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Ritchie County, WV on 23 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 356C, Roll 1413, District 149, Family 274
Union District, Ritchie County, West Virginia
B. F. Reed..Head..43..VA..Farmer
Rachel Reed..Wife..46..VA..Keeping House
Martha Reed..Dau..19..VA..At Home
Sarah Reed..Dau..18..VA..At Home
Ellsworth Reed..Son..16..WV..Farmer
Lloyd Reed..Son..13..WV..Farmer
Lorenzo Reed..Son..11..WV..At Home
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