Family:Whitney, Alice Mary (1847-1895)
Alice Mary Whitney (Robert, John, Edward), daughter of Robert and Mary E. (Bennett) Whitney), was born Aug 1847, Kingfield, ME, and died 24 Oct 1895, Lincoln, ME.
She married, 21 Mar 1866, Chesterville, ME, Elias Reed, son of James and Amanda (-----) Reed. He was born 8 Apr 1844, Vermont, and died 18 Mar 1936, Lincoln, ME.
Elias and Alice are both buried in West Broadway Cemetery, Lincoln, ME.
Elias' birth record in Lincoln, ME says he was born in Lincoln. The record is taken from a grave record. Therefore the place of birth in the record is suspect.
Elias' death record says he was the son of Samuel Reed, and was born in Vermont. However, Samuel is his brother, and James and Amanda Reed are his parents via the 1850 Census of Kingfield, ME.
Elias was a Civil War veteran, and he received a pension from the U.S. government.
It appears there is a mystery concerning how to interpret the 1870 census. It seems quite probable that Elias was enumerated twice. 1870 Census: Farmington, ME: enumerated June 7 & 8; Elias Reed, b. VT, resides with what appears to be 2 of his brothers, one born in VT, the other in ME. They reside with Jonathan and Amanda Gardiner. James must have died & Amanda has remarried. Is this the same Elias who is enumerated in Lincoln?
The births of Elias and Alice's children have not yet been found recorded in Lincoln, ME. The attribution of their places of birth and death are taken from their marriage and death records. Elias' daughter Mary's marriage record says Elias was born in Farmington, ME. However, her death record says he was born in VT. The marriage record of Flossie also says Elias was born in Farmington.
The marriage of Marion C. (Reed) Wyman, born about 1876, to Harry Berry, Boston, MA, 9 Dec 1907, says that Marion resides in Kingfield, ME, and is the daughter of Elias Reed and Olive Wyman. This would mean that Marion's mother's maiden name was Wyman, and Marion also married a Wyman. That is possible, but it seems that an error was made in the record about her mother's name. Why is Marion not mentioned in any other of Elias' family records, unless she is Clyda Reed?
Children of Elias and Alice Mary (Whitney) Reed:
i. Lillian Reed, b. 12 Jul 1868, prob. Lincoln, ME. ii. Lydia O. Reed, b. 16 Jan 1870, Lincoln, ME; d. 14 Jan 1897, Lincoln, ME; m. 14 Nov 1885, Lincoln, ME, Peter E. Boulier. iii. James Reed, b. prob. Lincoln, ME. iv. Ida Reed, b. prob. Lincoln, ME. v. Abbie Jane Whitney, b. 21 Jan 1878, Lincoln, ME; m. 30 Apr 1896, N. Hermon, ME, Russell Annis. vi. Alfred L. Reed, b. 1879, prob. Lincoln, ME. vii. Mary Reed, b. 5 Mar 1882, Lincoln, ME; d. 8 May 1917, Hermon, ME; m. 5 Dec 1904, N. Hermon, ME, David P. Edminster, Jr. viii. Everett Eugene Reed, b. 7 Dec 1883, Lincoln, ME; m. 8 Dec 1911, Lincoln, ME, Flossie Bowker. ix. Myrtle B. "Mertie" Reed, b. 2 Jul 1886, Enfield, ME; m. 29 Sep 1904, Glen Village, Bartlett, NH, Fred Doble. x. Flossie Reed, b. 29 Dec 1890, Lincoln, ME; m. 16 Dec 1905, Lincoln, ME, Charles E. McLellan. xi. Clyda "Clydie" Reed, b. ca. 1875, prob. Lincoln, ME
Census
- 1850 Census: Kingfield, ME; Elias, a child born VT, lives in the family of James Reed, born about 1806, ME and Amanda Reed, born about 1817, VT; older brother Samuel born about 1840, VT, older brother Ephraim born about 1842, NY.
- 1860 Census: Farmington, ME; Elias lives in the family of James and Amanda Reed; all are born ME except Amanda, b. in VT
- 1870, Lincoln, Penobscot Co., ME:
267 284 Whitney, Robert 48 M W Farmer $1100 $900 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary E. 45 F W Keeping house Maine -----, Louisa 21 F W At home Maine -----, Horace 19 M W Farm hand Maine Attended school -----, Alfred 18 M W Farm hand Maine Attended school -----, Granville 16 M W Works on farm Maine Attended school -----, Augusta 14 F W At home Maine Attended school -----, Flora 12 F W At school Maine Attended school -----, Edward 9 M W At school Maine Reed, Elias 25 M W Common laborer Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Alice 22 F W At home Maine -----, Lydia O. 1 F W Maine Sweat, Sumner 19 M W Common laborer Maine
- 1880 Census: Lincoln, ME; says Elias was born in ME.
- 1900 Census: Lincoln, ME; says he was b. Apr 1845 in VT; Elias is a widower living with his 3 youngest children.
- 1910 Census: Lincoln, ME; says Elias was b. in VT
- 1930 Census: Lincoln, ME, where Elias boards with his daughter Myrtle Doble; says he was b. in VT
References
- Civil War Pension File of Elias Reed.
- Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922; Ancestry.com
- Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922; Ancestry.com
- Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915; Ancestry.com
- Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937; Ancestry.com
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