Reed, Calvin

From Anhentafel_2:
Calvin Reed was born 1811 in Elmira, Cayuga Co., NY, and died 11 FEB 1856in Troutdale,
Multnomah Co., Oregon. He married Laura Minerva Fuller 29 SEP 1834 inOlmstead Twp.,
Cuyahoga Co., OH.
NOTEL Elmira is not in Cayuga County. Family lived in Canandaigua attime of his birth.
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Birth location: The family history written by Perry Reed shows hisfather, Benjamin Harvey was born in Onondaga, NY in 1796. Census recordsfor Benjamin''s sister, Roxena, show she was born in NY. In 1799, theirfather was living in Ovid, NY; 1800 Scipio, NY; and 1810 in Canandaigua,NY. At the time, Ovid and Scipio were part of Onondaga County.
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Calvin Reed with his family, went with John and Amanda Reed McClellan ona wagon train to Oregon in
1850. Calvin''s wife, Laura nursed some people who were ill with choleraand caught the disease and
died. She is buried beside the Oregon Trail near Julesburg, CO. Calvinarrived in Oregon with small
children and died in 1856 without re-marrying.
Children were:
Julia (married W.A. Harn)
Harriet (Married Mr. Marden)
BenjaminCalvin (born July 1847 Fulton County,IL, married Annie McKern in1894,died 6 Nov 1905 in Pine
City, Spokane County) and
Robert Bruce.
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Calvin Reed
Sec. 23/24-- Map 11B
Calvin Reed was born 1811, in New York. He arrived in 1850, and settledthis claim in October of 1854. In 1860 Stephen Skidmore claimed that hehad purchased the claim of Calvin Reed.(1) He died February 11, 1856 inMultnomah County. The household in the 1850 census contained, (though theheirs listed in 1859 were Robert Bruce 21, Julia Ann 19, Harriet 16,Rupert 12, Benjamin 10.):(2)
Robert Bruce Reed, born about 1838 born Ohio.
Julia Ann Reed, born about 1840 born Illinois. She married W. A. Harn.
Benjamin Reed, born about 1842 in Illinois.
Harriet Reed, born about 1843.
Rupert Reed, born about 1844 in Illinois.
Sylvanus Reed, born about 1850 in Illinois.

1. DLC, vol.1, p.62, #1537 Calvin Reed.
2. Elsie Youngberg. 1850 Census of Oregon Territory. Lebanon, Oregon: Endof Trail Researchers, 1970.
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Found numerous land transactions on him in Cuyahoga, OH.
Migrated through Illinois to Oregon where he died.
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The Oregon Territory and Its Pioneers. Stephie Flora. Online at
Shows he was wagon train captain leading about 50 families, arriving inOct 1850; also shows he married Elvira Brown.
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Debbie Harrison Notes:
WS Harn was the guardian for Julia''s siblings after their father died.
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Doneva Shepard''s family, friends and neighbors

Calvin applied for a donation land claim in Oregon City...for 320.02acres. He did not live long enough to receive that land claim, it wentinstead to his heirs. Document Nr.: #1537Accession/Serial Nr.: OROCAA045367BLM Serial Nr.: OROCAA 045367
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