Looking to share information about the REED family who settled in Fulton County about 1852 from Licking County, Ohio. At somepoint (maybe just before the Civil War) they moved to Knox County where they stayed until about 1875 when they moved to Waverly, Lancaster, Nebraska Nelson REED (b 1796 Md) and wife Mary COCKRELL (b1810 Pa) Joseph REED b: Abt. 1835 Ohio Christina REED b: Abt. 1836 Ohio Florianna REED b: Abt. 1838 Ohio Catherine REED b: Abt. 1842 Ohio Frances M REED b: Abt. 1844 Ohio Nelson had been married in Licking County, Ohio first, to Jane MAXWELL by whom he had 6 daughters and 1 son. I know of only one daughter, Elizabeth 1832-1919 m. Robert Evans GAMES and stayed in Ohio. Nelson died somewhere in SE Illinois. Their son William Maxwell REED (1827-1926) is my ggggrandfather. He married Mary Ann SNARE in Licking County in 1852 and migrated to Fulton County with Nelson. William served in the Civil War B Company 103 Regiment, Illinois Volunteers from eithor Fulton or Knox County. By 1875 this family had migrated to Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska William and Mary Ann had the following children: Mahala (Samuel WALKER), Nora ((1)George L. Anderton (2) Jeffery Volney), William Dexter (Mary Elizabeth Kendrick, Otis (Lucy L Penn), Effie (Volney W Jeffery) Hulda (Elmer Matticks) The children (except Nora after the death of her husband) stayed in Nebraska. Vicky Drake dvicky@primenet.com