-Is any lister familiar with anyone in either of these REED families? -Anyone know if Jonathan REED and Nathan REED are related to each other? 1850 Census, Cicero Twp, Tipton Co., IN REED, JONATHAN, age 54, Shoemaker, b VA REED, Jane, age 41, b NY REED, Leannah, age 22, b OH REED, Amanda, age 19, b OH (1851 Tipton, IN married Eli Anderson BAILEY, b 1828 Marion,IN) REED, Alexander, age 17, b OH REED, Hannah, age 14, b OH (1855 Tipton, IN married Alexander RIDGEWAY, b 1833 IN) REED, Catherine, age 3, b IN REED, Jackson, age 9/12, b IN (REED, Newton, born abt 1850 IN, after the 1850 census) (Could this NEWTON given name be mother Jane's maiden name or for (Newton), Muskingum, OH-(where I find the Nathan REED's lived), or Newton Highway VA, or ????? 1860 Census, Cicero, Tipton Co., IN REED, NATHAN S., b abt 1814 VA Ox Driver (1870-Shoemaker) (On 1840&1850 Census for Muskingum, Adams Twp, OH) REED, Harriet (BARCLAY), b abt 1815 OH (in 1840 & 1850 census REED, Mary E., b abt 1840 OH REED, Norris, b abt 1842, OH REED, Nancy J., b abt 1844 OH REED, Achsah, b abt 1847 OH REED, Nathan, b abt 1852 OH (later became Shoemaker) REED, Therby, (female) b abt 1855 IN REED, Amanda, b abt 1858 IN (not listed with the family on 1860 census--REED, Malinda b abt 1836 probably Muskingum, Adams Twp, OH, who married 1853 Tipton IN to Mahlon BAILEYb 1834 IN) Here is the BAILEY family, whose two sons each married a daughter of Jonathan REED and Nathan REED-- 1850 Census, Tipton, OH BAILEY, Abyden(Abidan), b abt 1805, VA BAILEY, Vashti (BROOKS, b abt 1809 Wilmington, Clinton, OH BAILEY, Anderson (Eli Anderson), b abt 1828, Marion IN (married Amanda REED, dau of Jonathan REED) BAILEY, Mahlon, b abt 1834 IN (married Malinda REED, dau of Nathan S. REED) BAILEY, Lavina, b abt 1839 IN BAILEY, Charity, b abt 1841 IN BAILEY, Josiah, b abt 1845 IN BAILEY, John, b abt 1849 IN The families of Jonathan REED, Nathan S. REED and Abidan BAILEY, including married children, were all in the 1870 Census for Morristown, Rice Co., MN Jonathan REED must have died about 1851, as Jane REED is listed as a widow on the 1860 Census Waseca, Blooming Grove, MN, living with Eli Anderson BAILEY + Amanda REED, with a new child NEWTON REED b 1850. No children born after 1850) Any help in connecting Jonathan REED and Nathan S. REED would be appreciated. Diana Chapman Owen