This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: anders217 Surnames: REED, TAYLOR, COOK, OAKS, WELBORN, RUCKER, MAGEE, BARHAM, HARPER, SKELTON, LINVILLE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.stoddard/1633.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From the book, _Stoddard County, Missouri, 1835-1985_ a biography on the Reed family by Jo Walker Liggett on p. 138 states that Prior P. Reed, firstborn of John and Eda Reed, was b. in Warren Co. KY in 1827. He 1st m. Nancy Matilda Taylor and they had 6 ch. including James Alvader Reed. Nancy died, and on 25 Feb 1867 Prior Reed m. Mary Elizabeth Oaks Cook, who had 3 daughters, Zella Cook, who m. Prior's son, James Alvader Reed, Beatrice Cook(m. Silas Wright Harper)and Mary Cook. Prior and Mary had a daughter, Ida May, who m. Samuel Skelton. I did not find the marriage record of James A. Reed and Zella Cook in Stoddard Co. records. I am related to James A. Reed's 2nd wife, Wisie Welborn. After Zella's death, James Alvader Reed m. Sarah Louisa "Wisie" Welborn Magee on 27 Nov 1904, and they had one daughter, Lura Elizabeth Reed, b. 1907. Wisie was the daughter of William S. Welborn and Lucinda Rucker, and Wisie was the widow of Thomas J. Magee, son of Isaac and Juvanda Linville Magee. After James A. Reed's death in 1908, Wisie m. James Andrew Barham on 9 Feb 1914. James A. Reed is buried in North Antioch Cem. near Bloomfield, MO, and Wisie is buried in Bloomfield Cem. Do you know anything about Lura Elizabeth Reed, daughter of J.A. and Wisie? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.