William "Ross" Reed family in PA. later in Ill. census. this family is possibly origionally from Berks County. PA Thanks to all of the people that responded to my inquiry concerning this family. I found a lot of great information today. Some kind person sent this to me. Yesterday. Legonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enumerated on 18 Oct. 1850 Line enumerated# Name age sex occupation, birth place 19 355 355 James Reed 50 M Farmer PA 20 Sarah " 45 F " 21 Esther " 15 F " 22 John " 13 M " student 23 Ross " 11 M " student 24 Mary " 7 F " 25 Joanna " 5 F " 26 Joseph " 3 M " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ this family moves to Illinois by the time of the next census taking of 1860. as you can see the wife is now missing and so is son joseph. daughters johanna and Mary. 1860 Census, page 824, Industry, dwelling 3303, family 3225 Reed, James 56 m farmer 300-100 PA Hester 24 f PA John 22 m could be 25 PA Ross 19 m PA Also I think that I may have found several of Wm Ross REEDS son's, death in the index (cadi) Southern California. So, I am sending a copy to SoCal in case someone else recognizes this family. Feel free to contact me for further information. Thanks for all your help on their and my behalf. Always, Cathleen