Birth: 28 December 1872 Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Father: Alpheus Reed 1850-1917
Mother: Susan A Foster 1842-1926
Marriage: 27 April 1899 Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Wife: Clara Melissa Heath [Teasdale] 1880-1964
Death: 12 September 1931 Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Buried: 13 September 1931 Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Ina (Ena) Leone Reed [Cooper] 1900-1979
In the 1880 census as Berton J Reed aged 6, born in New Hampshire, parents born in New Hampshire, and living with his parents (Alpheus and Susan A), and sister (Gracie E) in Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire
Entry in IGI New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920, for Bert J. Reed born in Dorchester, New Hampshire, parents Alpheus Read and Susan Foster, and Clara M Heath aged 19, born in 1880 in Rumney, New Hampshire, parents Ira O Heath and Jennie Bartlett on 27 April 1899 in New Hampshire. In Ancestry New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, for Bert J. Reed it adds his age as 25, the place as Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, his occupation as a farmer, and first marriage for both.
His daughter was born in Rumney, in 1900. On her birth certificate it states he was a farmer aged 26, born in Groton, New Hampshire. Her first name appears to be Ena subsequently changed to Ina, but the opposite could be the case.
In the 1900 census as Burton ? Reed aged 27, born in December 1872, born in New Hampshire, father born in New Hampshire, mother in Vermont, a farmer and living with his wife (Clarah M) and daughter (Ina L), in a rented farm in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire. His parents-in-law (Ira O and Jennie L Heath) were living at the previous address. His parents were living in the next address.
In the 1910 census as Burton J Reed aged 36, born in New Hampshire, both parents born in New Hampshire, married for 10 years, a lumber dealer, and living with his wife (Clara M), daughter (Ina L), three boarders (Arthur Corliss aged 39, born in New Hampshire, single, and a laborer on the railroad, Harold H Palmer aged 27, born in New Hampshire, single, and a physician MD working on his own account, and Herman J Wallace aged 33, born in New Hampshire, married and a laborer on the railroad) and a servant (Harry E Hill aged 33, born in New Hampshire, divorced, and a laborer doing odd jobs) in his own mortgaged house in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
In the 1920 census as Burton J Reed aged 44, born in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, both parents born in New Hampshire, married, but not with his wife, a lumber dealer and employer and living with his widowed mother (Susan A Reed) in his own house free of mortgage, in Lake Avenue, Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire. His wife and daughter were living with his parents-in-law at 6 Warren Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
His mother died in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire in 1926.
In the 1930 census as Burton Reed, aged 55, born in USA, parents born in USA, aged 22 at first marriage, widowed, a bank clerk, and a guest with Fred A Carpenter (aged 54, born in New Hampshire, father born in Canada and mother in Irish Free State, aged 25 at first marriage, living in his own house value $16,500, with a radio set, and a retired auctioneer), his wife (Albiegele S aged 44, born in Massachusetts, father born in Canada and mother in Massachusetts, and aged 40 at first marriage), a maid (Mary Durkin aged 19, born in the Irish Free State, parents born in Irish Free State, immigrated in 1929 and single), and two other guests (Caleb D White aged 60, aged 60 at first marriage, born in Massachusetts, parents born in USA, and a furniture auctioneer, and his wife aged 56, born in New York, parents born in New York and aged 25 at first marriage) at 47 Hereford Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Entry in Ancestry New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947, for Burton J. Reed, parents Alpheus Reed, a farmer, and Susan Foster both born in Dorchester, on 12 September 1931 in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire. He was a resident for 40 years, aged 58 years 8 months and 15 days, born in Dorchester, New Hampshire in 1872, married and a lumberman. Death from a stangulated hernia, interment 13 September 1931 at Pine Grove.
Entry in Find A Grave for Burton J Reed born on 28 December 1872 in Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA, son of Alpheus and Susan (Foster) Reed, died on 12 September 1931 in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA, and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Also a headstone in Pine Grove Cemetery there is "Heath/1840 Ira O Heath 1933/Sister?)/1848 Jennie L 1925/1873B B. J. Reed 1931/1894 Oliver L Cooper 1967//His Wife/1900 Ina L Reed 1979"
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Burton J. Reed born in December 1872 in New Hampshire, his marriage to Clara M Heath on 27 April 1899, and his death in 1931 in Westboro, MA. Another entry adds his birth in Dorchester, New Hampshire, his parents as Alpheus Reed and Susan A Foster, his daughter Ina L Reed, and his death on 12 September 1931 in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
Dorchester and Rumney are towns in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, populations 355 and 1,480 at the 2010 census, mainly timber and farming.
Burton Jeremiah Reed was the husband of Clara Melissa Heath, wife of Cornelius Teasdale, husband of Emily Croucher, my grandaunt.
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