Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Owen Co.

THOMAS REED was born in Owen County, Ky., March 8, 1830, and is a son of
James and Jane (Garvey) Reed, who were natives of the Old Dominion, and
immigrated to Kentucky at an early day.  James Reed was a wheelwright and
farmer, and a soldier in the war of 1812.  He was born in 1771, and died
in Owen County, January 20, 1833.  Jane (Garvey) Reed was born February
17, 1786, and was a daughter of Job and Mary Garvey; she died August 29,
1874.  Job Garvey served seven years in the Revolutionary was under Gen.
Washington.  Thomas Reed received his education in the common schools of
Owen County.  He had made farming his chief occupation through life, and
owns a fine farm of seventy-five acres, valued at $90 per acre. December
18, 1866, Mr. Reed married Miss L. F. Alexander, daughter of Travis D.
and Nellie (Vanarden) Alexander.  Mr. and Mrs. Reed are members of the
Baptist Church, and in politics Mr. Reed is a stanch Democrat.  He
enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company B, Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, at
Lexington, Ky., October 6, 1862, and at the close of the war was
honorably discharged at Mount Sterling., Ky., May 4, 1865.

Reed Garvey Alexander Vanarden
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VA

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