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Benjamin Reed

Birth	:	15 Feb 1789 Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	May 1872 Fort Shawnee, Allen County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton County, Canada
Coordinate	:	42.9965520, -82.3875890
Plot	:	Sec. 2 Lot 67
Description	:	"Benjamin REED, son of Thomas REED married Jane DECOURSEY, dau. of Peter DECOURSEY. They settled in Allen co., Ohio." OHIO RECORDS and PIONEER FAMILIES (1964), Vol.5. In March 1817, Reuben S. CLARK was administrator of the Estate of John PENNEL, late of Milton, Ohio. Appraisers were William FRENCH, Manuel HOOVER, and Thomas FRENCH. Surety was Ezekiel HOVER. In June 1817 it was ordered that Jonathan DECORSEY be appointed administrator of the estate of John PENNEL, late of Milton, Trumbull County, Ohio. Surety for bond was Benjamin REED and John HINMAN. Appraisers were Reuben S.... Read More	"Benjamin REED, son of Thomas REED married Jane DECOURSEY, dau. of Peter DECOURSEY. They settled in Allen co., Ohio." OHIO RECORDS and PIONEER FAMILIES (1964), Vol.5. In March 1817, Reuben S. CLARK was administrator of the Estate of John PENNEL, late of Milton, Ohio. Appraisers were William FRENCH, Manuel HOOVER, and Thomas FRENCH. Surety was Ezekiel HOVER. In June 1817 it was ordered that Jonathan DECORSEY be appointed administrator of the estate of John PENNEL, late of Milton, Trumbull County, Ohio. Surety for bond was Benjamin REED and John HINMAN. Appraisers were Reuben S. CLARKE, Francis WINDLE and James WININGS. Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.153. Benjamin REED, Joseph DEPUE, James WINANS, Jacob WINANS, et.al. appeared at the sanity hearing of Mary LOVELESS, wife of John LOVELESS of Milton, Trumbull County, Ohio, November 1828. Alexander SUTHERLAND was appointed guardian. Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.119. Benjamin and Jane (DECOURSEY) REED entered 80 acres of government land in sec.21 of Shawnee Township, Allen Co., Ohio, but later settled farther north along Hog Creek in Sec.15. They were members of the Shawnee Methodist Church. He died in Allen County in 1872 and is buried in the Shawnee Cemetery in Sec.2, Lot 67. A roll of purchasers of U.S. land on the Hog Creek Indian reservation, as well as the tax list of 1834 includes many of the families related to or closely associated with the DECOURSEYs. For a list of early settlers on Hog Creek see HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO (1885), p.538-539. The Indian Removal Act, signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830, demanded that all Indian tribes east of the Mississippi cede their land to the United States in exchange for territory in the West. Many Delaware, Shawnee, and other Indian nations left peacefully; others, principally Cherokee, were evicted from their prosperous farms in the winter of 1838, and forced to march across country under military guard to a reservation in Oklahoma. Four Thousand Indians died along the way in this "Trail of Tears" --- victims of disease, exposure and the brutality of the troops. Pvt. John G. BURNETT, a soldier who helped round up the tribe, wrote that the Cherokee were driven into the stockades "with the sky for a blanket and the earth for a pillow." About 1,000 escaped into mountains in western North Carolina. Along the trail, they were forbidden to have campfires and slept on the ground chained to wagon wheels. The weak were left to die. It was a sad day in our history. USA TODAY NEWSPAPER (Oct. 26, 1988), pp.1A-2A; ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA (International Edition 1965), v.20, p.698. --- On 18 Dec 1833, there is a record of an Original Land Entry in the name of Isaac DECORSEY for R6E, Twp.4S, Sec.10, W1/2, NW1/4 in Allen County, Ohio. The patent for this property, issued 16 October 1835, was signed by President Andrew Jackson. A photo copy of this deed is in the possession of William L. DeCoursey of New Brighton, MN. This property was part of the Shawnee Hog Creek Indian land in Ohio that had been abandoned by the Shawnee Indian Nation in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River, in accordance with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Isaac DeCoursey did not settle on this propery, portions of which were deeded to his brother, Abraham DeCoursey, and to his brother-in-laws, Jacob Fleming and Benjamin REED, before Isaac moved his family to Wisconsin Terr in 1836.

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Benjamin Reed's memorial is located at: Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton County, Canada.
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Benjamin Reed death on May 1872 in Fort Shawnee, Allen County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 42.9965520
Longitude: -82.3875890

Family Members:

Spouse

Jane DeCoursey Reed

(1790 - 1850)

Children

(1813 - 1834)

(1823 - 1906)

(1825 - unknow)

(1827 - 1832)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Lakeview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9965520, -82.3875890

2. Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9820000, -82.4790000

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Coordinate: 42.9311600, -82.4330200

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Coordinate: 43.0030840, -82.4949480

15. Lakeshore Presbyterian Columbarium
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Coordinate: 43.0608610, -82.4612930

16. Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0384540, -82.4893960

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Coordinate: 42.9586500, -82.2820100

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19. Froomfield Early Settlers Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9093900, -82.4536400

20. Bunyan Baptist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9335000, -82.2792200

21. Saint John in the Wilderness Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0355600, -82.2381600

22. Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8904130, -82.4547900

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