Jay County Indiana - Reed Cemetery

Reed Cemetery

Reed Cemetery is located in Wayne Township, Portland.
The current listing is taken from the information on the previous Jay Co Burials page, tombstone photographs, funeral home records and obituaries.

BHFHR = Baird-Hardy Funeral Home Records 1909-1911
M/M = Mr & Mrs; s/s = same stone

Thanks to Jackie Sanders for sharing her tombstone photographs!

If anyone knows the history of the cemetery or anyone who is buried here, please get in touch with Jim Cox.

Updated 10/30/2018

Reed Cemetery
Last Name	First Name (Maiden)	Birth Date	Death Date	Spouse Marriage Date	Parents	Military	Obit	Photo
Ankrom	B	1781	10/11/1858
Ankrom	Elizabeth	10/21/1846	4/9/1863
Ankrom	Elizabeth (Sellers)	1781	10/11/1858	Joseph
Ankrom	Joseph	1776	1858	Elizabeth Sellers	Richard & Ruth A Hill Ankrom
Ankrom	Lucy Ann (Stotts)	1820	1893	Richard
Ankrom	Richard	6/30/1815	9/16/1876	Tacy Miller; Lucy A Stotts	Joseph & Elizabeth Sellers Ankrom
Ankrom	Solomon Sr	11/20/1817	9/22/1905	Lucinda Wine - 1832	William & Lydia		obit
Ankrom	Susannah	1/20/1860	10/1/1875		Richard & Lucy A Stotts Ankrom			photo
Ankrom	unknown	15 5 17	2/4/1873
Brickley	Leveniah L	8/25/1843	6/21/1864	J W
Bryan	Zephania	11/27/1795	6/5/1868
Bunch	Ishmael	12/19/1818	2/26/1870		William & Margaret P Hobbs Bunch
Byrd	Elizabeth		9/15/1869	Daniel
Chalfant	David	9/2/1788	1/2/1875
Chalfant	Sarah	4/11/1800	8/14/1888	David
Chalfant	William N	5/30/1843	8/2/1879			Co E 34th IN Inf		photo
Elliott	Sarah A	10/12/1840	7/1/1876	Jesse
Evilsizer	Ardillia (Banta)	3/18/1852	2/19/1875	Louis M	Jospeh L & Jane Gard Banta
Flowers	David A	12/22/1887	7/8/1888		William & Leah
Flowers	Erlie	7/2/1890	8/22/1897		William & Leah
Franks	Charles C	7/24/1832	10/27/1921	Sarah E Geesaman - 5/16/1861	John H & Sarah Johnson Franks
Franks	infant		1/11/1905		grandfather Samuel Franks		obit
Franks	Sarah Elizabeth (Geesaman)	12/19/1844	5/10/1917	Charles C - 5/16/1861	Samuel & Mary Ann Johnson Geesaman
Franks	Thomas B	5/6/1851	7/22/1902				obit
Franks	Truman Ulysses	1/2/1886	10/5/1895		T B & W I
Gard	Elizabeth	1790	10/15/1869	Daniel
Geesaman	Mary Ann (Johnson)	9/13/1811	9/4/1875	Samuel	Isaac & Sarah Huff Johnson
Geesaman	Samuel	4/29/1814	2/17/1864	Mary Ann Johnson
Green	Susannah (Mayo)	3/6/1847	7/16/1874	Peter	Pleasant Perkins Mayo
Holmes	Catherine	4/9/1821	8/20/1864	James
Holmes	Frank	2/14/1849	3/12/1900	Mary E Coats - 4/28/1875		aka: Francis Marion Holmes	obit
Holmes	James	1/12/1813	5/4/1871
Holmes	James W	7/7/1845	8/31/1864		J & E			photo
Holmes	Mary	3/13/1843	6/4/1861					photo
Holty	unnamed son	abt 1891	8/12/1894		James		obit
Horner	Birdie E	1879	1897					photo
Horner	Emma L	12/11/1871	9/14/1872		J & E
Horner	Samuel	9/16/1819	12/6/1881
Horner	Willie G	1872	1890
Jordan	Mary J	1/6/1842	6/7/1864	Abraham
Knapp	Clarissa	1813	5/30/1861	George W
Knapp	George W	1803	2/6/1861
Lingo	Abbie C (Ankrom)	12/3/1862	6/22/1891	Peter				photo
Lingo	Thomas	6/17/1891	6/25/1891		P & A C
Lingto	infant	c3/0/1896	8/13/1896		M/M Peter		death notice
Mahoney	Eva Belle	4/25/1886	7/26/187		William & Laura		obit
Mayo	Pleasant Perkins	2/14/1821	9/7/1872	Nancy Orcutt
McDaniel	Elizabeth	6/18/1835	5/9/1879	John
McGriff	John E	9/18/1825*	3/25/1902				obit
Osborn	Emma	1/9/1865	9/6/1865		Lester & Mary G
Osborn	Lester	5/7/1838	8/26/1895
Osborn	Mary
Reed	Alesta R	8/14/1855	1/18/1856		M & A J
Reed	Anna Jane (Rich)	4/15/1833	7/4/1895	Dr Manuel - 724/1853			obit
Reed	Clarice E (Hudson)	4/29/1874	4/22/1911	John C	Joel & Harriett Barnes Hudson		BHFHR
Reed	Ervin Jay	2/28/1861	4/1/1861		M & A J
Reed	George	7/27/1830	4/16/1851			earliest known burial
Reed	Henry	1789	11/30/1855
Reed	John	6/8/1793	10/12/1865
Reed	John O	4/8/1857	9/21/1857		M & A J
Reed	Leah (Horner)	11/21/1845	4/27/1869	Samuel - 1864
Reed	Manuel, Dr	5/19/1828	6/4/1874
Reed	Martha E	12/2/1858	1/10/1859		M & A J
Reed	Rebecca (Jones)	5/9/1830	3/9/1863	Samuel - 1849
Reed	Samuel	12/28/1825	11/2/1876	Rebecca Jones - 1849; Leah Horner - 1864
Reed	Sarah	12/26/1796	11/26/1860
Robbins	Elmer Lee		1/30/1931		Albert & Nellie (Ellfott) Robbins		obit
Rook	Clayton	1878	1933			lastest known burial
Rook	unknown		illegible
Saxton	Ester V	1875	1887		David & A
Snyder	infant		8/0/1895		M/M Ed		obit
Wible	Frederick	1819	1871
Wible	Julia	abt 1878	2/9/1901		Jacob Wible		obit
Wible	Louisa Mariah	1848	7/30/1870