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George A. Reed was a sailor
and merchant in Westmoreland
County. During the Civil War, he
was in the Confederate Secret
Service and Signal Corps. On April
8, 1865, he was captured while a
blockade-runner at Cobb’s Neck,
Maryland and detained at the Old
Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
where he took the oath of allegiance
to the United States and was
released on April 14, 1865. He
returned to Westmoreland County, VA
and was a sailor and continued to
work and harvest fish and shellfish.
In later years, he was listed as a
merchant. He filed for a Civil War
Pension in 1902, with the last
payment in September 1907.
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George's wife, Charlotte Ann
Lampkin Reed was a descendant of
the Payne and Neale families of
Westmoreland County, Virginia. She
died on July 31, 1880 and was buried
at Locust Farm on August 1, 1880.
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Children:
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Llewellyn Taylor Reed b.
circa 1850 d. october 18, 1924 m.
Mary Ann Craft in 1870 buried in
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington,
D.C. He was a sailor and Captain
the schooner The Earl Biscoe
while living in Virginia. When he
moved to Washington, D.C. about 1900
he worked as an insurance agent and
a watchman at the Treasury
Department.
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George H. Reed b. circa 1851
m. Mary Ida Callis William
Reed b. circa 1854 in Virginia
d. June 22, 1876 when he drowned in
the Potomac River at the 11 St.,
S.W. Washington fork of the river.
He is buried in Westmoreland County,
Virginia.
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Charles Reed b. circa 1856 m.
Florence Baker December 23,
1879.
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Warren Lamokin Reed b.
September 12, 1858 m. Jeannette Ann
Coates November 24, 1891 d. November
14, 1927 buried in Oak Grove
Cemetery in Oak Grove, Virginia in
Westmoreland County.
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Emma
Reed b. April 18, 1865,
married Charles Lewis Callis
December 20, 1881 in Westmoreland
County. Charles died in August
1891 in Washington D.C. and is
buried in Westmoreland County.
Emma died May 18, 1912 in Washington
D.C. and is buried in Congressional
Cemetery.
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Children:
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Robert Herbert Callis
born April 18, 1883 in
Westmoreland County,
Virginia - married
Millicent Cecilia Hunter
on September 12, 1900 - died
November 16, 1938 and is
buried at Arlington
Cemetery.
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Bernard Osborne Callis
born December 8, 1885 in
Westmoreland County -
married Edna M. Bailey
- died December 1, 1956.
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Mollie G. Callis born
January 1887 in Westmoreland
County, Virginia.
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Mabel Gertrude Callis
Pape - born December
1889 - died December 21,
1974 - buried at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Lewis Callis, Jr.
born May 22, 1891 in
Washington, DC – died in
1960s.
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Garnet Callis born 12
January 1893 in Washington,
DC - died 21 December 1955 -
buried at Arlington
Cemetery.
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When they moved to
Washington, D.C. in the late
1800’s Emma’s husband,
Charles ran a grocery store
in Southwest Washington.
After his death, she worked
as a clerk at the Treasury
Department in Washington,
D.C. and was a tailoress.
She was a member of the
American Flag Council No. 5
Daughters of America at the
time of her death.
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Gertrude Reed b. circa 1860
m. Achilles Reed November 25,
1884 in Westmoreland County, d.
August 1, 1885 of a spinal infection
buried at Locust Farm, Westmoreland
County.
