Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMartha Louise Downs 
Birth1851, Fayette Co, PA
Census16 Jul 1870, Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1342, pg 131
Census9 Jun 1880, So Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1130, pg 407
Death5 May 1885, Fayette Co, PA
BurialLaurel Hill Presbyterian Cem, Laurel Hill, Fayette Co, PA
FatherWilliam Brownfield Downs (1824-1911)
MotherRebecca Maria Wells (1828-1908)
Misc. Notes
She is listed as Martha on census records, and Louise on son Clyde’s death certificate, and then as Louie on her headstone.
First wife of James Fuller Reed (1847 - 25 Oct 1923), who married her sister Mary in 1888, after Martha’s death.
In 1880, she is listed as Martha L. Reed (28, PA) with James and their children Elmo C. (7), Jessie (6), and Clyde B. (4). They are listed next to her parents.
First wife of James Fuller Reed (1847 - 25 Oct 1923), who married her sister Mary in 1888, after Martha’s death.
In 1880, she is listed as Martha L. Reed (28, PA) with James and their children Elmo C. (7), Jessie (6), and Clyde B. (4). They are listed next to her parents.
Spouses
Birth1847, Pennsylvania
Death23 Oct 1923, Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA
BurialOak Grove Cem, South Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA
MarriageFayette Co, PA