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| Cemetery Name: |
Reed Family |
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| County: | Putnam | |
| USGS Quad: | Kenna | |
| Coordinates: | 38.6450ºN 81.7399ºW | |
| Maintained by: | Unknown | |
| Land owner: | Casto | |
| Date added to WVCPA register: | April 2005 | |
| Condition of cemetery**: | Poor (April 2005) | |
| Accessibility: | Located on the Casto farm up Reed Hollow off the Left Fork of Clendenin Creek in Putnam County. Check with the Casto's (or with the Bowling's down the road if Casto's aren't home) before entering the farm, as they do have cattle that graze in the fields you need to cross to get to the cemetery. See the topo map for specific location. When WVCPA was there in April 2005, the first part of the road was pretty muddy, though passable with a 4x4. We opted to park on the main road and walk in - it's a modest, fairly gentle walk up the creek onto the old Reed farm - the cemetery being on the hill to the right overlooking the old farmhouse. | |
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** Condition of cemetery as
observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year |
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| Last Name: | First Name: |
Born: |
Died: |
Inscription: |
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Source: |
| Reed | Arminta Fisher | __ July 1857 | ___ 1924 | "Wife of J.E. Reed" |  |
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| Reed | Howard C. | 4 January 1867 | 23 February 1885 | "Son
of J.E. & A. Reed" "Aged 18Y. 1M. 19D." [Rest of inscription illegible] |
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| Reed | Lottie ? | 22 March 1903 ? | 10 October 1904 ? | "Dau
of T.R. & __ Reed" ? "Aged 6M. 8D." |
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| ...Along with several other graves either unmarked or marked only with fieldstones. | ||||||
| Photos:
Reed Hollow - the cemetery is located on the top of the hill in the distance, just right of center in the photos above
Above: The old Catawba Grove School house, just a little ways down the road (heading east) from Reed Hollow
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Comments:
This is a tiny family cemetery on the old James Reed farm up Reed Hollow on the Left Fork of Clendenin Creek, a
tributary of Eighteen Mile Creek, in Putnam County. We last visited
this farm on a warm spring evening in April 2005, and took the opportunity to
snap a few additional photos of the beautiful pastoral setting that this
little cemetery enjoys. "It was sad to see that it has been let go
so...", said a WVCPA volunteer that was with us at the time - according
to her, the descendants in years past had kept it up quite nicely, but most
had aged beyond the ability to continue to care for the old family burial
place. From what we could tell, someone, presumably the current land
owners, had maintained the fence surrounding the cemetery, but little had been
done to keep the weeds and brush from growing out of control within the fenced
area. After a few phone calls to known relatives of the Reed family, the volunteer happily reported to us that arrangements were being made to clean up this cemetery later in the spring. We haven't heard back on this as to whether that was done or not, but we do hope so. |
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Updated: 07 September 2012