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Personal Reminiscence of Reed Family in Greenwood Kansas
Virginia Heath recalls Harrison Reed and Eliza Cordell Reed who settled in Greenwood Kansas from Illinois. The elder couple opened a trading post, helped found a Mission Baptist church, and cared for neighbors including a Maine family after a house fire. Heath urges recording family memories for future generations.
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Harrison Reed
Greenwood Township
Andreas
Kansas
Greenwood Baptist Church
Reed
Virginia Heath
Eliza Cordell
Illinois
Marais Des Cygnes
Grandfather
Greenwood
Grandmother Reed
God
Mission Baptist Organization
Deacon Reed
Maine