Ethel May REED

  General Notes:

Grandmother.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Amanda, Fairfield, Ohio; Roll: T623_1265; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 1.

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Clear Creek, Fairfield, Ohio; Roll: T624_1178; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 969.

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Amanda, Fairfield, Ohio; Roll: T625_1378; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 598.




Ethel grew up in Amanda, Fairfield Co., Ohio with her mother father John M. & Sallie Davis Reed. She was the oldest of three children the others being Harold and Evea. When she was grown she went to Columbus and worked for the Jeffery's Manufacturing Company where she became acquainted with Henry Clay and later married him in 1924.

Name: Ethel May Reed
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place: Fairfield, Ohio
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1895
Birthplace: Hocking Twp., Hocking, Fairfield, Ohio
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race: White
Father's Name: John M. Reed
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sallie ...Ovel
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00001-4
System Origin: Ohio-VR
Source Film Number: 0295267
Reference Number: BK3 P149 #12
Collection: Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962

  Noted events in her life were:

• Personal Photo: Ethel and Harold Reed, 1898, Amanda, Fairfield, Ohio, USA.

• Personal Photo: Eva & Ethel Reed, 1918, Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.

• Marriage Photo: Henry and Ethel Clay, 1924, Amanda, Fairfield, Ohio, USA.

• Personal Photo: Clays, Kunzes and Ethan Morris, 1925, Howard Rd., Brown twp., Delaware Co.OH.

• Personal Photo: Ethel and Henry, 1950's, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA.

• Burial: Amanda twp. Cem, Fairfield Co., OH, 1964, Amanda Twp. Cem., Fairfield Co., Ohio.

Ethel married Henry Clinton CLAY, son of Norton Albert CLAY and Ora Belle SHEETS, on 28 Jun 1924 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA.¹ (Henry Clinton CLAY was born on 18 Apr 1904 in Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio, died on 22 Dec 1981 in Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio and was buried on 28 Dec 1981 in Amanda Twp. Cem., Fairfield Co., Ohio.)

  Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Henry C. Clay
Groom's Birth Date: 1902
Groom's Birthplace: Delaware Co., O.
Groom's Age: 22
Bride's Name: Ethel M. Reed
Bride's Birth Date: 1899
Bride's Birthplace: Fairfield Co., Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1924
Marriage Place: Franklin, Ohio
Groom's Father's Name: N. A. Clay
Groom's Mother's Name: Ora B. Sheets
Bride's Father's Name: John M. Reed
Bride's Mother's Name: Sarah Davis
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
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Bride's Marital Status: Single
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02368-9
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 1854979
Reference Number: P73 cn70350
Collection: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958