THOMAS BENTON REED

1862

1838 - 1905+

AUTHOR OF A PRIVATE IN GRAY

THOMAS BENTON REED 1905

Tom Reed tells a little about himself in his book.

"My name is Thomas Benton Reed.  I was born in the state of Alabama,  Blunt county, in the town of Bluntville, in the year of our Lord 1838, on August 17th.  My Father moved from there to Texas in the year 1842.  He remained there six months, and, after forting up twice fro the Indians, moved to Louisiana and settled on a creek called "Half Way."  Because this creek was just half way between Monroe and Natchitoches, and this settlement was made on the old San Anton'e, or Military Road, which was the first road cut through that part of the State."

"As a boy who is raised away back in a rural district does not see much, nor know much nor ever gets but a slight education, there is very little to tell.  I will say that I grew up healthy and strong, with a good constitution, and before I was 21 years old married Miss Elizabeth Amanda Hart – in A.D. 1859, on July the 6th, and in June, 1860 our first son was born."

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