Dorothy Cole and Merritt Wright Reed

MERRITT WRIGHT REED was born September 18, 1891 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana,^{8, 11657} and died August 15, 1949 in Colinsville, Illinois.¹¹⁶⁵⁷ He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

He married DOROTHY COLE on February 8, 1928 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana,⁸⁷⁹⁰ daughter of VICTORIA SABRA HALL and JAMES RICHARD COLE. She was born March 12, 1902 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.

Children of DOROTHY COLE and MERRITT WRIGHT REED:

1. ALICE ANN REED, b. May 8, 1928, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. GLENWOOD TAYLOR EMMONS on December 21, 1954 in Collinsville, Madison, Illinois¹¹⁷⁰⁹; d. March 29, 2018, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.²⁶⁰⁹



Obituaries

Pharos-Tribune, August 17, 1949¹¹⁶⁵⁷

Former Resident Of Kewanna Dies At Home of Niece

Jack Reed, of this city, has received word of the death of his father, Merritt W. Reed, 59, former Logansport resident, who passed away Monday at his home in Collinsville, Ill.

The deceased was born here, the son of Frank and Flora Reed. A graduate of the local high school, he moved to Collinsville some 20 years ago. He was a yardmaster on the Pennsylvania railroad there.

Survivors include the widow; three children, Jack of Logansport, Mrs. Margaret Jean Sheldon of Japan and Miss Alice Ann Reed at home; five brothers and one sister.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
January 5, 1920444	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana	James Richard Cole Victoria Sabra Hall James Marion Cole Alice McShane Cole Dorothy Cole Anna May Graham Dixon Anna Victoria Cole Dorthea Dixon Cole
April 4, 1930443	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana	James Richard Cole Victoria Sabra Hall Edwin Horace Cole Alice McShane Cole Merritt Wright Reed Dorothy Cole Alice Ann Reed
May 10, 194011659	Colinsville, Madison, Illinois	Merritt Wright Reed Dorothy Cole Alice Ann Reed Victoria Sabra Hall Edwin Horace Cole
May 1, 195011722	Colinsville, Madison, Illinois	Dorothy Cole Edwin Horace Cole