Abel Nicholson Reid - age 85
my 3rd great-uncle & father of Iram Green Reid, my 2nd great uncle

Vocation: Farmer

Father: Abel Reid, Farmer, (Born: 1808/09, Wilkes Co., NC -Died: Aft 1880, NC)

Mother: Elizabeth "Bettie" Nicholson (Born: 1804, Wilkes Co., NC - Died: Bef. 1870, NC)

Note: In 1880, being widowed, Abel Reid's cousin, Eliza Jane Longbottom (B: 1864, Iredell, NC) lives with him in Union Grove, Iredell, NC

Siblings:
1. Jincy Reid (B: 1831, Iredell, NC)
2. Janus A. Reid (B: 1833, Iredell, NC);
3. Elizabeth Reid (Sloan) (B: 1835, Iredell, NC -13 Jul 1929, 94y 8m 10d, Sharpsburg, Iredell, NC; Burial: 14 Jul 1929, Damascus Baptist Church, NC);
4. Abel Nicholson Reid (B: 1837, Iredell, NC);
5. Abigail Reid (B: 1839, Iredell, NC);
6. Sarah Reid (B: 1841, Iredell, NC);
7. John Martin Reid (B: May 1843, Iredell, NC) married: Clementine Williams (Born: 17 Mar 1849, Iredell, NC - 19 Apr 1932, age 83, Iredell, NC) D/o Herow Williams & Venis Shoemaker -children: Parks M. Reid, Merchant, (Born: 28 Jun 1874, Iredell, NC - 03 Jan 1938, age 63, Lovelace, Wilkes, NC; Buried: 05 Jan 1938, Grassy Knob Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, NC) married: Cora E. Reid, William Marsh Reid, Farmer & Teacher, (Born: 16 Feb 1880, Iredell, NC - 03 Sep 1940, age 60, New Hope, Iredell, NC; Buried: 04 Sep 1940, Grassy Knob Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, NC) married: Pearl Shears

Note: In 1850, Balls (Relatives of the Reid's & Campbell's) are living with Abel & Bettie Reed & family; Elijah Y. Ball (B: Oct 1823, Iredell, NC) S/o Sampson "Harrison" Ball (B: 18 Jul 1789, Wilkes Co., NC) S/o William Ball & Sarah Campbell (B: 09 Sep 1763, Wilkes Co., NC) married: Rosanna Norman (B: 1790, Wilkes, NC) married (1845, Warren Co., NC): Lucinda Ball (B: 1824, Iredell, NC - Abt 1874) -children: Sarah R. Ball (B: 1845, Iredell, NC), Leander Ball (B: 1849, Warren Co., NC)

Note: Elijah Ball's father's father, Wiliam Ball, married into our Campbell Family. Elijah Y. Ball's second wife was: Adaline Fletcher "Critus" Ball (B: 23 Mar 1824, Iredell, NC - 05 Mar 1901, Iredell, NC; Burial: Union Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Iredell, NC) -children: Cora Lee Ball, Amos F. G. Ball, Elizabeth I. Ball, David Vance Ball, Maggie Ball Church, Bettie Isiabelle Ball Guy, Margaret Ann Ball Church, Mary Ball

Married: Mary Elizabeth Mullis Reid, my 2nd great grand aunt, (Birth: 30 Mar 1840, Grove Township, Harmony, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death: 27 Apr 1926, Hamptonville, Buck Shoals Township, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA); Note: (In 1920, Mary is age 79, living in Hamptonville, Buck Shoals Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA)

Children (my maternal 1st cousins 3x removed):
1. Mary Jane Reid (Birth 21 Jun 1864 • Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA-Death 17 Jan 1941, age 76 • Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA; Burial: 19 Jan 1941 • St. Paul United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA);
2. Sarah E Reid (Birth 1866 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA-Death
17 Jan 1941 • Yadkin County, North Carolina USA);
3. Iram Green Reid (Birth 07 FEB 1868 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 11 FEB 1954 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) married: Mary Louisa Campbell, my 2nd great aunt, (Birth 25 JAN 1870 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 21 FEB 1940 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
4. Evelyn Candora Reid (Birth 23 JAN 1871 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 09 MAY 1907 • Yadkinville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA) married:
Columbus Lafayette Johnson (Birth 20 MAR 1861 • Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA - Death 24 SEP 1917 • Buck Shoal; Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA);
5. James Paskey Reid (Birth 13 FEB 1873 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 31 MAY 1906 • Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA );
6. William Gaston Reid (Birth 07 DEC 1874 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 11 MARCH 1942, age 68 • Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA; Burial: 13 Mar 1942, St. Paul's Methodist Church, Yadkin County, NC) married: Cecila 'Lela M' Welborn (Birth MAY 1866 • New Castle, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA - Death BTW 1906-1910 • Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA);
7. John Martin Reed (Birth DEC 1874 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death North Carolina, USA);
8. Abel Gwyn Reid, Farmer, (Birth 31 MAY 1880 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 17 DEC 1950, age 68 • Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA; State Hospital); Note: Aunt Louisa & Uncle Iram's son, Commie Gwyn Reid, got his middle name from his uncle Abel Gwyn Reid
9. Ephraim Leonard Reid, Farmer, (Born: 01 Jun 1892, North Carolina, USA - Death 16 Feb 1971, age 78, Yadkinville, Yadkin, NC; Burial: 18 Feb 1971, St. Paul's Methodist Church, Hamptonville, Yadkin, NC);

Abel N Reid: Cause of Death (CoD): Diabetes, Brights Disease; Informant: Iram G. Reid, of Harmony, NC Rt. #; Doctor: L. P. Somers; Undertaker: J. T. Jennings, Jr., of Olin, Iredell, NC

Burial: 23 Mar 1921, St. Paul's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Intersection of St. Paul's Church Rd & Buck Shoals Rd, Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA

Note: Directions to St. Paul's United Methodist Church Cemetery: From intersection of Asbury Rd and Rocky Branch Rd off US 421 west of Yadkinville, go south on Asbury Rd for 1.7 miles and turn Left on Buck Shoals Rd. Then go 1.5 miles and turn Right on St. Paul's Church Rd. Church is on the left and cemetery is behind the church