Benjamin Franklin Hamby (16 Nov 1895 - 11 Dec 1950)
Married:
(1)Tennie Smith They had one daughter:
Beatrice Hamby (b. 1915)
(2)Opal Laura Reed (18 Dec 1900 - 21 Jul 1943)
Married: 17 Jul 1920 Whitley City, KY, by Rev. Henry J. Watters (Opal's grandfather)
Their children are:
1. James Wilbert Hamby (b. 24 Aug 1920)
2. Edith Lillian Hamby (26 Oct 1921 - 16 Feb 1989)
3. Thelma Hamby (b.26 Dec 1922)
4. Benjamin Franklin Hamby, Jr. (21 Jan 1925 - Oct 1992)
5. Ruth Hamby (b. 10 Sept 1926)
6. Lloyd Hamby (21 Oct 1928 - May 1994)
7. Auldin Hamby (b. 16 Jun 1930)
8. Robert Lee Hamby (21 Feb 1932- Jun 1979)
9. Mary Magdaline Hamby (b. 23 Sept 1933)
10.William Riley Hamby (b. 28 Apr 1936)
11.Lillie M. Hamby (b. 8 July 1938)
12.Omega Hamby(b. 12 Jun 1939)
13.Carl Hamby (3 May 1942 - Oct 1980)
Opal "Reed" Hamby was the daughter of Ida Watters and James Wilbert Reed of McCreary County, KY. They were married 2 Jan 1898. In 1905, at age 30, while working as a brakeman for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, James was hit by a train near Danville, Kentucky at a place called High Bridge. My Dad talked about our grandfather who was killed by a train because he was deaf and didn't hear it coming. James is buried at Silerville, KY.
CHILDREN OF JAMES AND IDA REED:
1. Georgia Reed (b. 1898) married Rev. Sylvester (Ves) Ball
2. Opal L. Reed (18 Dec 1900 - 21 Jul 1943) mar. Benjamin Franklin Hamby
3. Leslie Reed (5 Sep 1903) mar. Virgie Bryant
4. Jewell Reed (22 Jul 1905) mar. Arthur Stephens
After James' death Ida remarried Gabriel Barclay Stephens and had six more children. They were:
5. Haywood Stephens (28 Dec 1907 - 12 Dec 1989)
6. Mable Stephens mar. Marian Rogers
7. Nobel Stephens mar. Hazel
8. Marie Stephens
9. Henry Stephens mar. Gladys
10. Ruby Stephens mar. Fred Neely
THE REED FAMILY
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Sampson Reed, in the picture above, was born 15 Jan 1853 and died 18 May 1941. His wife, Petty Angenetta Phillips was born 18 Mar 1851 and died around 1893. Sampson next married Julia Draughn on 7 Aug 1893. That marriage didn't work out so he married a third time to Rutha Acres. When he died he was buried beside his first wife at Hazel Valley Cemetery, Oneida, TN.
CHILDREN
1. James Wilbert Reed (16 Nov 1875-9 Feb 1905) mar. Ida Elizabeth Watters.
2. Campbell Reed
3. Martha Reed
4. Finley Reed
5. Etta Reed
6. Bertha Reed
7. Rebecca (died as an infant)
8. Johnnie Reed (twin to Dillie)
9. Dillie Reed (twin to Johnnie)
The story goes that Angenetta died giving birth to the twins. Dillie was taken and raised by Sampson's sister Delilah and her husband Finley Thomas. They had no children of their own. Dillie was living as late as the mid 1980's at Science Hill, Kentucky on a lovely farm called "Cherry Hill Farm." She first married a Ponser and then a Harris. Her son Billy Ponser still lives nearby.
Sampson Reed was the son of Campbell C. and Martha "Chitwood" Reed. Campbell was a Union soldier in the Civil War.
Campbell's parents were Isaac Reed (31 Mar 1790-1854) and Phariba "Hatfield" Reed (1797-1836).
CHILDREN
1. Phariba Reed (1810-1881)
2. Sarah Reed (b. 1812)
3. Allen Reed
4. Delilah Reed (b. 1815)
5. Elizabeth Reed
6. Campbell C. Reed (30 Apr 1820-11 Jul 1886)
7. Isaac Reed Jr. (b. 1830)
8. Andrew Reed (b. 1823)
9. Rebecca Reed (b. 1825)
10. Sampson Reed (b. 1827)
11. John Reed (1832-1879)
12. Emily Reed (b. 9 Feb 1834)
13. Eliza Jane (b. 1836)
After Phariba died, Isaac married Phariba McDonald. They had two children - Harrison and Julian.
Isaac Reed's parents were John Reed (1760-9 Dec 1832) and Nancy Norris (1764-1856/57). John died in Campbell County, Tennessee (now Scott County). He was a Revolutionary War Soldier, South Carolina Line.
CHILDREN
1. Isaac Reed (b.31 Mar 1790)
2. Sarah Reed (b. abt 1792)
3. Allen Reed (b. 1796)
4. Rebecca Reed (b. 1807)
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