Family:Charles Reed and Ruth Baxter (1)

Charles REED met Ruth BAXTER after he had moved to Penn Yan, New York, from Hughesville, Pennsylvania. Jobs were scarce in Hughesville and Penn Yan offered more chances to find work. Many men from central Pennsylvania traveled to central New York looking for work picking apples in the fall. Lots of men were needed by the orchards and the men looked forward to the cash paid by the orchard owner. In addition to working for farmers in the Penn Yan area, Charles also worked for a time at a funeral casket company in Rochester and a furniture factory in Penn Yan.

Charles and Ruth lived in the Penn Yan area after marrying for a few years before moving back to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. All of their children were born in Penn Yan.

Charles moved his family back to his home area of Hughesville, Lycoming, Pennsylvania when their youngest daughter was an infant. Charles worked for farmers managing dairy farms. They always had a garden and chickens of their own in addition to milk from the cows he took care of. Their income was a percentage of the milk check and cash for selling eggs. They bought little peeps in the spring, raised them in the back yard until the fall when the chickens were matured and laying eggs. He sold them as 'layers', an egg laying chicken that brought more money as they were desirable to the rural and town families.

Charles also sold Raleigh products from his car to people in eastern Lycoming County. Medicated Raleigh salve was one of his best selling products. He also sold Raleigh animal and human liniments, pie fillings, cough and cold medicines, fly spray, and food seasonings. Black pepper was also one of his high selling items in the fall when the farmers were butchering pigs and making scrapple. He sold large cans of poultry dust. He drove his old panel truck for years and then his 1950 Ford for several more years on his Raleigh route.

Ruth was a great cook and made wonderful egg noodles. She always kept a bowl of buckwheat pancake starter and fried buckwheat cakes often. They moved every couple of years from one farm to another but almost always in the same school district so their daughters did not have to change schools when they changed farms to share farm.

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1. ↑ Yates, New York, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Household Gender Age
   Charles D Reed M 28y
   spouse Ruth Reed F 27y
   child Harriette Reed F 6y
   child Dorothy Reed F 2m

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2. ↑ Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Household Gender Age
   Charles D Reed M 39
   spouse Ruth B Reed F 36
   child Eleanor H Reed F 16
   child Dorthy Reed F 10
   child Ruth M Reed F 8

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3. ↑ Family Records.
4. ↑ Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. 1940 United States Federal Census.

   Charles Reed, age 49, Renting, Farmer
   Ruth, age 47
   Ruth, daughter, age 18
   Delroy, grandson, age 7 (son of Leroy and Eleanor Reed Newcomer)

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5. ↑ Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. 1950 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Reed, Chas. D., age 59, salesman for home supplies
   Ruth, age 57, born New York State
   Delroy, 17, grandson (son of Leroy and Eleanor Reed Newcomer)
   Kenneth, 12, grandson ( also son of Leroy and Eleanor)

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6. ↑ Application for Marriage: Name: Chas D Reed
   Event Type: Marriage
   Event Date: 01 Jan 1912
   Event Place: Yates, New York, United States
   Age: 21
   Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
   Father's Name: Samuel P Reed
   Mother's Name: Emmie Krippnack
   Spouse's Name: Ruth E Baxter
   Spouse's Age: 19
   Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1893
   Spouse's Father's Name: G Cecil Baxter
   Spouse's Mother's Name: Hattie Goble
   "New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZM5-2QY : accessed 27 Jul 2014), Chas D Reed and Ruth E Baxter, 01 Jan 1912; citing , Yates, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1007110.