Iredell Reding

Iredell Reding

• Father: Robert Reding b. say 1770
• Mother: Anne Needham b. say 1770

• Iredell Reding was born on 7 October 1791 in Randolph County, North Carolina.
• He married Martha Hallum, daughter of James Hallum and Ann Baker, on 7 October 1819 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
• Iredell Reding became a widower at the 11 October 1826 death of his wife Martha Hallum.
• He married Nancy Brooks, daughter of John Brooks and Ann Stuart, say 1830.
• John Baker Reding became a ward of his brother Iredell Reding upon the death of his father.
• Iredell Reding and Nancy Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elizabeth C. Reding and John Baker Reding.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• On Tuesday, 29 October 1850, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Give Mr. Reding an order on Rice & Nichols for $20 for a pair of young steers."
• On Saturday, 1 February 1851, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Hawled four loads of corn from Mr Reding's, 138 bushels at $1.25 per bushel."
• On Friday, 7 March 1851, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Mr J. S. Collard paid Mr Reding my Note of 196.65 to be paid to him at Rice & Nichols Houston."
• On Friday, 7 March 1851, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Mr J. S. Collard paid Mr Reding my Note of $196, 65 to be paid to him at Rice & Nichols Houston."
• Green Wood wrote on 29 August 1852, to an acquaintance in Georgia: ". . . One of my near neighbors (Mr. R.) rode with me in my corn a few days since, and thinks it the best eared corn that he ever saw. He is of the opinion that it will produce seventy-five bushels per acre, and what gives his opinion weight is, that he is a Tennessean. . . ."
• Evelina Wood wrote on 14 May 1855, to her daughter Lizzie Powell, undergoing treatment for cancer in Murfreesboro, Tennessee: ". . . Mr Mayfield & Miss Seymour were married last evening at three o'clock. Mr Redding gave them a dinner to-day . . . ."
       Letter in private collection of B. M. Henwood; original transcription by R. E. Reichardt.
• Iredell Reding and Nancy Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Monroe Reding.
• He was a brick mason, according to the 1860 census.
• Green Wood recorded: "1860, Nov 5th: Paid Iredel Reding for Brick for Double Chimney & Pillars for New house (11,500 Brick), $92.00; Paid John Reding for Brick, $58, and for plastering 3 cisterns, $28; Paid E. A. Anderson for Painting Blinds, $19. Nov 6th: Paid C. H. King for work on New House, $259.00; Paid King & Stubblefield for Lumber, $131.00, for Window sash, Blinds & Doors, Hawling."
• Iredell Reding became a widower at the 1861 death of his wife Levi C. Boles.
• Iredell Reding died on 9 May 1864 at age 72 in Texas in the vicinity of Danville.
• He was interred at the old Danville cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas, on present-day Shepard Hill road, near Willis.

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 2014