Edward Jackson Reames

Edward Jackson Reames

• Father: Lorenzo Dow Reames b. 14 February 1827, d. 11 March 1893
• Mother: Manuela Sanches b. 27 May 1850, d. 19 November 1936

• Edward Jackson Reames was born circa 1876 in Texas.
• Lorenzo Dow Reames and Manuela Sanches appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Caldwell County, Texas. Other members of the household included Edward Jackson Reames, Mary Reames, Narcissa Reames, Isabella Reames, Ardella Reames and Charles Henry Reames.
• He married Maude (?) circa 1900.
• Charles Arthur Brown and Isabella Reames appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Kaufman County, Texas, and also Charles and Isabella's children Arther, Budd, Bertha, and Tressie.. Other members of the household included Edward Jackson Reames, Manuela Sanches, Charles Henry Reames, Lola Reames, Jesse Lee Reames, Louis George Reames and Andrew Hill Reames.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
• Edward Jackson Reames and Maude (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Other members of the household included Gracie Reames, Bethal Reames, Orville Reames and Verlon Reames.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
• The following appeared on 3 August 1910 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Little Gracie and Orual Reams Victims of Fire in North Fort Worth. Mother is Prostrated. Girl Tried to Start Fire in Kitchen Stove as Help to Her Mother. Gracie Reams, 8 years old, and her brother, Orval, 4 years old, were burned to death at the home of E. J. Reams, 2106 Ross avenue, North Fort Worth, Tuesday afternoon, when a five gallon can of kerosene exploded and caught fire from a stove into which the child was pouring the oil. . . . The father of the children was summoned from the packing house after the fire was over. . . .
• The following appeared on 10 August 1910 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Much gratitude is expressed by E. J. Reames, the North Fort Worth man whose two children were burned to death in a fire at the Reames' honme, Aug. 2, to those who assisted him financially and extended comfort and condolences to him and his family. In a statement issued Wednesday he says that a total of $663.20 was collected and turned over to him in money and supplies.
• The following appeared on 25 September 1912 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in the real estate transfers column: E. J. Reams and wife to S. A. Lundy and wife, lot 2, block 27, Washington Heights addition, $175.
• Edward Jackson Reames and Maude (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Miles, Runnels County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bethal Reames, Cecil Clinton Reames and Herbert Lee Reames.
• He was a farm laborer, according to the 1920 census.
• Edward Jackson Reames died on 10 February 1957 in Tom Green County, Texas, or possibly 18 February (the index is very blurry).

• Last Edited: 13 Apr 2008