Tenth Generation

216. Ruth Ann SMITH (`~) was born on 4 April 1842 in Whitewater, Wayne County, IN.^38,58 (Her birth place may have been Hamilton County, IN.) She died on 22 August 1881 at the age of 39 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.³⁸ She was buried on 24 August 1881 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the M. G. Reed plot in the Hopewell Cemetery.

Ruth Ann SMITH (`~) and Matthew Gooding REED Sr. were married on 20 April 1859 in Marysville, Union County, OH.^37,38,45,58 (They may have married in Brighton, Washington County, IA.) Matthew Gooding REED Sr., son of Thomas REED and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 31 October 1831 in Marion, Marion County, OH.^38,45,58 (His birth place may have been Darby Township, Marysville, Union County, OH.) He died on 15 August 1902 at the age of 70 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,58 (His date of death may have been 12 August 1902.) He was buried on 17 August 1902 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the M. G. Reed plot in the Hopewell Cemetery.

Ruth Ann SMITH (`~) and Matthew Gooding REED Sr. had the following children:

282	i.	Alice REED was born on 6 February 1860 in Keokuk, Lee County, IA.³⁸
+283	ii.	Jane REED.
284	iii.	Rebecca REED was born on 4 September 1863 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, NE.³⁸
+285	iv.	Lucy R. REED (`~).
+286	v.	Annette REED.
287	vi.	Ida REED was born on 21 September 1868 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.³⁸ in the South Branch Precinct.
288	vii.	Solon REED was born on 11 August 1869 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the South Branch Precinct.
289	viii.	Walter REED was born on 18 September 1871 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.³⁸ in the South Branch Precinct.
290	ix.	Roy C. REED was born on 20 March 1873 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the South Branch Precinct.
291	x.	Dwight REED was born on 20 September 1874 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the South Branch Precinct.
292	xi.	Len REED was born on 2 February 1876 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the South Branch Precinct.
293	xii.	Dora REED was born on 2 December 1877 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.³⁸ in the South Branch Precinct.
+294	xiii.	Ruth Ann REED.
295	xiv.	Matthew REED Jr. was born on 11 August 1881 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^38,45 in the South Branch Precinct.