Eleventh Generation

132. Ruth Ann SMITH (`~) was born on 4 April 1842 in Whitewater, Wayne County, IN.^11,33 (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.¹¹ She was buried on 24 August 1881 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 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.^10,11,16,33 (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.^11,16,33 (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.^11,33 (His date of death may have been 12 August 1902.) He was buried on 17 August 1902 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 in the M. G. Reed plot in the Hopewell Cemetery.

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

194	i.	Alice REED was born on 6 February 1860 in Keokuk, Lee County, IA.¹¹
+195	ii.	Jane REED.
196	iii.	Rebecca REED was born on 4 September 1863 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, NE.¹¹
+197	iv.	Lucy R. REED (`~).
+198	v.	Annette REED.
199	vi.	Ida REED was born on 21 September 1868 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.¹¹ in the South Branch Precinct.
200	vii.	Solon REED was born on 11 August 1869 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 in the South Branch Precinct.
201	viii.	Walter REED was born on 18 September 1871 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.¹¹ in the South Branch Precinct.
202	ix.	Roy C. REED was born on 20 March 1873 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 in the South Branch Precinct.
203	x.	Dwight REED was born on 20 September 1874 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 in the South Branch Precinct.
204	xi.	Len REED was born on 2 February 1876 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 in the South Branch Precinct.
205	xii.	Dora REED was born on 2 December 1877 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.¹¹ in the South Branch Precinct.
+206	xiii.	Ruth Ann REED.
207	xiv.	Matthew REED Jr. was born on 11 August 1881 in Hopewell Township, Otoe County, NE.^11,16 in the South Branch Precinct.