O'Neal, Katie Reed, 1891-1989.

Katie Reed O'Neal (1891-1989), daughter of William Gray Reed and Mary Ellen Bridges, grew up in Miller township, Scotland County, Missouri. Her family moved to California in 1907 where she married Oliver Oren O'Neal in 1927. The O'Neals lived in Dinuba, California before moving to north Oakland in Alameda County sometime before 1930.

Barnett Basham (1799-1874) was born in Kentucky and married the widow Nancy Gray Reed in Scotland County, Missouri, on April 7, 1856.

Samuel Stewart Cecil was born in Kentucky and reared in Scotland County, Missouri, attending public schools there and also Fayette College. On April 10, 1863, he and his family joined a train of 105 wagons en route to California eventually settling in Yolo County.

William G. Downing was from a wealthy Virginia family. After marrying Mary Jones, the daughter of the first sheriff of Scotland County, Missouri, he went back to Virginia and returned with 12 slaves (10 men and 2 women) to build his home in 1858. It is now the Downing House Museum located in Memphis, Missouri.

From the description of Katie Reed O'Neal family papers, 1800-1972 (bulk 1800-1865). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 779645250