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Ellen M. Thompson Sharpe Reeder (Louisville, Kentucky, fugitive from justice)

b. 1810 d. 1873-02-04

Louisville, Kentucky, fugitive from justice. Indiana native. Married to James M. Sharpe in Clark County, Indiana, on March 16, 1830. Married to Charles T. Reeder in Clark County, Indiana, on February 6, 1832. Mother of Elizabeth Reeder Wheeler and John Thompson Reeder. Resident of Nashville, Tennessee, in 1850. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Indicted for arson in Louisville in December 1864. Fugitive from justice in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 132B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 185.

Indiana Marriage Records, 1801-1952, Indiana Archives and Record Administration, Office of the Clark County Clerk. Clark County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume C, 1828-1834, p. 78.

Indiana Marriage Records, 1801-1952, Indiana Archives and Record Administration, Office of the Clark County Clerk. Clark County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume C, 1828-1834, p. 81.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 256.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 28833.

"Burned to Death," New Orleans Republican, (New Orleans, LA), 9 Feb 1873, p. 5.

"The River," Times-Picayune, (New Orleans, LA), 12 Feb 1873, p. 2.

"Captain John T. Reeder," Times-Picayune, (New Orleans, LA), 26 Nov 1900, p. 3.

Citation

Reeder, Ellen M. Thompson Sharpe. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201136 (November 12, 2026).

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