1865 I. L. Reed (age 17) lived in Peoria, Franklin County, Kansas, in household with siblings and Robert Reed (age 60). [1]
1870 Arphigenia Reed (age 22, born in Ohio) lived in Peoria, Franklin County, Kansas, in a household with James Weaver (23), and Carolina Weaver (24). [2]
1870 J Wesley Smith and Iphigena Louisa Reed (age 22) were married on May 4, in Franklin County, Kansas. [3]
An obituary reported [4]:
Mrs. J. Wesley Smith, a pioneer resident of this county and a direct descendant of a soldier in the American revolution, died at the Smith home, 515 Mulberry street at 6 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Smith was stricken with paralysis Monday afternoon while walking near Fifth, and Mulberry streets. She did not regain consciousness. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Saturday at the home. The Rev. Fred M. Bailey, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, will conduct the service. Burial will be in Highland cemetery. The Daughters of the American Revolution will assist in the services. Pallbearers will be W. E. Kibbe, N. C. McCandless, A. J. Doran, R. S. Parker, E. A. Hanes and G. L. Watts. Iphigenia Louisa Smith was over 70 years old. She was born July 20, 1846, at Little Sandusky, O., and was the youngest child of Robert Reed and Catherine Strode Reed. In 1855 the Reed family joined the westward movement and settled near Rantoul. Those were trying years for the settlers and the Reeds were driven from their settlement by Missouri border ruffians and guerilla bands. They returned, however, in 1857 and remained in this county. On May 4, 1870, the deceased was married to J. Wesley Smith and lived on their farm near Imes most of her married life. The family moved to Ottawa in November, 1901. The husband and five children survive Mrs. Smith. There are three sons, Bertsil Clayton Smith of Long Beach, Cal.; Earl Royston Smith, of New Orleans, La., and Victor Lawson Smith of Detroit, Mich., and two daughters. Mrs. Iris Lenore Dean and Miss Eugenia Isadore Smith, both of ' Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Smith also leaves two sisters, Mrs. L. E. Tulloss of Sedan and Mrs. C. E. Weaver of Rantoul. Victor L. Smith and Miss Eugenia I. Smith are the only children able to attend the funeral. ' Mrs. Smith's grandfather, Alexander Reed, was a drummer boy in the Continental army in the American Revolution. Her oldest brother, Paris Reed, was a lieutenant in the Civil War three years. Mrs. Smith belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Ladies Circle of the G. A. R., the Eastern Star and the Methodist church. New York. Oct. 27.
[1] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, 1865, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, [FamilySearch], [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Newspaper, The Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, Kansas, Friday, October 27, 1916, page 1.