Reubin Field (c. 1771 – 1822) was a woodsman and skilled hunter. With his brother Joseph, he was a member of the

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, as one of the "nine young men from

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" and one of the first to be recruited in August 1803. Both were mentioned many times in the journals of Lewis and Clark. The Field Brothers were also some of the best hunters on the expedition Field was born on Naylor Branch, near Owingsville. (US indexed County Land Ownership Maps 1860–1918). Wyoming Precinct No.2) He married Mary Myrtle in

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in 1807, but they had no children. They became farmers in

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(present-day Louisville Metro). He then later died after April 22, 1822.

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The ancestry of Joseph and Reubin Field
1770s births 1822 deaths Lewis and Clark Expedition people People from Bath County, Kentucky People from Jefferson County, Kentucky {{Louisville-stub