The Reed Families of Stark County, Ohio

G. P. REED, merchant, Massillon. Among the long established merchants of this city is Mr. Reed, who was born in Kendal, Sejit. 3, 1828, son of Thomas and Adaline E. Reed. Thomas Reed was a native of Lynn, Mass., of Quaker parentage; he emigrated to this State with his father, Thomas Reed, who located in Jackson Township, and entered land from the Government in 1817. The father of our subject engaged in the mercantile business and dealt in wool. G. P. was early in life initiated into the details of the mercantile business, beginning at the age of 14 as a clerk for the firm of J. & Z. S. Ely; continued in their employ two years; during this time attended school six months at Gambler, Ohio; after-ward clerked for Jarvis & Hine for a time, then with Reed & Searl, the former being Thomas Reed, his father; continued with them until May 0, 1856. His father was unfortunate in his business relations; in the goodness of his heart in order to accommodate his friends became surety for them and in consequence was broken up. He died in 1875, aged 72. His wife yet survives him and resides with her son, yet a bachelor, who is her staff and comfort in her declining years. Since the retirement of his father, Mr. Reed has succeeded him in the same business, continuing steadily without any intermission since that time, and in the same building, and notwithstanding the difficulties attending his early youth, and the subsequent discouraging circumstances, he has overcome them all, and stands to-day one of the prominent and successful merchants in Massillou City, a self-made man.

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GEORGE REED, Osn.burg; was born in Berks Co., Ponn.,.July 3, 1835; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bowen) Reed, both citizens of Berks Co. The subject of this sketch remained upon the farm with his father, engaging ill live stock dealing at an early age until his 31st year. When yet a mere boy he drove market horses across the mountains to the eastern cities. Not infrequently he would drive a herd of cattle or sheep over this long and tiresome route, long before the whistle broke the silence of the "rock-ribbed" Alleghenies. In one season Mr. Reed spent about one hundred days upon this mountainous trip. After becoming of age he continued this business, having had so thorough a training under his father. Handling a great amount of live-stock led him to study the habits and diseases of cattle and horses, which has given him more than a local reputation and a name in doctoring and giving diagnoses of various stock diseases. In this department he ranks foremost in this section of the country. Mr. Reed has been identified with the stock interest of Ohio since 1840, having located at that time in Osnaburg Tp. In 1854 he purchased real estate in the east edge of the village, which in twenty years has risen in value 400 per cent. Mr. Reed was married Aug. 8, 1853, to Miss Mary Warner. Mr. Reed is the happy father of six children: the eldest, Angeline, died in November, 1880; Henry is a student in Oberlin College; will complete his course with the class of 1883; Josephine is yet at home; William inherits his father's love for a fine horse, and is well skilled for a youth in that line already, and is a close student of the stock market; the youngest boy, George, is in his 12th year; the "baby" is Ida. She is in her 9th year. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are communicants of the Lutheran Church. In politics he has always been a Democrat. Mr. Ri'i'd is a member of No. 60 Lodge, Free Masons.

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W. B. REED, Ijrick manufacturer and farmer; P. O. Canton; is the fourth in a family of nine children, born to William and Sarah Reed, who were natives of Berks Co., Pa., and who in 1835 came to Stark Co., settling at Waynesburgh. Our subject was born in Berks Co., Pa., in 1825, and in 1835 came to Ohio with his parents, with whom he lived until he was 18 years old. He received his education in the common schools of his neighborhood, and at the age of 18 began working in a brick-yard, where he remained seven years. In 1850 be started in business for himself in Canton Tp., and in 1873 he leased the " Smith " yard, where he is still engaged, and makes a quality of brick which he disposes of easily. In 1849 ho was united in marriage to Eliza, daughter of George Williams, of Wayne Co., and from that union there have been born four children. Mr. Reed is a member of Lodge No. 39, I. O. O. F., and a Republican in politics.

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J. W. REED, farmer; P. O. Crystal Springs: was born in Stark Co., Ohio, March 19, 1843. He is the son of.jacob and Sarah (Sprankel) Reed. He was born in Pennsylvania, July 27,1810; she Sept. 12, 1819. In 1833 Mr. Reed came to Stark Co., and settled in the vicinity of Millport, Jackson Tp. In 1852, he, in company with Foss and Justice, built the McLain's Mills at Millport, this county. He was a cooper by trade, which he followed lor about thirty years. He was the father of ten children, of whom seven are living — John (deceased); Lewis, wounded at battle of Pittsburgh Landing, and died from the effects May 11, 1862; Margaret, James W., the subject of this sketch; Mary F.; Clara, wife of H. Smith; Kate, Jane (deceased); Alice, Jessie F. Mr. Reed departed this life Feb. 8,1865.

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