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Born 1816, Grainger county
From History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages, together with a (1881)
DAVID M. REED,
P. O. Odessa, Missouri; son of Charles and Margaret Reed; was born June 24, 1816, in Grainger county, Tennessee, and moved to Missouri with his parents in the spring of 1839. Theyfirst settled near Blue Mills, in Jackson county, and from there moved to Cass county, and then to this county in 1843. In the fall of 1843 he married, Miss Eliza Summers, by whom he had seven children, and raised six: A. V. C. H., Mary M., Sidney E., Daniel C, Caleb S. Mr. Reed married again to M. Cynthia
Turner, widow of C. Turner who came to this county in 1866. His sons are energetic, thrifty farmers, and all settled near him.
As printed in History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages, together with a (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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