W. J. Reed

REED, CAMPBELL, SKELTON

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/19/2004 at 22:31:02

W. J. Reed is a son of Hiram and Susannah (Campbell) Reed, and was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, May 12, 1850. Shortly after his birth the family removed to Winnebago county, Wisconsin, and there the son remained until 1865. On the first day of that year he enlisted in Company A., Fiftieth Wisconsin Infantry, and served until honorably discharged at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1866. Upon receiving his dismissal from the army he settled at Belvidere, Illinois, and there learned the blacksmith’s trade. In 1870 he came to Shell Rock, Iowa, and has since followed his trade.
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Mr. Reed was married to Miss E. J. Skelton, a native of Ohio, in 1870. They are the parents of three children-Herbert William, Carl Basil and Garfield. He was the first marshal of the village, a member of the school board for three years, and constable. Mr. Reed was away in 1877-8 to Washington for one and one-half years, when he returned to Shell Rock, and has been in business in this place ever since.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 726