Harvey Reid

REID, ALLEN, PEARSON, BUTTERWORTH

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Date: 5/7/2010 at 23:04:00

History of Jackson County, Iowa, James W. Ellis, 1910

HARVEY REID.

Harvey Reid, merchant, author and political leader, whose labors have been a telling force in promoting Jackson county's progress and development, was born in Argyle, Washington county, New York, March 30, 1842, and in 1844 the family removed to Racine, Wisconsin. He attended the common schools and afterward spent a short time in the Wisconsin University, but his course there was interrupted by his enlistment in the Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in 1862. He served with the Army of the Cumberland, participating in the Atlantic campaign with all of its hotly contested battles and later in the celebrated march under Sherman to the sea. He was taken prisoner in the skirmish at Brentwood, Tennessee, in March, 1863, and was confined in Libby prison. He went through all of the hardships of rigorous campaigns but never faltered in the performance of a military duty up to the time he was mustered out.
After the war Mr. Reid was given charge of the office of a pork-packing company at Sabula, Iowa, where he remained until 1885. He has been frequently called to public office, serving as county treasurer of Jackson county until 1890, when he turned his attention to merchandising in Maquoketa and has thus been identified with the business interests of the city to the present. His activities, however, have touched many lines. He has been adjutant of the Jackson County Veteran Association continuously since 1888 and was for sixteen years a member of the school board. He was a candidate of the minority party in his county for representative in 1907. His attitude concerning public duties and citizenship is indicated in his own expression: "You owe something to your community. It is your place to give it your best." Good citizenship is his watchword and loyalty to every progressive public movement has been characteristic of Mr. Reid from the earliest days. Said one who knows him well: "A born student, he has outstripped many whose educational advantages have been all that colleges could give." It is characteristic of him that he is usually to be found where the most intelligent men of the community are gathered. He has won more than local fame as a writer and is the author of the following volumes: A Sketch of Enoch Long, an Illinois pioneer; In the Shadow of the Gallows, a true story of an Iowa pioneer; Souvenir of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Helion Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Maquoketa; What Made Maquoketa: the Pioneer Colonies of the City and Vicinity; Outline Geological History of Jackson County; Life of Thomas Cox and Early Military History of Iowa (in press). He has also written over one hundred biographical sketches of Civil war veterans now deceased.
In 1867 Mr. Reid was married to Miss Lunette Allen, who was born in Michigan and is a daughter of the late Hon. Morris S. Allen. They have three children: Mrs. Ella M. Pearson, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Addie L. Butterworth. of Maquoketa; and Mary Auzella, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Reid belongs to Helion Lodge, No. 36, A. F. & A. M.; Bath Kol Chapter, No. 94, R. A. M.; Jackson Lodge, No. 33, I. O. O. F.; and the Grand Army Post. He is preeminently a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence.

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