Reed, Edward H.

REED

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Date: 6/30/2021 at 00:00:31

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.855

REED BROTHERS [CHETT REED & EDWARD H. REED]
The firm of Reed Brothers, consisting of E.[Edward] H. and Chett Reed, is success­fully engaged in general farming in Virginia Township, owning three hun­dred and forty-two acres of well improved and valuable land on sections 19 and 20. A part of this property, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, is the old homestead, which belonged to their father, Jacob A. Reed, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume.
E. H. Reed was born in Mercer County, Illinois, October 20, 1862, and was only about five years of age when brought by his parents to this county, where he was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys. He never left the parental roof but is still living on the old homestead, his parents having re­moved to the village of New Virginia in 1891, at which time he took charge of the farm. On the 10th of April, 1890, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Irwin who was born in Virginia Township and is a daughter of Samuel Irwin, now deceased. Religiously, she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Chett Reed, the younger member of the firm, was born on the home farm in Virginia Township, February 25, 1872, and has spent his entire life here with the exception of a few years when with his parents in New Virginia, after their removal to that place. He then returned to the farm and since 1895 has engaged in its cultivation in partnership with his brother, E. H. Wide-awake and progressive men, they have met with marked success in their chosen calling and today have one of the best places in the township. They vote with the Republican Party and never withhold their support from any measure which they believe will prove of public benefit.