Reed, Jacob B.

REED

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 17:25:21

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.611

REED, JACOB B., farmer, Virginia Township, Sec. 34; P. O. New Virginia; owns 620 acres of land; was born November 30, 1830, in Barber county, West Virginia; married May 28, 1857, to Emily, daughter of Col. Thomas Cather, of Taylor county, West Virginia; emigrated to this county in April, 1859, and settled on his present home. they have five children, Guy, R. C., J. R., Boyd, F. T. (who died in infancy), and Cassius E.; has been a member of the M. E. Church for thirty-five years; wife is a Baptist; has often been elected township trustee and school director, and has been town treasurer for the last fifteen years.