deserves much credit for the admirable way in which he has surmounted the many difficulties which have strewn his pathway. He has always shown excellent judgment in the management of his affairs,, and has ever given close attention to whatever business he had in hand, and as a result is now one of the wealthy men of this section. The most of his money has been made at farming and stock-raising. In the fall of 1853 he helped raise T. E. Alderman's house, which was the first to be erected in the town of Nevada. He has always supported the principles of the Democratic party, and socially is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Good Templars. His marriage, which occurred in March, 1843, was to Miss Clara Ann Belcher, who was born in Virginia in 1821. The following are the children born to their union: Archibald, Jacob, John, Sarah, Samuel, Clara, Ann, Judiah B. and Etta.
Prof. J. Fred Reed is the principal of the Zearing schools, and is one of the successful and well-known educators of Story County. He owes his nativity to Marshall County, Iowa, his birth having occurred there in 1864, but his parents, John S. and Nancy (Ruseau) Reed, were born in Ohio and Indiana, respectively, the former's birth occurring in 1826. He was the eldest of five children born to Simon and Elizabeth (Clark) Reed, the other members of the family being John S., Viola, David (of Canton, Ohio), Jane (Mrs. Brown, of Navarre, Ohio), and William (of Indianapolis, Ind.). The immediate subject of this sketch is one of seven children: Edgar, Viola (Mrs. H. C. Oakes), James, Frank, Clay' and Claud, and acquired his education at Albion Seminary and in the Iowa State Normal School, leaving school in 1885. Since that time he has followed the occupation of teaching, and has faithfully filled the duties of his present position since the fall of 1887. He has at all times been connected with and a supporter of the Republican party, and socially is connected with the A. F. & A. M. and the I. O. O. F. In the month of January, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Emily Oakes, a native of Story County, and a daughter of Samuel Oakes. She had formerly graduated in the academy at New Providence, Iowa. She and Prof. Reed have one child, Joice. Favored with excellent preparatory training, Prof. Reed was enabled to at once enter upon a successful career, and the results from the first were gratifying. Thoroughly fitted by study and experience for a superior educator, he has built up a reputation as an instructor and disciplinarian that is not merely local, but extends over a wide section of the State.
Rev. Isaiah Reid is the editor and proprietor of the Highway, a journal published in Nevada, Iowa, in the interests of the church. Mr. Reid was born at Walnut Ridge, eight miles north of Salem, Washington County, Ind., on the 16th of April, 1836, being a son of Thomas and Jemima (McKnight) Reid, who were born in York County, S. C., and Kentucky, January 24, 1802, and October 3, 1808, respectively, their union taking place on the 29th of December 1831. After their marriage they took up their abode-in Washington County, Ind., where they made their home until 1850, at which time they moved to Louisa County, Iowa, settling on a farm near the present town of Morning Sun. Here they were still living, in May, 1890, being the oldest married couple in the county, but the mother is in rather poor health at the present time. The father has been a life-long farmer, is a stanch member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and has always been a pronounced Abolitionist and is strongly opposed to the use of intoxicants and tobacco. His parents, Isaiah and Mary (Clyde) Reid, were of Scotch-Irish and Irish