Maj. George W. Reed and Mary A. Potts

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Husband Maj. George W. Reed ¹

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           Born: 14 Jul 1803 - Bedford Co, PA 1
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           Died: 16 Feb 1893 - Butler Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 1832 2

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Wife Mary A. Potts ²

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           Died: 8 May 1887 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 F Anne J. Reed ²

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         Spouse: James T. Lane (1830-Bef 1895) 2 3
           Marr: Oct 1854 3

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2 F Catharine A. Reed ²

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         Spouse: Simpson Walker (      -Bef 1895) 2

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3 F Eliza Reed ²

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         Spouse: James A. Balph (      -      ) 2

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4 M Alfred G. Reed ²

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           Born: 2 Jul 1839 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2
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           Died: 28 Dec 1862 - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co, VA 2
         Buried:  - North Side Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary B. Miller (      -      ) 4

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5 M Nelson P. Reed ²

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           Born: 14 Aug 1841 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2
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           Died: Bef 1895
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         Spouse: Lizzie Robb (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Emma Dunlap (      -Aft 1895) 2

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6 F Agnes L. Reed ²

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7 M George W. Reed ²

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8 F Mary Reed ⁵

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         Spouse: Charles A. Sullivan (      -Bef 1909) 6 7
           Marr: 10 Jan 1870 6

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9 M Joseph Reed ²

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. George W. Reed

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His father, a native of Scotland, died when he was five years old, and his mother, who was born in Holland, subsequently married a gen­tleman named Ash. George W. was reared on his stepfather's farm. At the age of twenty-one he visited his cousin, J. J. Sedwick, who was engaged in the har­ness and saddlery business at Butler, Pennsylvania. Mr. Sedwick induced him to learn the harnessmaker's trade, and after serving his apprenticeship he located at Harmony, Butler County, where he worked at his trade for a few months. Returning to Butler he soon after purchased the saddlery and harness business and property of William Criswell, and carried on that business for some time. He next bought the site and built the home where his daughter later resided, also a store building which then stood on the site of Alfred Wick's residence. He con­ducted business here until 1863. He was originally a Whig, but on the formation of the Republican party he joined that organization and was ever after­wards a stanch defender of its principles. In 1841-42 he served in the borough council, in 1845 was elected sheriff, and in 1861 treasurer of Butler County. In 1828 he was one of the viewers appointed by the court to lay out the road from Butler to Kittanning, and in 1845 he was one of the viewers who surveyed the road from Butler to Brady's Bend. Mr. Reed was active in the State Militia, first serving as captain and major, and in 1835 he was elected brigade inspector for Butler and Beaver counties, and in 1842 for Butler County alone. In 1848 he was elected brigadier-general, and subsequently adjutant and major of his battal­ion, which he virtually commanded. Major Reed was among the early oil oper­ators of Butler County, and later in life, while not an active operator, had valuable interests in the Hundred Foot field and in other parts of the county. Though not actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, he owned and operated a farm close to the borough up to the time of his death. He was reared in the Lutheran faith, but after his marriage he joined the United Presbyterian church, and was a prominent member of the Butler society. His married life extended over a period of fifty-five years, and throughout their long residence in Butler they enjoyed the love and confidence of a large circle of friends. The gentlemanly bearing of Major Reed in all the walks and depart­ments of life, had much to do with winning the admiration and respect of his fel­low citizens. He possessed a most genial and sociable nature, and a rectitude and integritry without a stain. Temperate and moral in all things, an active and useful citizen, he earned the esteem of all, and passed away at the advanced age of nearly ninety years without leaving an enemy behind.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary A. Potts

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Her parents were natives of Glasgow, Scotland, whence they removed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 695.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 696.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 63.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 697.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 610.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 553.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 250.