Husband Hon. John W. Reed 1 2 3
Born: 13 May 1853 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA 1 2 3
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Father: John W. Reed (1826-1862) 2 3
Mother: Rachel Kephart (1833-1910) 2
Marriage: 16 Jun 1880 4 5
• Biographical Sketch: from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917).
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Wife Myrta Corbet 6
AKA: Myrta Corbett 2 4
Born: 3 Oct 1857 4 5
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Father: William Wakefield Corbet (1827-1904) 7
Mother: Elizabeth A. McCrea ( -Aft 1917) 8
Children
1 F Elizabeth Reed 4 5
Born: 24 Jul 1881 5
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Spouse: William S. Eyster ( - ) 5
Marr: Jun 1907 5
General Notes: Husband - Hon. John W. Reed
John W. Reed is a native of Clarion, having been born there in 1853. He taught school three terms at Lineville and Clarion; studied Blackstone under the tutorship of Hon. James Campbell, and was admitted in August, 1875. Mr. Reed practiced two years at Brookville, in the office of Hon. A. C. White; returned to Clarion and shortly after became a member of the firm of Wilson, Jenks & Reed. In May, 1883, he removed to Grand Forks, Dakota, and returned the succeeding year, resuming partnership with Messrs. Wilson and Jenks, which partnership continued till January, 1886. In January, 1887, the firm of Reed & Wilson was formed (John W. Reed and Harry R. Wilson). Mr. Reed is a leader among the younger lawyers. He has successfully grappled the large practice thrown upon his shoulders by the retirement of his senior partners, and in argument is plain, but earnest and convincing. [HCC 1887, 403]
He attended the public schools, and his earlier education was supplemented with an academic course at Carrier Seminary, and for a time he was a teacher in the public schools of Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Later choosing law as his vocation in life, he entered the office of the late Hon. James Campbell, of Clarion, and under his tutelage was admitted to practice August 23, 1875. The young lawyer began his career as a lawyer at Brookville. Two years later he became a member of the firm of Wilson, Jenks & Reed, of Clarion. Later still he went to Grand Forks, Dakota, but in 1884 returned to Clarion, where he remained in practice until 1895, at which time he again came to Brookville. While residing at Clarion he served as burgess, and was also a trustee of the State Normal School in that place. Mr. Reed was a very successful practitioner in almost every department of practice, and in criminal law won unusual distinction. It is stated that during the last ten years of his practice he was professionally identified with some fifteen homicide cases in Clarion and adjoining counties. On June 17, 1895, he was appointed president judge in the newly created district, composed of Jefferson County, and in the fall of that year he was elected for a term of ten years, and took his seat on the Bench, under that election, on the first Monday of January, 1896.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was elected a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Brookville in 1897, and for many years before and thereafter was a teacher in the Sunday school.
The Judge was identified with Clarion Lodge No. 277, F. & A. M., and Clarion Lodge No. 252, I. O. O. F. He was one of the incorporators of the Dickinson School of Law at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Judge was also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, composed of judges and lawyers from the various districts of the State; also a member of the general committee on legal education of the State, whose object was to establish a uniform curriculum of study for admission to the Bar.