Hon. John Reed, LL.D. and Sarah Ann McDowell

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Husband Hon. John Reed, LL.D. ¹

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           Born: Jun 1786 - Millerstown, Adams Co, PA 1
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           Died: 19 Jan 1850 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Gen. William Reed (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Wife Sarah Ann McDowell ³

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           Born: 21 May 1787 - Fort Harmer 3
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         Father: Dr. John McDowell (      -1814) 3
         Mother: Margaret Sanderson Lukens (      -1818) 3

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Children

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1 F Anna M. Reed ³

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           Born: 30 May 1836 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Hon. William Miles Watts (1809-      ) 4
           Marr: 28 Jun 1847 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Reed, LL.D.

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He was appointed judge, under Gov. Findlay, of Cumberland, Franklin and Adams Counties or Pennsylvania, and held that office for many years.

He was born in what was then York, later Adams, County, Pennsylvania. He read law under William Maxwell, of Gettysburg. In 1809 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Westmoreland County. In the two last years of his professional career he performed the duties of deputy attorney-general. In 1815 Mr. Reed was elected to the State Senate, and on the 10th of July 1820, he was commissioned by Gov. Finley president judge of the Ninth Judicial District, then composed of the counties of Cumberland, Adams and Perry. When, in 1839, by a change in the constitution, his commission expired, he resumed his practice at the bar, and continued it until his death. In 1839 the decree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Washington College, Pennsylvania. In 1833 the new board of trustees of Dickinson College formed a professorship of law, and Judge Reed was elected professor of that department. The instructions consisted of lectures, and of a moot court of law, where legal questions were discussed, cases tried, and where the pleadings were drawn up in full-Reed being the supreme court. After a full course of study, this department conferred the decree of LL.B. Many were admitted to the bar during this period, most of whom practiced elsewhere, and many of whom afterward became eminent in their profession.

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 157, 440.

2 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 157.

3 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 440.

4 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 439.