John Reed and Samantha Moorehead

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Husband John Reed ¹

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           Born: 3 Mar 1842 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: George Reed (1809-1871) 2
         Mother: Eleanor McCoy (      -Aft 1895) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1875 1

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Wife Samantha Moorehead ¹

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         Father: William Moorehead (      -      ) 1
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1 F Bertha E. Reed ¹

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2 M William F. Reed ¹

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3 M Lawrence Reed ¹

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4 M Alexander Reed ¹

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5 M Everett L. Reed ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Reed

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He was born on the family homestead in Slippery Rock township, Butler County, PA, was reared a farmer, and received a common school education. He followed agriculture in connection with mining, having developed and operated a coal mine upon his farm for more than thirty years. In politics, he was a Republican, and was elected a justice of the peace in 1887, and re-elected in 1892. He always took a commendable interest in school affairs, served on the school board, and was one of the original stockholders of the State Normal School. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church of Centreville, in which he filled the positions of trustee and superintendent of Sabbath school.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1218.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1215, 1218.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 25.