Rev. John B. Reed and Isabella Shields

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Husband Rev. John B. Reed ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 5 Apr 1839 - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Parker Reed (1811/1811-1871/1871) 1 2 5
         Mother: Jane Ann Brice (1811-1892) 1

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       Marriage: 12 May 1864 6

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Wife Isabella Shields ^{1 3}

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            AKA: Belle Shields,6 Isabel Shields 4
           Born: 18 Feb 1841 - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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         Father: James M. Shields (1808-1889) 4 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Moorhead (1817-1903) 4 9

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Children

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1 F Effie Reed ^{4 6}

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           Born: 6 May 1865 6
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         Spouse: Dr. W. A. Hopwood (      -      ) 4 6

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2 F Helen M. Reed ^{3 4 6}

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           Born: 24 Nov 1869 6
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         Spouse: Dr. Harry Jacob Bell (1868-      ) 4 6 10
           Marr: 28 Oct 1896 3

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3 F Cora Reed ^{4 6}

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           Born: 23 May 1871 6
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         Spouse: Ellis Phillips (      -      ) 4 6

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4 F Georgia Reed ⁶

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            AKA: Georgianna Reed 4
           Born: 24 Oct 1875 6
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         Spouse: Rev. Dr. Frank M. Silsley (      -      ) 6

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5 F Edna Reed ^{4 6}

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           Born: 1 Nov 1879 6
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         Spouse: Dr. J. Melvin Smith (      -      ) 4 6

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John B. Reed

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He was born on the old "Mount Hope" farm in Hopewell township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. His early life was spent on the farm, attending the public school situated thereon and the Academy in Upper Buffalo. In the autumn of 1858 he entered the junior class of Washington College and was graduated in 1860. He then entered the Western Theological Academy, from which he was graduated in May, 1863, having received his license to preach at the end of his second year in the Theological Seminary.
At the time of his graduation, Rev. Adam Terrence, pastor of the Presbyterian church at New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, had gone to war with a regiment of that county as chaplain and Rev. Reed was offered his pulpit, which he accepted and filled for one year. On December 31, 1863, he received a call to the First Presbyterian Church of Parkersburg. West Virginia, remaining there eight years. His next two charges were the First Presbyterian Church of Sistersville, West Virginia, where he remained eleven years, and the First Presbyterian Church at Fairmont, West Virginia, where he was pastor six years. Later, he served the Laurel Hill Presbyterian in Franklin township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, known as the first Presbyterian church built "west of the mountains," erected in 1772. At the time of the arrival of Rev. Reed the church was in anything but a flourishing condition, but under his guidance it prospered spiritually and financially, becoming a great power for good in the community. The membership increased by over two hundred. A new brick church was erected in 1897; a parsonage was built the same year; a house built for the sexton; a new ten-acre cemetery laid out adjoining the old, and independent of all these improvements the church had eight thousand dollars out at interest. The Rev. Reed's twenty-four years of service in that community bore abundant fruit, and even when he was in his seventy-third year his life was still as useful to his parishioners as it was in the first days of his ministry. His advice was still as eagerly sought and as willingly given; his aid implored and as lovingly extended as when he shepherded his first flock in the mountains of Virginia.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 822.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 320.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 60.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 125.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1303.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 321.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 123.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841.

10 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 58.