Newton Co., IN Bio

Newton County, Iroquois Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   LEANDER REED (deceased farmer), was a native of Hamilton County,
Ohio, and a son of William and Prudence (Doty) Reed, the former a 
native of Virginia, the latter of Ohio.  William Reed shipped the first
load of tan bark to La Fayette, and was a pioneer of Tippecanoe County.
   Leander Reed was a partner with his father in boating previous to 
his marriage, which took place in Tippecanoe County, to Miss Mary, 
daughter of Henry Stair, a farmer and pioneer of that county, where he
ended his life.  Mr. Reed first purchased fifty acres adjoining his
father-in-law, later bought seventy acres, and inherited forty; of this
he sold ninety, and purchased 157 acres of his present farm about 1870,
on which he lived until death closed his labors, in 1873.
   He was the parent of ten children--Mary E., W.H., E.F., T.M., C.A.,
Sarah E., L.L., C.A., W.P. and P.O. Mrs. Reed is living on the
homestead, which is cultivated and managed by her eldest son, W.H. Reed.


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