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From: "Stephane" <>
Subject: Re: [REED] Stephane - Iowa Reeds
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:23:00 -0800
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I'm sorry I can't find any Andrew in any of my records!
Stephane
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Subject: Re: [REED] Stephane - Iowa Reeds


> My g-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Reed, was one of the first settlers of
> Steamboat Rock, IA. He met and married my grandmother there in 1859.
> They had
> the following children who were raised in Hardin Co; Charles W. b. 1860,
> Eva b.
> ?, my grandfather, Grant Andrew, b. 1865, John D. b, ?, Kate Agnes, b.
> 1870, &
> Chester T., b ?
>
> My g-grandfather had a brother, Benjamin F. Reed who also resided in
> Hardin
> Co., Iowa with his own family.
>
> According to writing by my aunt, grandfather, Grant Andrew. had 3 brothers
> and 2 sisters. However, he was the only one of his brothers interested
> in
> farming. Charles Reed had already moved to Woodbine, IA, (owned a drug
> store)
> and told him that land was cheaper in Harrison Co. So in 1903 he bought
> some
> land north of Woodbine. In 1904 he moved with his wife and 1yr. old
> daughter
> to the new farm.
>
> In a 1922 Atlas of Harrison Co. with the following: in Lincoln Township:
> G.A.
> REED, wife Alma; children: Clifford, Louis, Alice and Helen, Woodbine,
> Iowa;
> owns 40 acres, sect 34; owns 160 acres, sect 35.
>
> Where were your husband's Iowa Reeds located?
>
> Alma
>
>
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