Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Reed, Roland 1887 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

ROLAND REED.—Of the younger generation of business men in Imperial County none
have met with a larger measure of success than that which has attended the
efforts of Roland Reed, general manager of the Reed-Williams corporation, which
owns several ranches in Imperial Valley, comprising several hundred acres. The
corporation of which Mr. Reed is general manager, is largely interested in the
hog business, and the business they have built up is enormous. The company has
entered the date-growing business on a very large scale, and they have made a
success of the grapefruit business. Thoroughly alert and up to the minute in
modern ideas, operating his ventures in a strictly legitimate manner and in a
way that will benefit the community, Mr. Reed's work places him among the
representative men of the county. Mr. Reed came to Imperial County in October,
1911. He was born in Ida Grove, Iowa, June 18, 1887, a son of James W. and Ella
(Wilkinson) Reed. Both parents now reside in Los Angeles. His father is the
president of the corporation. In Mr. Reed's parents' family there are six
children: R. C, with the Reed-Williams company; Ruth R., wife of Harry Van
Patten of Chicago; Mary R., wife of Noah Williams, vice-president of the
company, and Russell and Renfield, residing at home. The subject of this review
acquired his education in the schools of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin.
Upon leaving the university he assisted in his father's bank. Later he assisted
on his father's cattle ranch in Canada. Here he remained for several years
before coming to Imperial County to remain permanently. Fraternally Mr. Reed is
a Royal Arch Mason of Ida Grove, Iowa. He is also a member of the Delta-Tau
Delta of the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Reed was united in marriage in Kansas
City, Missouri, April 12, 1913, with Miss Grace Hutchinson, daughter of A. M.
and Emma (Johnson) Hutchinson. Her father is deceased and is buried in the
family cemetery at Libertyville, Illinois. Mrs. Reed's mother resides in
Imperial County. Mrs. Reed was born in Kingsley, Iowa, and is a graduate of the
Ida Grove High School. She remained with her parents until her marriage to Mr.
Reed. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reed have a host of friends in Imperial County.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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