Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Reed, N. F. 1868 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

N. F. REED.

N. F. Reed, whose recent appointment as United States marshal for the southern
district of Iowa is highly gratifying to his many friends, is certainly well
qualified to discharge the duties of the important position to which he has been
called. He is a well known business man and for a number of years has been a
recognized leader in democratic circles. He was born at Joliet, Illinois, on the
1st of October, 1868, and in 1870 came with his parents to Iowa, the family home
being established at Eldon, where he acquired a public-school education, passing
through consecutive grades until graduated from the high school with the class
of 1884.

He made his initial step in the business world as a clerk in a grocery store,
where he remained for two years. At the age of eighteen he entered the
restaurant business, in which he remained for eight years, but during that
period he took up the study of pharmacy and had become a registered pharmacist
at the age of twenty-six. He had not attended a pharmaceutical school, but his
close application and thorough study in his leisure hours qualified him for the
required examination. Mr. Reed then entered the drug business in Eldon, where he
remained for six years, and in 1901 he came to Ottumwa, where he established a
drug store. Success has attended his efforts in this city from the beginning,
and he is today owner of three drug stores in Ottumwa. These are well appointed
establishments, neat and attractive in arrangement and carrying a large and
carefully selected stock of drugs and druggist's sundries. Mr. Reed owes his
success to close application, unfaltering energy and thoroughly modern business
methods. He is also interested in several enterprises outside of the drug
business, including both banking and manufacturing. His investments have at all
times been judiciously made, and he is today the owner of considerable real
estate in Ottumwa. Moreover, his high standing among men engaged in the drug
business is indicated in the fact that he has been honored with the presidency
of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association, and under his administration its
membership was trebled. He is now serving on its executive board.

Mr. Reed has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party and
took an active interest in its affairs even before age had won for him the right
of franchise. When a youth of but nineteen he was elected a delegate to a state
convention and has been serving in some capacity in that organization since
twenty-one years of age. For five years he was town committeeman in Eldon,
serving as a member of the democratic ward committee in Ottumwa for four years,
and for two years was chairman of the democratic county central committee. He
spent four years as a member of the congressional committee and for six years
was a member of the democratic state central committee, during which time he
acted as its treasurer for two years and for four years as chairman. In that
period he wisely directed the interests and policies of the party and
supervised, the work done, which resulted in winning a number of notable
democratic successes. As chairman of the state committee he has visited every
county in Iowa, knows personally every county chairman and at least half of the
district's precinct committeemen. He also knows personally almost every
democratic editor in the state. He maintains an office in Des Moines as
permanent headquarters and there is no committeeman who has kept in closer touch
with the work and plans of his party than has Mr. Reed. Notwithstanding his
active political work he has never been an office seeker. In 1900, however, he
was nominated for the legislature and succeeded in reducing the normal
republican majority of one thousand to less than three hundred, a fact
indicating his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him.

He was appointed by President Wilson to the office of United States marshal for
the southern district of Iowa and his appointment was confirmed in the United
States senate on the 15th of March, 1914. He had the support of the department
of justice from the start and his many friends in the senate worked loyally in
his behalf. Those who know Mr. Reed and the thoroughness with which he
undertakes any work feel that his record in office will be a most satisfactory
and creditable one. Already he has proven his worth in this connection, as he
has in business affairs.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914



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