Douglas County IL Archives Biographies.....Reeder, John October 3, 1854 - 
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Source: Source: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, page 191
Author: Gresham, John M

John A. Reeder, Jr., who is one of the leading farmers in Bourbon township, was
born in Darke County, Ohio, October 3, 1854, and is a son of John A. and Mary B.
(Harter) Reeder, natives of the same county in Ohio. John A. Reeder removed to
Douglas county and located where his son John A. now resides. After coming to
the county he rented for eight years and then purchased two hundred and fifty
acres of land and later became one of the influential citizens of Bourbon
township. His death occurred in 1892 in the seventy-seventh year of his age. He
was also a very successful trader in both real estate and buying and selling
live stock. (For further facts of the family see sketch of brother at Garrett.)

John A. Reeder was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Corbett in 1881. She is a
daughter of Michael Corbett, of Arthur, who was born in Ireland in 1827,
emigrated to this country in 1846 and was for five years employed on Mississippi
river steamboats, after which he located in Sangamon county and purchased fifty
acres of land, paying ten dollars per acre. After working and improving it for
two years he sold it for fifty dollars per acre. He then came to Douglas county,
where he purchased land for nine dollars per acre, part of which he afterward
sold for one hundred and twenty-five dollars per acre. In 1858 he married Miss
Elizabeth York, of Sangamon county. Mr. Corbett is living a retired life at Arthur.

To Mr. and Mrs. Reeder have been born five children: Harry, aged sixteen years;
Bertha, fifteen; George, thirteen; Fred, eleven; and Katie. He owns ninety acres
of land, which is a part of the old homestead, and deservedly ranks as one of
the reputable citizens of the county.

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