Carroll-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Reeder, James J. 1856 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JAMES J. REEDER.

   James J. Reeder, former trustee of Carrollton township, and at present the
clerk of the Carroll circuit court, is truly a self-made man, having made his
own way in the world since he was fifteen years old. He is a man who .knows what
it is to perform hard and exacting labor, having, at an immature age, begun work
in a saw-mill, where he remained for two and one-half years, Until recent years,
he was a farmer and a very successful one. After his election as trustee, he
was, successively, in the automobile business, cashier of the Farmers State Bank
of Camden, and manager of the Farmers Grain and Supply Company. The personal
qualities which have made Mr. Reeder one of the prominent and successful
citizens of Carroll county, have also won the unqualified esteem of his fellow
citizens, as the various positions of trust and responsibility conferred upon
him well prove. His career has been one of well-directed energy, unfailing
determination of purpose and honorable methods.

   James J. Reeder, clerk of the circuit court of Carroll county, is a native of
Howard county, Indiana, born on July 29, 1856. His father, Walter S. Reeder, was
a native of Ohio and of Pennsylvania Quaker stock, while his mother, Martha
Melvina Rader, was a native of Tennessee. Walter S. Reeder, who was a farmer and
saw-mill operator, was a soldier of the Civil War, having enlisted in 1862 in
the Seventy-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving in Company C. In the
campaigns of General Sherman, he received a severe gunshot wound. The paternal
grandfather, Jonathan Reeder, married Cynthia Hancock, a cousin of Gen. W. S.
Hancock. The maternal grandfather, Samuel Rader, was also of Quaker stock.

   Walter S. Reeder came with his parents to Madison county, Indiana, when a
mere lad. He later removed to Howard county, where he lived until a few years
before his death, when he removed to Tipton county, dying in March, 1911.
Jonathan Reeder built the first warehouse and the first store at Kokomo,
Indiana. Mrs. Walter S. Reeder is still living. She bore her husband eleven
children, of whom five, Taylor, Frank, John, Mattie and Hattie, are deceased.
The living children are, James J., the subject of this sketch; Thomas B., an
attorney at Duncan, Oklahoma; Josephine, the wife of William H. Hobbs, of near
Russiaville, Indiana; Lulu, the widow of William Orr, of Kempton, Indiana; W.
S., a hardware merchant of Atlanta, Illinois; Roxie, the wife of Lacey Catron,
of Russiaville, Indiana.

   James J. Reeder, the eldest child of his parents, lived on the farm
practically all his life, or until 1909. Born and reared on the farm, he came to
Carroll county in 1872, and settled in Washington township. Three years later he
removed to Carroll ton township and until 1900, when he was elected trustee of
Carrollton township on the Democratic ticket, was engaged in farming. He served
for four years and in the fall of 1909 removed to Camden. During the fall and
winter of that year, he was engaged in the automobile business. In June, 1910,
Mr. Reeder was the cashier of the Farmers State Bank in Camden and served until
January 1, 1911, when he took the management of the farmers Grain and Supply
Company. He held this position until his election as county clerk, in November,
1912. He took office in the same month, having been elected on the Democratic
ticket.

   Mr. Reeder was married, on January 13, 1885, to Lillie C. Cornell, the
daughter of John C. and Louisa C. (Been) Cornell. Mr. and Mrs. Reeder have had
three children, one of whom, Fay, the second born, died at the age of fifteen
years. Floyd C, who lives on the old home farm in Carrollton township, married
Lydia Cripe, and they have two children, Meredith and Thomas. Walton John, who
is twelve years old, lives at home with his parents.

   James J. Reeder has for a number of years been prominent in Masonic circles.
He is a member of all of the Masonic branches except the thirty-third degree,
having advanced to the thirty-second degree in Scottish-rite Masonry, previous
to which he took the degrees of the York Rite. He is also a Shriner. Mr. Reeder
has been an Odd -Fellow since he was twenty-one years old, and is a member of
all the branches of Odd Fellowship except the canton. He is also a member of the
Knights of Pythias at Camden. Since February, 1879, or rather from 1879 until
1892, he was a member of the Camden Presbyterian church. In 1892 he joined the
Lutheran church and is now an elder in the church at Camden. James J. Reeder is
a well-read, well-informed, honorable and upright man and citizen, who has met
squarely and fairly all of the responsibilities of life.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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