Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Reed, S. 1826 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   S. Reed, banker, Covington, was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, February
1826. He is the son of Stephen and Eliza (Castleton) Reed, the former a native
of Loudoun county, Virginia, and the latter was born in the State of Kentucky.
The name of Reed is of Scottish origin, and both the grandfathers of the subject
of this sketch were patriots and soldiers in the revolutionary war. Stephen Reed
was one of the first settlers of Fountain county. He settled on Coal creek,
about two miles southeast of where the village of Veedersburg now stands. He
came to the county with more property than the average pioneer, and consequently
soon became quite a prominent member of the community. The subject of this
sketch never attended school but thirty-two days, and was eighteen years old
before he ever saw a pair of boots. He used often to go to Chicago to haul wheat
to market, and bought leather, salt and other necessaries not to be bought in
Fountain county. Though dependent upon his own resources, by industry and
economy he has grown to a position of wealth and influence. He followed farming
for many years, and still owns a farm of 320 acres, a part of which is the old
homestead. He is now associated with Mr. James G. Hardy in the banking and note
broking business. He first began work for Mr. Hardy in 1849, and has had
business relations with him most of the time since. May 7, 1857, he was married
to Miss Elizabeth F. Brant, whose people came to Fountain county in 1830.

Additional Comments:
Troy Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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