Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Reed, William B. July 25, 1820 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 588 & 589

William B. Reed was born July 25, 1820, in Warren County, Ohio, the eldest son 
of Curtis Reed, a native of Delaware, who emigrated to Ohio in an early day, 
and was married to Nancy Bunnell, a native of Kentucky, and reared a large 
family. He died in Warren County, Ohio, in 1844, his wife having died in 1841 
in Fountain, Ind. William B. received a limited education at the common 
schools, and when thirteen years of age he began learning the blacksmith's 
trade with Joshua Stevenson, with whom he remained three years. At the age of 
eighteen years he came to Dublin and worked several years for John Dennis. In 
1840 he was married to Rebecca A., daughter of Mahlon G. Smith, of Dublin, by 
whom he had ten children, five now living---Joseph S., Alonzo W., Alladin M., 
Benjamin K. and John A. After his marriage Mr. Reed opened a shop in Dublin 
where he has since worked at his trade. He is perhaps the oldest blacksmith in 
Wayne County, having worked at his trade over fifty years. He was elected 
Justice of the Peace in 1856 and held that office for twenty years. He has 
also served several years as City Councilman. He is a member of Olive Branch 
Lodge, No. 39, I. O. O. F., and has represented the subordinate lodge and 
encampment in the Grand Lodges. He belongs to the Universalist church of 
Dublin.

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