BIO: Green B. REED, b. Washington Co. KY, 10 Jun 1810 Through the biographies of two of his sons, Marcus L. and Marcellus M. Reed Submitted by Phillis H i l l, May 20, 1998 ******************* History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Madison Township, page 445 MARCUS L. REED, an enterprising farmer of Madison Township, Pike Co., Ind., was born in the county where he now lives, December 5, 1839, and is one of a family of eight children born to Green B. and Virginia (Withers) Reed. The father was of German descent and was born in Washington County, Ky., June 10, 1810. When only eight years old, he left his native State and came with his parents to Indiana, locating in Pike County, and followed farming as an occupation. At the time of his marriage, he lived in said county and soon after entered 240 acres in Section 29, Madison Township, where he settled and remained until his death in February, 1884. His wife was of German descent and was born August 8, 1809, in Indiana and died September 25, 1884. Our subject was reared at home, receiving his education in the district schools. April 18, 1867, Amanda Shaffer, born January 1856, daughter of Levi and Catherine Shaffer, became his wife. They have one child, Ora Virginia. After marriage they lived for one year in Warrick County, and then returned to Madison Township, Pike County where they have since lived. They own sixty-five acres of land and are doing well. In politics he is a Democrat and cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. ******************* History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Madison Township, page 445-6 MARCELLUS M. REED is a son of Green and Virginia (Withers) Reed. (See sketch of Marcus Reed.) He was born on the place where he now lives September 15, 1848. He was raised on the farm and received a good education in the common schools. He remained with his father and worked on the home farm until he was thirty-three years old, when he married and went to house- keeping in the same house with his father, whose death occurred February 23, 1883. Since that time he has owned 105 acres of the home farm. He has succeeded well and his farm is well improved. October 26, 1882 he was united in marriage to Laura, daughter of George W. and Carrie (Miley) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are parents of two children: Ralph B., born July 28, 1883, and Hiram C., born December 18, 1884, and died when about three weeks old. Our subject is a zealous Democrat and was raised as such. The mother's parents were born and raised near Petersburg. The father is deceased, but the mother is still living on the farm. ********************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.