Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Reed, Joseph May 15, 1846 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

JOSEPH REED, farmer, section 29, Sheridan Township, was born in Canada, May 
15, 1846.  His father, Nelson 

Reed, was a native of Scotland, and his mother, Josette (Thibbert) Reed, was 
born in France.  At the age 

of 18 he left home and for two years lived in Vermont.  He then went to 
Illinois for a short time, then to 

Muskegon, Michigan, where he remained until the fall of 1872, then came to 
Newaygo County and bought 80 

acres of wild land in Sheridan Township, where he now resides.  He has since 
added 40 acres to his farm, 

and has about 60 acres under improvement.  He was married in Muskegon, JUne 
13, 1868, to Margaret Malett, 

a native of Canada.  In politics he is a Republican, and himself and wife are 
members of the Baptist 

Church.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo County.

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