Bio of REED, Sampson A. (b.1848 d.1908), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 683-684
SAMPSON A. REED
In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and
ability, Sampson A. Reed won prominence and distinction. For about thirty years
he practiced at the bar of Minneapolis and his course was marked by steady
progress, indicating a thorough mastery of the principles of Jurisprudence and
notable ability in applying these principles to the points in litigation. He was
a native son of New England, his birth having occurred in Boston on the 8th of
December, 1848, and he was therefore in his sixtieth year when he passed away on
the 31st of May, 1908. His parents were Elisha B. and Abbie (Brett) Reed, the
former a native of Hartford, Maine, and the latter of Canton, Maine. Sampson A.
Reed was their only child and when he was quite young the father, on account of
failing health, left Boston and returned with his family to his native town,
where his death occurred soon afterward. He was descended from one of the old
New England families, his ancestors having settled in Oxford county, Maine,
after the Revolutionary war. Among his ancestors was Governor Bradford of the
Plymouth colony, and in the maternal line Sampson A. Reed was also descended
from ancestors who came to America on the Mayflower. It was not long after the
Revolutionary war that many soldiers made their way to the wilds of Maine and
there founded homes, which number included representatives of the Reed family,
this including one, Sampson Reed, whose father had died in Massa­chusetts and
who in 1795 went with his mother to Hartford, Maine, then a wild and undeveloped
district. The name, "Sampson," has been carried down through successive
generations, Sampson A. Reed of this review being the fourth to bear that name.
His boyhood days were spent in Canton and in Buckfield, Maine, where as a public
school pupil he qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. His
preparatory work was done in Hebron Academy and eventually he became a student
in Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1874. During his college
days he was an active and prominent member of various college debating
societies. His academic and college courses were made possible by his work as a
teacher, upon which profession he had entered at an early age, thus earning the
funds that enabled him to meet his tuition in the acquirement of a more advanced
education. In the year of his gradua­tion, he sought the opportunities of the
west and became principal of the high school at Glencoe, Minnesota. The
following year he arrived in Minneapolis and entered upon the study of law in
the office and under the direction of Judge Isaac Atwater. In 1877 he was
admitted to the bar and entered upon private practice, remaining alone for a few
years, but in 1883 forming a partnership with the late Judge Seagrave Smith
under the firm style of Smith & Reed. This association was maintained until the
appointment of Judge Smith to the district bench in March, 1889, after which Mr.
Reed again practiced alone. While he always continued in the general practice of
law and was well versed in all branches of the profession, he specialized also
to a considerable extent in land title and real estate law, and few men were his
equals in this branch of professional service. He also developed excellent
business judgment and was the confidential adviser of many men of large real
estate interest.
On the 7th of November, 1877, Mr. Reed was united in marriage to Miss Abbie
Eells of Belfast, Maine, a daughter of Nathaniel A. Eells, who was born in
Belfast, March 31, 1827, his father being Harry Blanchard Eells, whose birth
occurred in Hanover, Massachusetts, in 1786. The mother of Mrs. Reed was in her
maidenhood Celia Augusta Mathews and was born in Lincolnville, Maine, in 1833,
while her demise occurred in 1919. Nathaniel A. Eells was a graduate of Bowdoin
College and practiced medicine to the time of his death, which occurred,
however, when he was but twenty-six years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Reed there was
born one daughter, Abbie M., who is the wife of Richard Everett Boutell, engaged
in the automobile business in Minneapolis.
Mr. Reed gave his political allegiance to the republican party and his religious
faith was that of the Universalist church, his membership being in the Church of
the Redeemer. He also belonged to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was recognized as one of the strong and
able members of the Minneapolis bar, as a man of high integrity and of wide
popularity because of his sterling characteristics, his geniality and cordial
disposition. While fourteen years have passed since he was called to his final
rest, his memory is yet cherished by many who were his close associates in life.