Biographical Sketch of Capt. William A. Redd, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** The subject of this sketch is a son of Walter and Rebecca Redd, of Fayette county, Ky., where he was born and lived until grown to manhood. Received his education at Locust Grove academy, Kentucky. After complet- ing his education, he engaged in the mercantile business at Lexington. In 1856 he moved to Chicago and there he continued in the mercantile trade. From Chicago he removed to Lafayette county where he remained until the war broke out. He then enlisted in the confederacy, and was captain and adjutant of Shelby's regiment, in which he remained through- out the war. In 1866 he was a planter in Alabama. In 1867 he returned to Lafayette county where he has since lived engaged in general merchan- dise. In May, 1859, he was married to Miss Mildred Taylor, of Dover, Lafayette county. By this marriage he has three children, Janette M., Hubbard F. and Mary W. Capt. Redd is one of Lafayette county's most enterprising men. In addition to his merchandise business, he is carry- ing on a farm near Waverly in partnership with his brother, also has 1,000 head of cattle in Texas. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================