Biography of Reuben Reed, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Reed, Asher, Zimmerman.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 341

Reuben Reed

He was born in Union county, Ohio, in 1836, and was taken thence to Clayton
county, Iowa, by his parents, John and Malinda (Asher) Reed. In that state he
was deprived of his father by the icy hand of death, and in 1859 he brought
his mother and the remainder of the family to Colorado. He mined there a
couple of years, then embarked in cattle raising, an industry which continued
to engaged his energies uninterruptedly for thirteen or fourteen years. In
1882, however, he sold out and came to Pine valley, Baker county, homesteaded
one hundred and twenty acres of land a mile and a half north of Halfway post-
office, and engaged in diversified farming, although he has also given some
attention to mining and prospecting and is the owner of interests in various
properties at Cornucopia and Snake river. He has been an energetic man in his
endeavors to secure a competency, and at the same time contribute toward the
development of his section, and is richly deserving of whatever success has
been his. His integrity and worth of character have secured him the confidence
and esteem of those who know him, giving him an enviable standing in his
community.

Mr. Reed was married in Clayton county, Iowa, in 1862, to Sarah A. Zimmerman,
a native of Richfield, Pennsylvania, and daughter of Jacob G. and Catherine
Zimmerman, and to them have been born eleven children: John, Ida, Katie, who
died in 1888: Charlotte M., Ella, Melinda, Effie, Charles, Delmer, Myrtle and
Cleveland. Most of the children are now married and doing for themselves, but
Charles, Delmer, Myrtle and Cleveland are still at home. Mr. Reed's father was
a soldier in the War of 1812, and his mother died in Colorado. Her mother died
in Pennsylvania when this daughter was seven years of age, and her father died
in Iowa in 1884.