OBIT: Alexander REED, 1890, Springfield Mines, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MARTINSBURG MATTERS. Alexander Reed, whose death occurred at Springfield Mines, was buried in Spring-Hope cemetery on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was a soldier in the late unpleasantness and was a member of the Williamsburg Grand Army of the Republic post. He was interred according to the ritual of the post. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, December 23, 1890 1880 Huston Township, Blair County census - Alexander Reed, 50 Samuel C. Reed, 16 Catharine Reed, 15 Clara Reed, 13 James Reed, 12 Mggie Reed, 10 Alexander Reed, 8 Elizabeth Reed, 19