BIO:  Joseph W. Reed, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Chanceford Township, Pg 92

JOSEPH W. REED was born in Chanceford Township, in 1844, and is a son of Samuel 
and Sarah J. (Wiley) Reed, natives respectively of Chanceford and Fawn Townships, 
York County, Penn.  His great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland to America prior 
to the war of the Revolution, and held a commission in the Continental army.  He 
was also one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.  The grandfather 
of our subject had six children, of whom the father of Joseph W. was the eldest 
son.  Joseph W. Reed, in 1871, purchased his present farm of 112 acres, where he 
has since lived and been engaged in general farming.  He married Miss Mary S. 
Bigler, daughter of David Bigler, of Windsor Township.  They have three children:  
Sarah J., Charles F. and Ralph M.  In March, 1865, Mr. Reed enlisted in the One 
Hundred and Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of 
the war.  Mr. and Mrs. Reed are members of the Presbyterian Church.