Biography - DANIEL W. REED
Daniel W. Reed, the popular and accommodating deputy county clerk, was
born in Tuscola, March 11, 1864. He is a son of John T. and Annie (Walters)
Reed, who were natives of Pennsylvania. John T. Reed was reared to manhood
in Pennsylvania, where he learned the tailor's trade, at which he worked in
his younger days, and in 1862 came to Illinois and settled on a farm in
Tuscola township.
Daniel W. Reed grew to maturity on the farm and was engaged in school
teaching for seven years, having been principally educated at the Danville,
Indiana, Normal School. For two years Mr. Reed served efficiently and
acceptably to the citizens of Tuscola on the city police force. In 1887 he
was united in marriage to Miss Alice Price, and to their marriage have been
born two lovely children: Lucile and Louise. Mr. Reed is a member of the
Masonic fraternity and also of the Woodmen. In political opinion he has
always been a consistent Republican and an effective worker in the ranks of
his party. As an officer he is almost universally liked by the people
throughout Douglas county.
Extracted 25 May 2019 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, page 191.
