Portrait and Biographical Album of Johnson and Pawnee Counties, Nebraska
Mrs. Sarah M. Reed and her husband, the late Abner C. Reed, well known as a pioneer business man of Sterling, we’re among the early settlers of the city, and our subject is still residing here. She presides with a gracious hospitality ove, a comfortable, well-appointed home, and she and her family occupy a high social position in the community. ...
July 2, 1864, our subject left the parental roof for a home of her own, having on that day wedded Abner C. Reed, an honored pioneer of Nebraska, who was a merchant of Wyoming. He was a native of Ohio. Mr. Reed had been married twice previous to his union with our subject. His first wife was Miss Dolly Andrews, who bore him one son, Charles. The maiden name of his second wife was Caroline McIntosh, to whom he was united April 2, 1856. She died Sept. 14, 1863, leaving 3 children: Ida L., now Mrs. Thomas Roberts; Rhoda A., now Mrs. Melvin Rice; and Harriet E., now Mrs. Morman. [1]
Sources
Census
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD7-Q7W : 12 April 2016), H Reed in household of A C Reed, Nebraska, United States; citing p. 16, family 131, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,330.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YX-T2L : 16 August 2017), Harriet Reed in household of Abner C Reed, Sterling, Johnson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 303, sheet 681B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0751; FHL microfilm 1,254,751.
Footnotes
↑Portrait and Biographical Album of Johnson and Pawnee Counties, Nebraska: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States, Chapman Brothers, 1889, pages 280-281, https://books.google.com/books?id=ev40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA280
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