Thomas Reed    

THOMAS REED, farmer, post-office Mercer, was born June 15, 1835, in East Lackawannock Township, to John and Eleanor (Wilson) Reed, natives, the father of Washington County, and the mother of Westmoreland County, Penn. The father came to Mercer County when a single man and married here. He died April 23, 1870, and his wife November 26, 1855. Their children were: Mary, James, Nancy, Elizabeth, Wilson, John and Thomas. The father and mother were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and he was a Democrat. Our subject was educated in the country schools, and was brought up at farm labor. From 1859 to 1862 he was principally engaged in buying and driving stock. He was married in 1867 to Sarah J. Crawford, a sister of L. I. Crawford, and daughter of Hugh D. Crawford, whose sketch appears in this work. Mr. Reed settled on the home place in East Lackawannock Township at marriage, and remained there until 1872, when he came to the Crawford farm, which he bought in 1883. Their children were: Infant, dead; Lizzie C., Willie D., Matilda E.; infant, dead; and T. Herman. Mr. Reed is the possessor of 220 acres in Springfield, and eighty acres in Findley Township. He has been assistant assessor of Springfield Township, and school director. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and he is a stanch Prohibitionist. He is an enterprising citizen, a progressive farmer, and an intelligent gentleman.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.