. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . by anypractitioner in his county. He was quite alarge and strong man, and occasionally, duringthe season of haying, would go into his fathers WAYNE COUNTY. 207 field and use a scythe, where he rarely foundhis equal. At boxing, an amusement in whichhe sometimes indulged, strong men declaredthat they would not like to have him strikethem in anger. On June 19, 1877, he married Kate Atwater,daughter of Edward M. Atwater, by whom hehad a son, named Edward, born July 16, 1880,who is still living to cheer the declining yearsof his grandpare
. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . by anypractitioner in his county. He was quite alarge and strong man, and occasionally, duringthe season of haying, would go into his fathers WAYNE COUNTY. 207 field and use a scythe, where he rarely foundhis equal. At boxing, an amusement in whichhe sometimes indulged, strong men declaredthat they would not like to have him strikethem in anger. On June 19, 1877, he married Kate Atwater,daughter of Edward M. Atwater, by whom hehad a son, named Edward, born July 16, 1880,who is still living to cheer the declining yearsof his grandparents. gave no alarm, excepting to his father and hisfamily and friends, but, on the 15th day of themonth, when all but his father were hopeful,suddenly and apparently without warning, evento himself, he ceased breathing. The day pre-vious to his death he had, as he told his wile,a slight paralytic attack of the heart, whichsoon passed off. It was his fathers opinionthat he had sub-acute inflammation of the stom-ach, but that the real cause of his death was. )&>vynlj In consecmence of au injury of his head, re-ceived by a fall when he was a boy, hewas occasionally a sufferer from severe head-ache, sometimes attended with vomiting, butcould not be persuaded to discontinue visitingthe sick until compelled by sad necessity. Buthis troubles were known by only a few, for hesuffered without complaining. His final sick-ness commenced the fore part of February,1883. The attack being like pievious ones, paralysis of the heart. No other man in thenorthern part of Wayne County ever passedaway so universally beloved, regretted andmourned. Dr. Dwight Reed was born in Salisbury,Litchfield County, Conn., March 8, 1824. Heis a descendent in the seventh generation ofJohn Reed, who emigrated to this country fromCornwall, England, at the restoration of theStuarts. He was a junior officer in the army 20H WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE COUNTIES. PENNSYLVANIA of Cromwell, the Protector, aud is supposed toh
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