History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . 1845. 1846. E. Brown. 1847. James Baird. John Smedley. John Smedley. Samuel W. Harding. Benjamin Brown. John Youngs. 1848. Marvin Wilcox. William K. Reed. 1849. George Herrington. C. B. Chalker. 1850. James Scougale. Noah Buvier. 1851. George Herrington. H. Herrington. 1852. Jacob Wilkinson. Nelson Ferry. 1853. James Scougale. Heman Herrington. 1854. George Herrington. Marvin Wilcox. 1855. C. B. Chalker. Nelson Ferry. 1856. James Scougale. Marvin Wilcox. 1857. Marvin Wilcox. Heman Herrington. 1858. John Reed. Daniel I. Lipo. 1859. Monroe H


History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . 1845. 1846. E. Brown. 1847. James Baird. John Smedley. John Smedley. Samuel W. Harding. Benjamin Brown. John Youngs. 1848. Marvin Wilcox. William K. Reed. 1849. George Herrington. C. B. Chalker. 1850. James Scougale. Noah Buvier. 1851. George Herrington. H. Herrington. 1852. Jacob Wilkinson. Nelson Ferry. 1853. James Scougale. Heman Herrington. 1854. George Herrington. Marvin Wilcox. 1855. C. B. Chalker. Nelson Ferry. 1856. James Scougale. Marvin Wilcox. 1857. Marvin Wilcox. Heman Herrington. 1858. John Reed. Daniel I. Lipo. 1859. Monroe Holley. W. B. Barker. 1860. Ephraim Andrews. H. Herrington. 1861. Charles S. Clark. Marvin Wilcox. William D. Garrison. C. B. Chalker. 1862. James M. McLean. Marvin Wilcox. 1863. Ephraim Andrews. Nicholas Huff. 1864. William W. Livermore Nicholas Huff. 1865. James McLean. William B. Barker. 1866- -67. John Reed. Jacob Wilkinson. 1868 A. W. Angel. G. B. Runyan. 1869 Henry T. Weeden. William Lovejoy. Charles Herriman. Benjamin Brown. 1870 C. C. William K. Reed, father of tlie subject of our sketch,was born in Trenton, N. J., in 17 94, and lived several years be-yond the allotted existence of man, experiencing; all the hard-ships and fascinations of a Michigan pioneer life ; and in hisdeclining years, having escaped mentally the withering influ-ence of age, he brightened his fireside by many pleasingreminiscences from his own life. Among the early memorieswas the soldier life of 1812, to which he always revertedwith a degree of pleasure only excelled by that of recallingthe day when he was married to Miss Minerva Woolcot,with whom he spent fifty years of his life. In 1822 or 1823 he removed to Dryden, Tompkins Co.,N. Y., where he resided about fourteen years. In 183Gwe find him and his family en route for Michigan, travelingby Cayuga Lake from Ithaca, thence by the Erie Canal toBuffalo, where they took a boat for Detroit. July 23,1836, he came to Shiawassee County, and se


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