Dr. Daniel Reed is a native of Onondaga county NY and was born Sep 4, 1803. He remained in that county until he was 32 years of age, during which time he studied medicine, for the most of the time, in the office of Dr. Daniel T Jones, at that time one of the ablest and most successful physicians in the interior of New York State; and upon being admitted into the brotherhood of Doctors of Medicine, commenced practice at Amboy, in the same county. In 1835 he came West and settled in Chicago, where he remained 2 years and then moved to Fulton, where he has resided ever since. Dr. Reed married Miss Lucinda F Meigs, a native of Bethlehem, Litchfield county, Mass., May 1 1828. The children of this marriage have been as follows: William May 15 1829; Helen M October 28 1831; Athalie Dec 14 1833; James H Jan 26 1836; Cynthia J Mar 26 1838; Harriet E May 15 1841. Of these Harriet died Sept 6 1841; Helen M November 6 1857 and William April 17 1872. James H is the celebrated photographic artist at Clinton IA. The Doctor's services as a physician, as well as those of his wife (for its universally acknowledged by those who knew her in the early days of Fulton that she was as good a doctor as the very best of them), were called into active requisition during the first years of their residence in Fulton, and especially in 1839, when almost everybody in this section of the country was sick. For days and nights together during that year neither the Doctor nor Mrs. Reed found any rest, the latter especially going from one bedside to the other in her efforts to relieve the stricken ones, and many to this day gratefully remember her care and kindness during their long and severe illness. Dr. Reed has been frequently elected to public offices both in the city and township of Fulton, and was Coroner of the county from 1856-1858.
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Dr. Daniel Reed, deceased, the pioneer physician of Fulton of 1838, was born in Camillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Sept: 4, 1803. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Mix) Reed. His mother was a relative of ex-President Hayes. He was educated at Fairfield College, New York, and studied medicine with Dr. Daniel T. Jones, then a popular physician of Central New York. Having taken his degree, he began practice at Auburn, N. Y.
He was married at Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N. Y., May I, 1828, to Miss Cinda T. Meigs, daughter of Dr. Jesse and Hannah (Pritchard) Meigs. Mrs. Reed was born in Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 13, 1801. Dr. Reed pursued the practice of his profession in New York till the fall of 1836, when he removed to Joliet, Ill. Two years later he came to Fulton (in the fall of 1838 ), and engaged in practice at this place. A great deal of sickness prevailed here the following year, and the Doctor, assisted by his wife, who was also a doctor, had their hands full.
The Doctor had an extensive practice for a few years, when he removed to Ga1esburg, Ill., in order to afford his children better advantages of education. Five years later he removed to Chicago, where he spent one year. He next went to Belvidere, and after three years spent at that place they returned to Fulton. On his return to Fulton he retired from practice, but made this his home till his death, which occurred Feb. 16, 1882,
Dr. Reed was chosen to fill various public offices. He served as Assessor in 1863, Justice of the Peace in 1866, Coroner of Whiteside County from 1856 to 1858, and held other minor offices. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and took an active and prominent part in the building of the church at Fulton.
In politics he was a Republican. Dr. and Mrs. Reed had a family of six children, four girls and two boys; William died April 17, 1872; Helen M, was the wife of Wm. P. Culbertson and died Nov. 6, 1857; Athalia, wife of J.B. Hall, of Columbus Ohio; James H. maried Annie Pomeroy and is a photographer at Clinton; Cynthia J. is the widow of Wm. E. Baldwin and lives at Lyons; Harriet died Sept. 6, 1841 in childhood
Daniel E. Reed, conducting a large bakery and delicatessen business in Rogers Park and widely known as one of our leading business men of that attractive suburban section of the city, was born October 31, 1862 on a farm adjoining athe village of Empire, Whiteside county, Illinois, his parents being William Henry and Mary (Jasper) Reed. The father died in 1879 and the mother is still living. She owns the homestead but spends much of her time among her children. In the family were three sons and four daughters; Jasper, living on a farm adjoining the old homestead in Whiteside county; Charles, who died in infancy; Nettie, the wife of Lewis Ulm, an griculturist of Kansas; Daniel E., of this review; Elizabeth, living in Morrison IL, the wife of Jerome Kerling, who recently purchased a large wheat farm in Minnesota; Ida, the wife of Harry Carolus, owner of a wheat ranch near Almira Washington; and Lovie who gave her hand in marriage ot edward Williams, a farmer residing ner Bolivar MO.
Daniel E. Reed was educated in the country schools and in the town schools of Emerson, Illinois, and started in business life on his own account when 17 years of age, purchasing a cigar store in Sterling, Illinois, which he conducted for about a year. During that period his father died, so that he was obliged to dispose of his business and take charge of the farm for his mother, thus devoting his energies to general agricultural until the removal of the family to Freeport, IL in May 1892. There he worked for D.C. Storer, a manufacturer, for about two years, after which he came to Chicago in February 1894. His sister-in-law, Dr. Laura C. Bush, who was the first lady physician of Rogers Park, owned a drug store, in which he bought a half interest. At that time he had no knowledge of drugs but he at once made a thoroughs tudy of his busines, becoming in time a good practical drugist as well as capable manager. In 1902 he bought out his sister-in-law and conducted the store alone for the next two years. On the expiration of that tie he sold out to Albert Shulz, turning his attention to other interests. In February 1894 while conducting the drug store, the first telephone exchange in Rogers Park was installed in his store. Evidently the citizens of the community were familiar with the fact that the line was to be instituted, for, notwithstanding a great blizzard was raging, he was called upon to carry a number of toll messages to distant parts.
Following the sale of the drug store, Mr. Reed went to Mammoth Springs AR, expecting to buy property and locate in that vicinity, where his wife's people were living. But the death of his father-in-law changed his plans, so that he returned to Rogers Park and from 1904-1907, in company with Peter Phillips (now in the banking business in Rogers Park) and William and C.T. Daniels, he engaged in the manufacture of a proprietary remedy, in which they were quite successful. On the 9th of Nov. 1907 Mr. Reed established his present bakery and delicatessen store, which he has since successfully conducted. His business has grown steadily from the beginning. He makes it attractive by the line of goods which he carries and his sales have increased annually, so that he is now at the head of aprofitable and growing enterprise.
On the 12th of Oct. 1892 he was married to Miss Eva Julia Bush and they now have a son Daniel, four years old. Mrs. Reed is the dauther of Martin Luther and Catherine (Wheehsler) Bush. Her father was the first white male child born in Sterling Illinois, but is now deceased. Her grandfather, Luther Bush, was a captain in the war of 1812 and assisted in building the battleship Constitution. His sword now hangs over the fireplace int he Reed home and is one of the prized possession of his grandaughter. In religion Mr. Reed is a Lutheran and fraternally is well knowna s a chapter Mason, as an Odd Fellow and as a member of the Royal League and the American Fraternal League. He was reared in the faith of the democratic party to which all of his family adhered, and he cast his first presidential vote for Grover Cleveland in 1888. Since that time, however, he has always voted withe the republican party, for careful consideration fo the questions of the day has led him to the belief that the republican platform is most conducive to good government and to the interests of the country at large.
"Chicago: Its History and Its Builders" by J. Seymour Curry 1912
Descendants of Daniel Reed, Dr.
Generation No. 1
1. DANIEL2 REED, DR. (WILLIAM1) was born 04 September 1803 in Onondaga NY, and died 1882. He married LUCINDA F MEIGS 01 May 1828. She was born in Bethlehem, Litchfield MA.
Children of DANIEL REED and LUCINDA MEIGS are:
2. i. WILLIAM3 REED, b. 15 May 1829; d. 17 April 1872, Whiteside IL
3. ii. HELEN M REED, b. 28 October 1831; d. 06 November 1857, Whiteside IL
iii. ATHALIE KATE REED, b. 14 December 1833; m. J B HALL, 05 November 1856, Whiteside IL
4. iv. JAMES H REED, b. 26 January 1836, Chicago, Cook IL
v. CYNTHIA J REED, b. 26 March 1838
vi. HARRIET ELIZABETH REED, b. 15 May 1841, Fulton, Whiteside IL; d. 06 September 1841, Fulton, Whiteside IL
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM3 REED (DANIEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 15 May 1829, and died 17 April 1872 in Whiteside IL. He married ANNA M JOHNSON 15 July 1857 in Whiteside IL, daughter of JESSE JOHNSON and MARY WEBB. She was born 23 September 1840.
Children of WILLIAM REED and ANNA JOHNSON are:
i. EMMA4 REED, b. 1858
5. ii. GEORGE WAYNE REED, b. 1863, Whiteside IL
iii. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE REED, b. 1872; m. ANNA ESTELLE SMITH
3. HELEN M3 REED (DANIEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 28 October 1831, and died 06 November 1857 in Whiteside IL. She married WILLIAM P CULBERTSON 28 October 1852 in Whiteside IL.
Children of HELEN REED and WILLIAM CULBERTSON are:
i. CARRIE J4 CULBERTSON, b. April 1854
ii. CHARLES CULBERTSON, b. 1857
4. JAMES H3 REED (DANIEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 26 January 1836 in Chicago, Cook IL. He married ANNA POMEROY.
Child of JAMES REED and ANNA POMEROY is:
i. JAY MEIGS4 REED, b. 1879; m. LELIA FERGUSON
Generation No. 3
5. GEORGE WAYNE4 REED (WILLIAM3, DANIEL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1863 in Whiteside IL. He married (1) JENNIE SMITH. He married (2) ELIZABETH M HOLLINSHEAD 12 March 1885 in Whiteside IL, daughter of JACOB HOLLINSHEAD and JEANETTE BENTON. She was born 1864 in Whiteside IL, and died 04 December 1893 in Whiteside IL
Child of GEORGE REED and JENNIE SMITH is:
i. WAYNE5 REED, b. 1886
Child of GEORGE REED and ELIZABETH HOLLINSHEAD is:
ii. WAYNE F5 REED, b. 1886, Fulton, Whiteside IL
