WHITTEMORE REED was brought from New Hampshire in 1798, a child, to Orange township, by his mother.  He married Miss Stout and had a family of five sons - Darius, Aaron, Whittemore, Jr., Enos and Sardine.  Darius Reed married Miss Curtis, of Washington county, and engaged in the drug business of Pomeroy.  They had a family - Curtis Reed, a druggist; William Reed, banker, and Helen, the wife of Rev. Thomas Turnbull,  All of these families live in Pomeroy.  Darius Reed and his wife are dead.  Aaron Reed married and settled in Orange, a farmer.  Wittemore, Jr., married Miss Young and moved to Clermont county, a farmer.  Enos Reed was married twice, first to Miss Curtis, and the second wife was Miss Ann Maria Seely.  He was a druggist in Portsmouth, Ohio, but later went to farming.  Sardine Reed graduated from West Point with first honors and bright prospects, married, and died in six months.
Source: The Pioneer History of Meigs County by Stillman Carter Larkin - One Volume with Illustrations - Publ. Columbus, Ohio: The Berlin Printing Company - 1908 - Page 138-139