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Source:
A Centennial Biographical History
of
Richland and Ashland County, Ohio
- ILLUSTRATED -
A. J. Baughman, Editor
Chicago
The Lewis Publishing Co.
1901
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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GEORGE W. REED, editor
and proprietor of the Advertiser, of Plymouth, was born
Mar. 30, 1859, in Salem, Ohio. His father,
James Reed, was a native of eastern Ohio, born in
1819, and was of German lineage. He died at
Attica, Ohio, in 1884. His wife, Mrs. Delilah
Reed, was born in Ohio in 1819, and on the
mother's side was of Irish lineage. The
grand-parents of our subject, however, were natives of
Pennsylvania, removing to eastern Ohio at an early
period of its development and in that part of the state
spent their remaining days, and when death came over
there laid to rest. Mrs. Reed died in
Attica, Ohio, in 1887, in her sixty-eighth year.
She became the mother of four sons and four daughters,
of whom all but one daughter are yet living:
James M. Reed, now fifty-one years of age, is a
mechanic living in Clyde, Ohio; William F. is a
contractor of Hutchinson, Kansas, and is forty-nine
years of age; Clifford W., aged thirty-two, is in
the service of the Western Union Telegraphy Company, of
Chicago, Illinois. The sons are all married and
are in prosperous circumstances. The daughters are
Mrs. Alvira Spencer; Mrs. W. O. Heavler of
Attica, Ohio; Mrs. Charles Hardie, of Clyde,
Ohio; and Mrs. John Stark, deceased, formerly of
Rising Son, Ohio.
George Willard Reed was only a year old when his
parents removed from Salem to Attica. A year later
they took up their abode at West Union, Fayette county,
Iowa, where they lived for two years. On the
expiration of that period they returned to Attica and
Mr. Reed, of this review, was a resident of the
latter city until 1882. He acquired his education
in the public schools and on laying aside his text-books
to learn the more difficult lessons in the school of
experience he entered upon an apprenticeship in a
printing office. He was then seventeen years of
age. He soon mastered the business and was
employed for several years on the Attica Journal, owned
and published by Charles Clough. Following
Horace Greeley's advice to young men, to go west
and grow up with the country, he made his way to Pierre,
South Dakota, where he was employed on the Daily Signal
for three years. In 1885 he came to Plymouth and
began work on the paper which he now owns. For ten
years he was its foreman and for three years was its
editor and manager. He then purchased the paper,
on the 1st of April, 1898, and has since conducted it,
still acting as its editor. The Advertiser is a
wide-awake and popular journal, independent in politics
and well supported by the citizens of Plymouth and
vicinity. It has a circulation of one thousand and
its patronage is steadily increasing.
On the 12th day of May, 1886, in Plymouth, Mr. Reed
was united in marriage to Miss Rosa L. Derringer,
of Plymouth, one of the popular young ladies of the
city. They now have three children, Evan P.,
Amy E. and Kenneth M., aged respectively,
thirteen, eleven and three years. Mrs. Reed
is a daughter of William Derringer, of Plymouth,
a cooper by trade, and one of the most highly esteemed
citizens of his town, where he and his wife have resided
since 1860. Mr. Reed is a past chief of the
Ben Hur Tribe of Plymouth. In politics he
is a stalwart Republican, and his wife is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church. They are widely
known in this city and in the county and enjoy the
hospitality of many oof the best homes here.
Mr. Reed is public-spirited and progressive, and
through the columns of his paper and through personal
influence and financial support contributes to the
advancement of all measures which he believes will prove
of general good. His social qualities and his
sterling worth render him popular and he enjoys the high
regard of all with whom he is brought in contact.
Source: A
Centennial Biographical History of Richland and Ashland
County, Ohio - Publ. 1901 - Page 217 |
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