Decatur Daily Democrat, Monday, November 23, 1925, p. 1
Samuel Reed Dies Sunday
Veteran Of Civil War Expires At Residence Here At Age Of 81 Years
Samuel Reed, 81, a veteran of the Civil war, died at his home, 345 North Tenth street, at
11:35 o'clock Sunday morning. Death was due to senility. Mr. Reed was a son of John
and Catherine Spangler Reed. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 5, 1844. He enlisted
in Company G, 67th regiment, At Cleveland, Ohio, August 30, 1862, and served his country
with honor during the remainder of the war. Mr. Reed followed the occupation of painting
for many years. In 1885, he moved from Cleveland to Poe, Allen county, where he resided
until 1900, when he moved to Decatur. The deceased was married to Sidney Summers, who
preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Surviving, are
one sister, Charlotte Surgegant, of Fort Wayne; two half-brothers, John Reed, of Decatur,
and U.S. Reed, of Portland, oregon; and two half-sisters, Polly Reed, of Decatur, and
Tillie Showers, of Chicago. One brother, Frank Reed, one half-sister, Ella Small, preceded
him in death. Fu!
neral services will be held from the First Methodist church at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, with the Rev. Somerville Light, pastor of the Methodist church, assisted by the
Rev. R. N. Covert, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be
made in the Reynolds cemetery in Root township.
His body was interred November 24, 1925 in Root Twp., Adams Co., Indiana, Reynolds
Cemetery.
Margie Roop Pearce
Ponchatoula, LA
----- Original Message -----
From: Sarah
To: Margie Pearce
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Reynolds Cemetery obituaries
Margie;
Write them as a text file (Like I am doing now) and send them to me.
Oh, BTW; the file you sent me on the Roop family was great, except it was much too big
to upload to the server.
Sarah
Margie Pearce <mpearce(a)charter.net> wrote:
Sarah,
I recently received a copy of the obituaries of people buried in Reynolds Cemetery in
Adams Co. I would be happy to transcribe them and have permission from Nola Rains to do
so. How do I go about it?
Margie Roop Pearce
Ponchatoula, LA
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