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Reed Biographies
DR. THOMAS E. REED, a leading physician of Lewisburg [Marshall County], is
a son of Andrew J.
and Virginia E. (Nelson) Reed, both natives of Tennessee, where they grew
to years of maturity and were married. Shortly after the latter event they
moved to Giles County. The father was a farmer and in addition carried on
merchandising for some time. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the mother a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mother died
in 1860 and afterward the father married Mary E. Scott, who became the
mother of four children, two of whom are living. Our subject was born July
15, 1860, in Giles County, Tenn., and was reared on a farm. In boyhood he
attended the country schools and afterward Giles College and Fayetteville
Academy. In 1874 he took a course of lectures in the University of
Virginia and in the spring of 1876 graduated from the medical department of
Vanderbilt University. In the same year he commenced practicing his
profession in Lewisburg and the extensive patronage he has received says
more for his ability and popularity as a physician than mere words can do.
Dr. Reed, like his father, is a Democrat, and he and Mrs. Reed are members
of the Presbyterian Church. (Goodspeed's History of Marshall County, 1886)
In 1850, Andrew J. REED, a 17-year old student born in Tennessee, is in the Giles County Census District 2, p. 315 dwelling of Thomas REED, 54, born in Virginia, Farmer, $3,000. Also in the household are Amy, 51, born in Kentucky, William, 23, Frances, 15, F, and Thomas, 10, all born in Tennesse and the latter two also students. In 1860, Andrew J. REED, 27, M, TN, Farmer $30,290-23,735, and son, Thomas E. REED, 3 [sic] M TN, are on the Giles Census, Poplar Hill District, p. 166, HH 932-916 (18 Aug 1860). In HH931-915 is Thomas REED, 64, M, NC, Farmer, $31,300-26,931, and Thomas A. REED, 20 M TN Farmer --$8,000, William M. REED, 19 [sic] M TN, $7,200-5,400, John W. DYRE, 20 M TN, school teacher --- $300 and John NUTT, 60 M VA, carpenter ---$30.
Andrew J.'s wife was probably Virginia NELSON who was age 15 in 1850, also in District 2, on p. 316 in the Giles County dwelling (108-108) of Elizabeth NELSON, 45 F NC, $2,500, and Mary, 17, Tennessee, 14, and John, 12, all born in Tennessee, and all students.
See also the biography of John Nelson, and see Marshall County, TNGenWeb for more Marshall County Goodspeeds' biographies.
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