Reding, John R – Reed, Joseph
Reding, John R
congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1845; and from 1853 to 1858 held the office of naval storekeeper at Portsmouth.
Redman, John
physician, author, was born Feb. 27, 1722, in Philadelphia, Pa. On the foundation of the Philadelphia college of Physicians in 1786 he was chosen president of that body, and for many years he was one of the physicians of the city hospital. He died March 19, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Redpath, James
journalist, author, was born in 1833. He was a New York journalist for many years on the staff of The Tribune, and prominent as an abolitionist. He was the author of The Roving Editor; Handbook of Kansas Territory; Public Life of Captain John Brown; Echoes of Harper's Ferry; Guide to Hayti; and Talks About Ireland. He died Feb. 10, 1891, in New York city.
Redway, Jacques Wardlaw
geographer, educator, author, was born May 5, 1849, in Nashville, Tenn. He is a geographer and educator of California, and the author of Complete Geography; Manual of Physical Geography; and Manual of Geography and Travel.
Redwine, Hyram G
educator, lawyer, was born April 6, 1868, in Graves county, Ky. He attended the West Kentucky college of Mayfield; and the Northern Indiana Law school of Valparaiso. For many years he was engaged in educational work; was editor of the Republican of Marshall, Ark.; and since 1893 has practiced law with success at Salmon, Idaho.
Redwine, Robert B
merchant, lawyer, was born July 12, 1860, in Union county, N. C. Early in life he became a successful farmer and merchant; and subsequently turned his attention to law; taking a course at Bingham school, and later graduated from the law school of the university of North Carolina. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Monroe, N. C.; was presidential elector on the national democratic ticket in 1896; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Redwood, Abraham
philanthropist, was born in 1709, in the West Indies. He was a Quaker, and founder of the Redwood library, to which he gave five hundred pounds. He died March 3, 1788, in Newport, R. I.
Reed, Anna Morrison
author, lecturer, poet, was born in Dubuque, Iowa.
Besides writing for the press east and west, she published between 1880 and 1896 two different editions of her poems, a third compilation being about to issue. She has been called on to lecture before the Agricultural association of Northern California; and was appointed one of the commissioners on the state board for the Columbian exposition in 1892. Her organizing talents won her the distinction of again being solicited to aid in raising funds for the Midwinter Fair of San Francisco the following year, in which she was eminently successful.
She is a life member of the Pacific Coast Woman's Press association. A native of Iowa.
Reed, Caleb
journalist, was born April 22, 1797, in West Bridgewater, Mass.
He was a believer in the doctrines of Swedenborg, and for more than twenty years edited the New Jerusalem Magazine, devoted to their promulgation. He published The General Principles of English Grammar. He died Oct. 14, 1854, in Boston, Mass.
Reed, Charles Andrew
lawyer, author, publisher, was born June 16, 1836, in Weymouth, Mass. During 1881-82 he was a member of the house of the Massachusetts state legislature; and in 1886-87 was a member of the senate. During 1879-94 he was city solicitor of Taunton, and in 1895 was elected mayor. He is secretary of the Old Colony Historical society, and has written various articles of local history.
Reed, Charles M
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.
Reed, David
scholar, philanthropist, was born Feb. 6, 1790, in Easton, Mass.
He founded the Christian Register in Boston in 1821; and was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery society in 1828. He died June 7, 1870, in Boston, Mass.
Reed, Edward C
lawyer, congressman, was born March 8, 1793, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. He settled at Homer, N. Y., as a lawyer; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1833.
Reed, Edwin
scholar, author, was born in 1835, in Bath, Maine. He is a Shakespearean scholar who has published Bacon vs. Shakspere, a history of the controversy, with arguments pro and con.
Reed, Elizabeth Armstrong
author, was born May 16, 1842, in Winthrop, Maine. She is the author of The Bible Triumphant; Earnest Words; and Hindu Literature.
Reed, Emilie Mckim
was born May 10, 1840, in Baltimore, Md. She represented Maryland in the Woman's Pavilion in the Centennial exposition of 1876; was a member of the board of lady managers at the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago; and was appointed by the governor of Maryland as chairman of the woman's committee for Maryland for the Atlanta exposition. For seventeen years she has been president of the Baltimore Decorative Art society; and secretary and vice-president respectively of the National and Maryland Society of Colonial Dames of America.
Reed, George E
journalist, was born Feb. 4, 1872, in Shippensburg, Pa.
He is the editor and owner of the Observer of Prairie Depot, Ohio; and has contributed extensively to periodical literature. In 1896-97 he was enrolling clerk of the Ohio house of representatives; and has filled various other public positions of trust.
Reed, George Edward
clergyman, college president, was born March 28, 1846, in Brownville, Maine. This eminent clergyman is the honored president of Dickinson college of Carlisle, Pa.
Reed, Gilbert B
lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 8, 1828, in Steuben county, N.
Y. He is president judge of the court of appeals of Colorado, to which state he removed in 1860. He was judge of the miners court until 1861; was then elected prosecuting attorney, which position he resigned and practiced law until 1888. In that year he was appointed judge of the supreme court commission, which position he held until appointed to his present position.
Reed, Harry W
clergyman, writer, was born May 7, 1855, in New York city.
He received a thorough education at the public schools, Adelphi academy of Brooklyn, N. Y., Colgate university, the Union Theological seminary, and the Hamilton Theological seminary. He has attained eminence as a successful baptist clergyman, and has filled pastorates in Wyoming, N. Y.; Belvidere and Waukegan, Ill.; and at La Crosse, Wis. He is a fluent speaker at young people's conventions and other denominational gatherings; and is engaged quite extensively in the review of denominational and other religious books.
Reed, Henry
educator, author, was born July 11, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He was an educator of Philadelphia; and professor of English literature in the university of Pennsylvania. He was the author of Lectures on English History; Lectures on English Literature; and Lectures on the British Poets. He died Sept. 27, 1854, at sea.
Reed, Henry
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Sept. 22, 1846, in Philadelphia.
He is a Philadelphia jurist who has published The Law of the Statute of Frauds.
Reed, Horatio Blake
soldier, was born Jan. 22, 1837, in Rockaway, L. I.
He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel in the regular army for meritorious services during the civil war. He died March 7, 1888, in Togus, Maine.
Reed, Hugh
educator, author, was born Aug. 17, 1850, in Richmond, Ind.
He is a military educator of Virginia, and the author of Signal Tactics; Cadet Regulations; Military Science and Tactics; and Broom Tactics.
Reed, Isaac
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1810, in Waldoborough, Maine. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1852 to 1853; served six years in the state legislature; was state treasurer in 1856; and was president of the Waldoborough bank.
Reed, James
clergyman, author, was born in 1834, in Massachusetts. He is a Swedenborgian clergyman of Boston from 1858, and the author of Men and Women; Religion and Life; and Swedenborg and the New Church.
Reed, John
clergyman, congressman, was born Nov. 11, 1751, in Framingham, Mass. He was ordained a minister of the Gospel in 1780, and settled at West Bridgewater, Mass.; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1795 to 1801. He died Feb. 17, 1831, in West Bridgewater, Mass.
Reed, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1781, in West Bridgewater, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1813 to 1817, and again from 1821 to 1841; and was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts from 1844 to 1851. He died Nov. 25, 1860, in Bridgewater, Mass.
Reed, John
lawyer, jurist, educator, author, was born in 1786, in Pennsylvania.
He was a Pennsylvania jurist, professor of law in Dickinson college of Carlisle in 1834-50, and author of The Pennsylvania Blackstone. He died June 19, 1850, in Carlisle, Pa. a
Reed, Joseph
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 27, 1741, in New Jersey. In 1776 he was appointed adjutant-general of the army; and was delegate to the continental congress from 1777 to 1778, and a signer of the Articles of confederation. He was president of Pennsylvania in the latter year until 1781.
He died March 4, 1785, in Philadelphia.