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��transformation was soon made, and the frowning forest gave place to fruitful fields and flowery meadows. The subject of this sketch remained with his father, assist- ing the Cultivation and improvement of his farm, till some time after he had attained to his majority, when he was united in marriage to a very estimable young lady of his neighborhood, Miss Esther, eldest daughter of Solomon and Rachel Gladen. By persevering in- dustry, fine financiering and careful management, Mr. Peterson has been very successful in the acquisition of this world's goods ; he owns two excellent farms in the northeastern part of Monroe Township. He has erected, at a great cost, a magnificent dwelling on one of these farms. He has also built commodious barns on both farms. His farms are highly fertile and pro- ductive, and he cultivates them in a very creditable manner. Mr. Peteraon and wife have raised and edu- cated an interesting family of children. One of their sons, named Erasmus, a very promising young man, contracted a disease which rendered him a cripple for life; he died in 1879, and was buried at Perryville.

REA, WILLIAM (deceased). Was born in Cumber- land Co., Penn., June 23, 1772; he subsequently removed to Bedford Co., Penn., and about 1816, came to Richland Co., Ohio, and entered the north half of the southeast quarter of Sec. 35, in Motiroe Township ; he came to the county iii company with Jacob Williams, .Joseph Friend and William Fergueson ; Mr. Williams entered the south half of the same half-section, Mr. Fergueson entered the south half of Sec. 34, in the same town- ship ; Mr. Friend entered the farm now owned by Alexander Freeman, on the eastern boundary of AVorthington Township, near the present site of the town of Newville. Mr. Ilea, upon his arrival in this Western wild, went to work at once and cleared a small tract and erected a cabin on his farm ; he kept bachelor's hall for a few years, when he rented his cabin to one William Wilson, a son-in-law of Jacob Williams ; Mr. Wilson lived here a few years, assisting Mr. Rea in clearing and cultivating his farm. About 1821, Mr. Rea was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Swendal ; they were married at the residence of John Kinton, in Worthington Township, by Rev. William Johnson, of Mansfield ; Mrs. Rea was born in the County of Down, Ireland, about twenty miles from Belfast, Dec. 25, 1792; her father's name was Richard Swendal; her mother's maiden name was Susan Fox ; Mrs. Rea came to the United States when about 25 years old ; she had a brother living in this country, but she did not know where to find him ; she, without money or friends, set about seeking employment at once, which she soon was able to find : she worked for some time in the city of New York, and in various other places ; in a few years, by the assistance of a friend, she was enabled to find her brother; when she did find him, however, she did not recognize him, and it was with no little difficulty that he was enabled to convince her of his identity : she subsequently came with her brother to Richland Co., and got married as before stated. Mr. Rea took his wife immediately with him to his cabin and went to housekeeping in the primitive style of those days ; they were the parents of four children — Martha Ann, born Aug. 9, 1826, died March 23, 1842 ; Mary Jane, born Sept. 18, 1828 ; Eliza, born

��Dec. 10, 1830, died in the spring of 1839 ; Sarah, born Jan. 2, 1832, died in the spring of 1839; all of whom were buried in the Pine Run graveyard. Mr. Rea united with the United Presbyterian Church early in life, and was an active and consistent member thereof as long as he lived ; he was very strict in the observ- ance of the ordinances of religion ; Mrs. Rea united with the same church some years before her marriage and still retains her membership therein. AVilliam Rea died Oct. 2, 1846, and was buried in Pine Run graveyard. Mrs. Rea has resided with her daughter, Mrs. Darling, for several years ; she is now 87 years old ; though somewhat enfeebled by age, she still retains full pos- session of her mental faculties.

REED, .JOSEPH (deceased), was born in Cross Creek Township, Washington Co., Penn., June 5, 1798. His father's name was Nicholas Reed; his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Fulton. He was of Scotch-Irish de- scent. Hewas married to Miss Nancy Miller March 12, 1829. He came to Richland Co. sooa after his marriage, and bought the southwest quarter of Sec. 23, in Monroe Township, which he cleared, cultivated and improved, and on which he continued to reside till the day of his death. Mr. Reed had seven children by his first wife — Elizabeth, born Jan. 31, 1830, married to Jacob Wigton, Jan. 2, 1851, by Rev. William Hughes ; George, born Oct. 3, 1831, married to Miss Mary E. Wigton, Sept. 15, 1855, by Rev. Richard Gaily ; Nicholas, born Feb. 9, 1834, died March 25, 1834; Mary .Jane, born July 18, 1835, died Aug. 9, 1835 ; Eliza, born Aug. 12, 1836, died Sept. 8, 1836; Hugh F.,born Aug. 13, 1837, married to Miss Amanda Wolf, Feb. 17, 1859, by Abra- ham Baughman, Esq.; Mary S., born Sept. 23, 1839, died Aug. 23, 1842. Mrs. Nancy Reed departed this life December 22, 1844. Mr. Reed remained a widower until Dec. 29, 1853, when he was united in marriage to Miss Clancy E. Crawford, fifth daughter of George and Mary Crawford, of Perryville, Ohio. They were united in marriage by Rev. William Hughes, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Perryville. By his second wife, Mr. Reed has had seven children, five sons and two daughters — Nancy Jane, born June 27, 1855, mar- ried to James A. Coe, in 1876, by Rev. Eddy; Emma Melsina, born Feb. 14, 1857; Martha Abigal, Jan. 16, 1859; Joseph Melancthon, Aug. 21, 1860; James jNIarion, Aug. 21, 1860; Alma, Oct. 14, 1863; Mary, Oct. 12, 1866. Mr. Reed died respected by all who knew him, Oct. 3, 1874. He had six brothers — James, Samuel, Hugh, William, John and Robert ; and two sis- ters — Eliza and Jane. At the death of her husband, the management of the farm and household devolved upon his widow. She has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for about twenty-five years.

RINEHART, I. S., miller; P. 0. Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. Jacob Rinehart, great-grandfather of I. S. Rinehard, came to this country about the year 1736 ; he attained to the great age of nearly 100 years ; his son, Conrad Rinehart, was born in Maryland, A. D. 1785 ; he became a member of the Evangelical Associa- tion at an early age, and remained an active and zeal- ous member of that branch of the Christian Church up to the time of his decease ; he was mai-ried to Miss Eve Bealy, of his native State ; he and his wife were among the original members of the Evangelical

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