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 REED. REYNOLDS. 507 next fifteen years, and carried his business up to a position of commercial standing widely known and universally respected. In due course of time Henry B. Reed and the late F. Sumner Reed were admitted to the firm. In 1SS6 he gave the reins into younger hands, leaving to his successor, Henry B. Reed, not only a sound and well- established business, but a record of strict and unblemished mercantile integrity. Mr. Reed was married in 1845, to Sarah C. Fogg, whose death occurred in 1863. His second wife, Mary J. Ainsworth, lived but a few years, and in 1874 Mr. Reed married Mrs. Helen M. Matson, of Milwau- kee, Wis., a daughter of Walter P. and Susan (Greeley) Flanders. His surviving children are : Mrs. T- W. Field of Dorches- ter, Henry B. Reed, Mrs. J. H. Elwell of South Weymouth, and Ralph Duryea and Kate Isabel Reed, children in the family In ime. Mr. Reed has been identified with all good measures and works in his native town. In the single point of introduction of water he is deserving of the most endur- ing gratitude. His was the first voice raised to advocate this greatly needed improvement. Unmoved by threats, un- daunted by opposition, Mr. Reed firmly pressed his point, gaining slowly in support, until in 1884, the motion to introduce water into the town was carried by a two- thirds vote. A leading spirit in the councils of the town, his influence has been felt. A staunch worker in the Republican party, he has never failed to respond to a call to duty. In charities, an open hand has been constantly bestowing its quiet and liberal gifts. He has been a deacon in the Con- gregational church for the last thirty-seven years ; is president of the Savings Hank, and vice-president of the First National Bank of Weymouth. REED, William, Jr., son of William and Sophia (I. add) Reed, was born in Newburyport, Essex county, December 2, 1842. He received his early educational train- ing in the public schools of Newburyport and Cambridge. He was graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1864. After graduation he taught in high schools in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsyl- vania, but having a taste for journalism, became editor of the "Daily News" of Fall River, in 1866. In 18C8 he went to Montana Territory and took editorial charge of the Helena " Daily Herald," the first Republican daily of that territory. He went from there as a press correspondent to Idaho, Oregon, California, and Washington Territory, but returned East in 1870 to become city editor of the Providence " Morning Herald." In 1872 he purchased the Taunton " Daily Gazette," and has since been pub- lisher and managing editor of the same. He was married in Newburyport, De- cember 26, 1870, to Katharine T., daugh- ter of George W. and Ann S. Hale. Of this union there are four children: William, George H., Katharine, and Sophia Reed. Mr. Reed was representative for the 3d Bristol district in the Legislatures of 1878 and '79. He was the senator from the 1st Bristol district in 1882. He served as a member and clerk of the special committee on convict labor of the Commonwealth, which reported to the Legislature of 1880. He was three years a member of the Taunton school board, and president of the Taunton board of trade for the vears 1885 and '86, and has held many other offices of honor and trust. REYNOLDS, RICE MUNN, son of Jo- seph L. and Oral (Munn) Reynolds, was RICE M. REYNOLDS born in Monson, Hampden county, Decem- ber 18, 1838. He was educated in the public schools and Monson Academy.