DAVID B. REED
Some time previous to 1790 John Reed of Scotch-Irish descent, came
from Pennsylvania to Washington county. His son Arthur was born
in Pennsylvania, and married Lucretia, daughter of Benjamin Kees, of
Washington county, Virginia. Their son David B. was born near Lodi,
this county, September 13, 1827. December 26, 1850, at the home and
birthplace of the bride, he married Margaret B. Edmondson, born January
20, 1824, near Osceola, this county. She was a daughter of Col.
James Edmondson, of this county, who served in the war 1812 with
rank of captain, and who was a son of Captain Robert Edmondson, who
commanded a company in Colonel Campbell's regiment during the Revolutionary
war, and fought at Kings Mountain. Her mother was Jane
Buchanan, daughter of Matthew Buck, who was a son of Andy Buck,
who came to this county in early times. The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Reed are four, born: James E., September 22, 1851; Lucretia K., May
27, 1853; Elizabeth I. V., April 4, 1858; Arthur Wm., August 1, 1866.
On August 1, 1862, Mr. Reed entered Company E, 30th battalion
Virginia Infantry, and served with that battalion in the armies commanded
by Early, Longstreet and Breckinridge, through Virginia and
East Tennessee, and a short time in Maryland. He was made prisoner
at Waynesboro, Virginia, March 2, 1865, and was held at Fort
Delaware until June 20, 1865. He had one brother in service as quartermaster,
with rank of captain, with General Floyd about eighteen
months, was then discharged for disability, and died in 1866. Farming
is Mr. Reed's occupation, his estate that on which his mother was
born.
