694 



JI J STORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Emily, who was born ]\[aj' 6, 1881, and is 

 the wife of Norman Hilibs; George Parker, 

 born October 30, 1883; Wesley Bitting, 

 born February 11, 1886; and Samuel 

 J^omlinson, who was born December 26, 

 1886, and died in early childhood. 



GEORGE MOSES REED, an hon- 

 ored veteran of the civil war, living a re- 

 tired life at Langhorne, was born No- 

 vember 23, 1839, in Ireland, whence he 

 was brought to America at the age of 

 five years by his parents, David and Jane 

 (Hunter) Reed. His grandfather was 

 Moses Reed. 



The public schools of Philadelphia and 

 the Bensalem school provided him his 

 educational privileges, and after putting 

 aside his text books he assisted his father 

 on the home farm, gaining practical and 

 comprehensive knowledge of the best 

 methods of conducting agricultural pur- 

 suits. In 1866 he began farming on his 

 own account on land owned tiy Alex- 

 ander Schriver, of Hartford county, 

 Maryland, where he remained for eight 

 years. On leaving that locality he came 

 to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and pur- 

 chased his present fine farm in Middle- 

 town township, where he still remains. 

 At the time of the Civil war Mr. Reed 

 enlisted for service in the Union army 

 as a member of Company K, Thirteenth 

 Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, with 

 which he served throughout the period 

 of hostilities, and then received an hon- 

 orable discharge in Philadelphia, on the 

 25th of August, 1865, being mustered out 

 at Camp Cadwallader. Mr. Reed's was 

 an active campaign, for he took part in 

 many skirmishes and in a number of im- 

 portant engagements, including the bat- 

 tles of Winchester. Strasburg and two 

 engagements at Martinsburg, South 

 Mountain, and the seven days battle of 

 the Wilderness. He was twice wounded, 

 once at Winchester and again at Cul- 

 peper Courthouse. He now belongs to 

 H. Clay Beatty Post, No. 73, G. A. R., 

 at Bristol. He is also a member of 

 Neshaminy Lodge, No. 422, I. O. O. P., 

 has taken the encampment degrees, be- 

 longs to the Knights of Pythias Lodge, 

 No. 109, to the Knights of the Golden 

 Eagle, No. 262, at Langhorne, and of the 

 last named has been a trustee for eight 

 years. In his political views Mr. Reed 

 is a stalwart Republican, and has served 

 his township as supervisor of roads for 

 six years, during which time great im- 

 provement has been made in the roads in 

 this section of the state. He is recog- 

 nized as a painstaking, efficient and hon- 

 orable official and citizen, and his co- 

 operation can always be counted upon to 

 aid in any progressive measure for the 

 general good. He was one of the direc- 

 tors of the board of education of 'Middle- 

 town in 1895 and 1896. In 1903 he sold 



his magnificent farm to the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad Company, receiving there- 

 from the price which he asked, and 

 which was a handsome increase over 

 the original cost. He now resides at 

 Langhorne, enjoying the fruits of his 

 active life. 



On the 2d of April, 1863, Mr. Reed 

 was married to Miss Mary Jane Sharkey». 

 of Middletown, Pennsylvania, a daugh- 

 ter of William and Ellen Sharkey, who 

 are both deceased. They have become 

 the parents of ten children: David Lin- 

 coln, born September 28, 1864, was mar- 

 ried April 15, 1896, to Mazie Gaffney. 

 William, born September 14, 1866, mar- 

 ried Minnie Viola Phillips, on the i4tb 

 of March, 1894, and they have one son, 

 William Hervey, who was born Decem- 

 ber 16, 1894. Mary Jane Reed, twin sis- 

 ter of William, was married April 24, 

 1889, to Samuel C. Bunting of Bensalem, 

 and they have three children — Charles 

 Henry Bunting, born January 23, 1891; 

 George Moses Bunting, born March 5, 

 1892; and Mary Jane Bunting, born April 

 25, 1899. Emma Reed, born January 17, 

 1868, is unmarried and resides with her 

 parents. Frederick Shriver Reed, borni 

 June 29, 1869, was . married March 23, 

 1892, to Mary Reed, and they have one 

 child. George Moses, who was born May 

 t8, 1893. Robert Hunter Reed, born 

 February 20, 1871, was married April 21, 

 1894, to Josephine Robinson, and they 

 have one child, Mary Jane Reed, borr» 

 September 9. 1894. George Mann Reed, 

 born May 8, 1874, was married May 10, 

 1898, to Marion Hellings. James Field 

 Reed, born November 29, 1876. Henry 

 Gaw Reed, born November I, 1878. Pier- 

 son IMitchell Reed, born July 8, 1880. The 

 children were educated in the public 

 schools of Langhorne. James F., Henry 

 G. and Pierson M. reside on the farm, 

 assisting in farm work. These boys are 

 all good Republicans, like their father. 

 Mr. Reed is an owner of real estate ir» 

 Langhorne borough, having several houses 

 there. 



FRANK K. REEDER, merchant and 

 postmaster at Penns Park, is living here 

 in the vicinity of his grandfather's old 

 home, for the greater part of the land 

 on wdiich Penns Park has been built was 

 once in possession of Abraham Reeder. 

 The latter was a son of Charles Reeder, 

 at one time a prominent farmer of 

 Wrightstown, Bucks county. Abraham 

 Reeder carried on farming in Wrights- 

 town township, and, subdividing his 

 property, sold much of it in town lots. 

 He afterward, opened a hotel in Penns 

 Park, which he conducted for many 

 years. His wife w^as Margaret Conard. 



Mahlon H. Reeder, son of Abraham 

 and Margaret (Conard) Reeder, was 

 born at Penns Park, Pennsylvania, April 

 10, 1806, was there reared, and after his 



