CAMPBELL L. REED, a representative citizen of Washington County and one of Houston's substantial and progressive men, has been in the lumber and builders' supply business for some nineteen years and is the senior member of the firm of Reed & Short, of Houston, Pa. Mr. Reed was born on his father's farm in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pa., near the village of Venice, June 29, 1853, and is a son of Joseph and Martha (Anderson) Reed,a grandson of David Reed, at whose home in Cecil Township George Washington held a meeting in 1784 with "squatters" who had settled on Washington's land in this county. Surviving are two children by his first marriage to Anna Cowden, Mrs. A. E. Clark of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Elmer Carlisle of Hickory; and two children by a later marriage to Jennie M. Patterson. Glenn P. Reed, a missionary to the Sudan and Mrs. Harry Templeton of Houston. His son, Glenn P. Reed sailed only last Tuesday for the Sudan, after spending a 15 month leave in this country. another son, Clair Reed, died a year ago. The burial, in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg, will be private. Washington Reporter, Oct 21, 1935
CAMPBELL L. REED, a representative citizen of Washington County and one of Houston's substantial and progressive men, has been in the lumber and builders' supply business for some nineteen years and is the senior member of the firm of Reed & Short, of Houston, Pa. Mr. Reed was born on his father's farm in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pa., near the village of Venice, June 29, 1853, and is a son of Joseph and Martha (Anderson) Reed,a grandson of David Reed, at whose home in Cecil Township George Washington held a meeting in 1784 with "squatters" who had settled on Washington's land in this county. Surviving are two children by his first marriage to Anna Cowden, Mrs. A. E. Clark of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Elmer Carlisle of Hickory; and two children by a later marriage to Jennie M. Patterson. Glenn P. Reed, a missionary to the Sudan and Mrs. Harry Templeton of Houston. His son, Glenn P. Reed sailed only last Tuesday for the Sudan, after spending a 15 month leave in this country. another son, Clair Reed, died a year ago. The burial, in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg, will be private. Washington Reporter, Oct 21, 1935
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