Son of Thomas Reed and Sarah Margaret Lamb.
Eden and Lucy Reed celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary a year before his death. He was survived by his wife and two daughters, Alice and Ethel.
Reed moved to St. Louis in 1866, and worked in building/construction into his sixties. He then founded a weekly newspaper, the Missouri Free Mason, with his partner John L. Bowman. Bowman had worked previously at the St. Louis Republic newspaper, and both were active Masons. There were twenty five active Masonic lodges in St. Louis at this time. In addition to publishing the Free Mason, Reed ran hundreds of ads in in the Society Notices section of other St. Louis daily newspapers - advertising upcoming Masonic events. The Masons conducted his funeral services at the Krone undertaking parlor, then his body was cremated per his wishes.
Eden and Lucy Reed celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary a year before his death. He was survived by his wife and two daughters, Alice and Ethel.
Reed moved to St. Louis in 1866, and worked in building/construction into his sixties. He then founded a weekly newspaper, the Missouri Free Mason, with his partner John L. Bowman. Bowman had worked previously at the St. Louis Republic newspaper, and both were active Masons. There were twenty five active Masonic lodges in St. Louis at this time. In addition to publishing the Free Mason, Reed ran hundreds of ads in in the Society Notices section of other St. Louis daily newspapers - advertising upcoming Masonic events. The Masons conducted his funeral services at the Krone undertaking parlor, then his body was cremated per his wishes.
Son of Thomas Reed and Sarah Margaret Lamb.
Eden and Lucy Reed celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary a year before his death. He was survived by his wife and two daughters, Alice and Ethel.
Reed moved to St. Louis in 1866, and worked in building/construction into his sixties. He then founded a weekly newspaper, the Missouri Free Mason, with his partner John L. Bowman. Bowman had worked previously at the St. Louis Republic newspaper, and both were active Masons. There were twenty five active Masonic lodges in St. Louis at this time. In addition to publishing the Free Mason, Reed ran hundreds of ads in in the Society Notices section of other St. Louis daily newspapers - advertising upcoming Masonic events. The Masons conducted his funeral services at the Krone undertaking parlor, then his body was cremated per his wishes.
Eden and Lucy Reed celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary a year before his death. He was survived by his wife and two daughters, Alice and Ethel.
Reed moved to St. Louis in 1866, and worked in building/construction into his sixties. He then founded a weekly newspaper, the Missouri Free Mason, with his partner John L. Bowman. Bowman had worked previously at the St. Louis Republic newspaper, and both were active Masons. There were twenty five active Masonic lodges in St. Louis at this time. In addition to publishing the Free Mason, Reed ran hundreds of ads in in the Society Notices section of other St. Louis daily newspapers - advertising upcoming Masonic events. The Masons conducted his funeral services at the Krone undertaking parlor, then his body was cremated per his wishes.
Gravesite Details
Original stone from Wesleyan Cemetery in University City was moved to Memorial Park in 1952. Buried in Row 10 Grave 68, then moved again in 1954 due to highway 70 construction to its current location Row 10 Grave 118.
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