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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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        Captain A. H. REED. The family to which this gentleman belongs is
    one of importance in the history of the five Great Lakes, two previous
    generations having spent their lives in marine service, and played a
    conspicuous part in the events of that period.
        GEORGE REED, grandfather of our subject, was a native of New York
    State. The most active part of his career was about 1830, when he was a
    vessel owner, builder and master of considerable reputation, having
    made the quickest trip from Cattaraugus, N. Y. , to Green Bay that had
    ever been made up to that date. Upon this trip his cargo consisted of
    potatoes, which were exchanged for furs on the homeward trip, the
    whole voyage lasting about three months. Another notable incident of
    his life was a trip he made to Michigan City for grain, and the people
    of that place presented him with a purse containing $100 for so doing,
    from the fact that they soon afterward received an appropriation from
    the goverment for the building of a harbor. His son, WILLIAM A. REED,
    father of our subject, was a prominent marine man for years, having
    spent forty years of his life in active service. He was born in Chi-
    cago, but spent the greater part of his life in Sheridan, New York.
        His son, Capt. A. H. REED, was born November 11, 1862, at Sheridan,
    and at that place has lived since with the exception of ten years'
    residence at Buffalo. The calling to which his father and grandfather
    had devoted their lives was his earliest desire, and at the age of
    eleven years he went on the lakes, having been on them every season
    since that time. He first went before the mast as boy on the Helvetia,
    and on her remained three years, then coming to the F. A. Georger for a
    season in the same capacity. On this boat he was promoted to second
    mate, acting as such three seasons. After spending one year on the
    Hazard he began steamboating, going on the B. W. Blanchard and the Dean
    Richmond as second mate. Upon the New York he also spent a season as
    second mate, and then transferred to the steamer Alpena as mate,
    subsequently serving in the same berth on the Australasia. He next went
    on the David Dows as master, and in the fall of the same year took
    command of the steamer Raleigh, where he remained two years. Until
    September of the following year he was in command of the Australasia,
    and at that time went in the North Star. He then brought out the
    Nimick, new, and sailed her six years, coming in 1896 to the Maruba,
    which he sailed until October 1, at that time taking command of the
    Maricopa. Captain REED stands in the front rank among marine masters,
    and his care and precision have won for him the greatest confidence of
    his employers, so that at the present time he is in command of one of
    the finest boats on the lakes.
        The Captain was married, January 21, 1884, to Miss NELLIE CLARK, of
    Buffalo, whose father, GEORGE H. CLARK, a native of New York State and
    now residing in Buffalo, has been a sailor for fifty-two years of his
    life. Her brother, WILLIAM E. CLARK, is captain of the Saginaw Valley
    at the present time, and her brother, JOHN CLARK, is also a sailor in
    active service. Captain and Mrs. REED have two children: ALICE A. and
    CLARK H., both of whom are in school. The Captain's brother, WILLIAM
    REED, has sailed for ten years, and is now first mate in active ser-
    vice, having served in that capacity on the Maruba, and for the three
    preceding seasons on the Nimick.

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