Augustus Gardner Reed (1816-1896) (# 6982905) aka A.G. Reed
Reed, A.G.& Co. - merchant, dealer, trader, and manufacturer of gold beads, rings, bosom pins, silver spoons, thimbles, etc. 1843-1849 in Nashua, NH
Family
Born: 09/08/1816, Stoddard, NH to Joshua Reed III (1784-1858) # 69829069 and Harriet Gardner (Flint) Reed (1791-1857) # 69829063
Siblings:
Elbridge Gerry Reed (1810-1896)
Henry H. Reed (1820-1892) - Intended name: Henry Harrison Reed for mother's brother, but his birth record was filled out Henry H., thus he remained Henry H. Reed lifelong
Hepsibeth Reed (1825-1845)
Harriet Flint (Reed) Wallis (1828-1916)
George Washington Reed (of Kansas) (1830-1827)
Paternal Grandparents
Joshua Reed Jr. (II) (1763-1844) and Rebecca (Wright) Reed (1763-1838) of
Revolutionary War pensioner, served in the Massachusetts Continental Line, 1779
Maternal Grandparents
Pvt. Joel Flint (1762-1826) and Silence (Brooks) Flint (1767-?) of Concord Mass and Stoddard, NH, m. 1786
Consistently referred to as Private, but no Revolutionary War nor War of 1812 records found
Spouses
m. 06/21/1843 (1) Eliza C. (Crabtree) Reed (Danvers, Mass)
No issue m.
1865 (2) Mary (Jones) (Foster) Reed (1818-1893), her 2nd marriage (Lowell, Mass) , No issue
Mary Jones Reed's 1st marriage:
m. 1843, Newman Scarlett Foster (1796-1848), Overseer, Jackson Cotton Mill, 26 1/2 Jackson Sq Nashua; No issue
Occupations
Salesman, Beasom & Reed, Dry Goods, 1835
Member, Beasom & Reed, 1839
Partner (with William Dutton Beasom and brother Elbridge Gerry Reed )in Hillsboro NH as W. D. BEASOM & Co., 1841
Partner, Reed & Slater, (with Elbridge Gerry Reed and Edward A. Slader), successors to Beasom and Co., 1845
Partner, A.G. Reed & Co. (with Elbridge Gerry Reed, Henry and Edward Slader, and Charles Crosby) 1856-1870
Affiliations
Director, Indian Head State Bank
Member, Board of Investment, Nashua Savings Bank
Trustee of the Charles T. Gill Estate and was guardian to the children.
Member, Board of Inspectors of Checklists
Member, Board of Aldermen, city of Nashua, 1873
Member, Fire Department, City of Nashua
Parishioner, First Universalist Society
d. 07/03/1896, Nashua, NH
Augustus amassed more than $6,000 in real estate & massive $25,000 in personal property, the largest estate in the area. He also owned vast acreage of Kansas farmland bequeathed to brother George; presumed acquired when the Homestead Act of 1862 opened the west to settlers
Residences
Stoddard, NH; Walpole, NH; Bellows Falls, VT; Rockingham, VT 1832; Nashua, NH 1835-1896
Reed, A.G.& Co. - merchant, dealer, trader, and manufacturer of gold beads, rings, bosom pins, silver spoons, thimbles, etc. 1843-1849 in Nashua, NH
Family
Born: 09/08/1816, Stoddard, NH to Joshua Reed III (1784-1858) # 69829069 and Harriet Gardner (Flint) Reed (1791-1857) # 69829063
Siblings:
Elbridge Gerry Reed (1810-1896)
Henry H. Reed (1820-1892) - Intended name: Henry Harrison Reed for mother's brother, but his birth record was filled out Henry H., thus he remained Henry H. Reed lifelong
Hepsibeth Reed (1825-1845)
Harriet Flint (Reed) Wallis (1828-1916)
George Washington Reed (of Kansas) (1830-1827)
Paternal Grandparents
Joshua Reed Jr. (II) (1763-1844) and Rebecca (Wright) Reed (1763-1838) of
Revolutionary War pensioner, served in the Massachusetts Continental Line, 1779
Maternal Grandparents
Pvt. Joel Flint (1762-1826) and Silence (Brooks) Flint (1767-?) of Concord Mass and Stoddard, NH, m. 1786
Consistently referred to as Private, but no Revolutionary War nor War of 1812 records found
Spouses
m. 06/21/1843 (1) Eliza C. (Crabtree) Reed (Danvers, Mass)
No issue m.
1865 (2) Mary (Jones) (Foster) Reed (1818-1893), her 2nd marriage (Lowell, Mass) , No issue
Mary Jones Reed's 1st marriage:
m. 1843, Newman Scarlett Foster (1796-1848), Overseer, Jackson Cotton Mill, 26 1/2 Jackson Sq Nashua; No issue
Occupations
Salesman, Beasom & Reed, Dry Goods, 1835
Member, Beasom & Reed, 1839
Partner (with William Dutton Beasom and brother Elbridge Gerry Reed )in Hillsboro NH as W. D. BEASOM & Co., 1841
Partner, Reed & Slater, (with Elbridge Gerry Reed and Edward A. Slader), successors to Beasom and Co., 1845
Partner, A.G. Reed & Co. (with Elbridge Gerry Reed, Henry and Edward Slader, and Charles Crosby) 1856-1870
Affiliations
Director, Indian Head State Bank
Member, Board of Investment, Nashua Savings Bank
Trustee of the Charles T. Gill Estate and was guardian to the children.
Member, Board of Inspectors of Checklists
Member, Board of Aldermen, city of Nashua, 1873
Member, Fire Department, City of Nashua
Parishioner, First Universalist Society
d. 07/03/1896, Nashua, NH
Augustus amassed more than $6,000 in real estate & massive $25,000 in personal property, the largest estate in the area. He also owned vast acreage of Kansas farmland bequeathed to brother George; presumed acquired when the Homestead Act of 1862 opened the west to settlers
Residences
Stoddard, NH; Walpole, NH; Bellows Falls, VT; Rockingham, VT 1832; Nashua, NH 1835-1896
Augustus Gardner Reed (1816-1896) (# 6982905) aka A.G. Reed
Reed, A.G.& Co. - merchant, dealer, trader, and manufacturer of gold beads, rings, bosom pins, silver spoons, thimbles, etc. 1843-1849 in Nashua, NH
Family
Born: 09/08/1816, Stoddard, NH to Joshua Reed III (1784-1858) # 69829069 and Harriet Gardner (Flint) Reed (1791-1857) # 69829063
Siblings:
Elbridge Gerry Reed (1810-1896)
Henry H. Reed (1820-1892) - Intended name: Henry Harrison Reed for mother's brother, but his birth record was filled out Henry H., thus he remained Henry H. Reed lifelong
Hepsibeth Reed (1825-1845)
Harriet Flint (Reed) Wallis (1828-1916)
George Washington Reed (of Kansas) (1830-1827)
Paternal Grandparents
Joshua Reed Jr. (II) (1763-1844) and Rebecca (Wright) Reed (1763-1838) of
Revolutionary War pensioner, served in the Massachusetts Continental Line, 1779
Maternal Grandparents
Pvt. Joel Flint (1762-1826) and Silence (Brooks) Flint (1767-?) of Concord Mass and Stoddard, NH, m. 1786
Consistently referred to as Private, but no Revolutionary War nor War of 1812 records found
Spouses
m. 06/21/1843 (1) Eliza C. (Crabtree) Reed (Danvers, Mass)
No issue m.
1865 (2) Mary (Jones) (Foster) Reed (1818-1893), her 2nd marriage (Lowell, Mass) , No issue
Mary Jones Reed's 1st marriage:
m. 1843, Newman Scarlett Foster (1796-1848), Overseer, Jackson Cotton Mill, 26 1/2 Jackson Sq Nashua; No issue
Occupations
Salesman, Beasom & Reed, Dry Goods, 1835
Member, Beasom & Reed, 1839
Partner (with William Dutton Beasom and brother Elbridge Gerry Reed )in Hillsboro NH as W. D. BEASOM & Co., 1841
Partner, Reed & Slater, (with Elbridge Gerry Reed and Edward A. Slader), successors to Beasom and Co., 1845
Partner, A.G. Reed & Co. (with Elbridge Gerry Reed, Henry and Edward Slader, and Charles Crosby) 1856-1870
Affiliations
Director, Indian Head State Bank
Member, Board of Investment, Nashua Savings Bank
Trustee of the Charles T. Gill Estate and was guardian to the children.
Member, Board of Inspectors of Checklists
Member, Board of Aldermen, city of Nashua, 1873
Member, Fire Department, City of Nashua
Parishioner, First Universalist Society
d. 07/03/1896, Nashua, NH
Augustus amassed more than $6,000 in real estate & massive $25,000 in personal property, the largest estate in the area. He also owned vast acreage of Kansas farmland bequeathed to brother George; presumed acquired when the Homestead Act of 1862 opened the west to settlers
Residences
Stoddard, NH; Walpole, NH; Bellows Falls, VT; Rockingham, VT 1832; Nashua, NH 1835-1896
Reed, A.G.& Co. - merchant, dealer, trader, and manufacturer of gold beads, rings, bosom pins, silver spoons, thimbles, etc. 1843-1849 in Nashua, NH
Family
Born: 09/08/1816, Stoddard, NH to Joshua Reed III (1784-1858) # 69829069 and Harriet Gardner (Flint) Reed (1791-1857) # 69829063
Siblings:
Elbridge Gerry Reed (1810-1896)
Henry H. Reed (1820-1892) - Intended name: Henry Harrison Reed for mother's brother, but his birth record was filled out Henry H., thus he remained Henry H. Reed lifelong
Hepsibeth Reed (1825-1845)
Harriet Flint (Reed) Wallis (1828-1916)
George Washington Reed (of Kansas) (1830-1827)
Paternal Grandparents
Joshua Reed Jr. (II) (1763-1844) and Rebecca (Wright) Reed (1763-1838) of
Revolutionary War pensioner, served in the Massachusetts Continental Line, 1779
Maternal Grandparents
Pvt. Joel Flint (1762-1826) and Silence (Brooks) Flint (1767-?) of Concord Mass and Stoddard, NH, m. 1786
Consistently referred to as Private, but no Revolutionary War nor War of 1812 records found
Spouses
m. 06/21/1843 (1) Eliza C. (Crabtree) Reed (Danvers, Mass)
No issue m.
1865 (2) Mary (Jones) (Foster) Reed (1818-1893), her 2nd marriage (Lowell, Mass) , No issue
Mary Jones Reed's 1st marriage:
m. 1843, Newman Scarlett Foster (1796-1848), Overseer, Jackson Cotton Mill, 26 1/2 Jackson Sq Nashua; No issue
Occupations
Salesman, Beasom & Reed, Dry Goods, 1835
Member, Beasom & Reed, 1839
Partner (with William Dutton Beasom and brother Elbridge Gerry Reed )in Hillsboro NH as W. D. BEASOM & Co., 1841
Partner, Reed & Slater, (with Elbridge Gerry Reed and Edward A. Slader), successors to Beasom and Co., 1845
Partner, A.G. Reed & Co. (with Elbridge Gerry Reed, Henry and Edward Slader, and Charles Crosby) 1856-1870
Affiliations
Director, Indian Head State Bank
Member, Board of Investment, Nashua Savings Bank
Trustee of the Charles T. Gill Estate and was guardian to the children.
Member, Board of Inspectors of Checklists
Member, Board of Aldermen, city of Nashua, 1873
Member, Fire Department, City of Nashua
Parishioner, First Universalist Society
d. 07/03/1896, Nashua, NH
Augustus amassed more than $6,000 in real estate & massive $25,000 in personal property, the largest estate in the area. He also owned vast acreage of Kansas farmland bequeathed to brother George; presumed acquired when the Homestead Act of 1862 opened the west to settlers
Residences
Stoddard, NH; Walpole, NH; Bellows Falls, VT; Rockingham, VT 1832; Nashua, NH 1835-1896
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