Company H, 25th Michigan Infantry-Civil War
Nathaniel Reed, age 20, of Texas, Michigan, enlisted in Company H, Michigan 25th Infantry Regiment on 22 Sep 1862. Birth Date: abt 1842. Promoted to Full Corporal on 06 Aug 1864. Mustered out on 24 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, North Carolina. Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
Invalided, while a resident of Kansas on May 6, 1889. Burial, per CCA records on Oct 20, 1903; widow Charlotte granted benefits per certificate on Nov 3, 1903.
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Chico Daily Record
Monday, October 19, 1903, pg 1, col 1:
Nathaniel Reed Awfully Injured. Thrown From Lumber Wagon, Run Over and Dragged Down Steep Grade on Cohasset Road. Continues Unconscious As Result of Concussion of Brain – Arm Bones Crushed and Flesh Terribly Lacerated.
With his head horribly bruised and lacerated, the bones of one arm crushed above the wrist and the flesh of the forearm gaping, Nathaniel Reed lies unconscious at his home in Oakdale, unmindful of the terrible injuries he received Saturday by being thrown from his wagon on a steep mountain grade and dragged for a distance of fully fifty yards. The chances are against his recovery, though the symptoms last evening were such as to afford the relatives hope.
The accident in which Mr. Reed received the injuries occurred about fourteen miles form Chico on the Cohasset road. Reed was driving a two-horse team attached to a wagon loaded with lumber, down the steep grade above the well known watering trough, when, for some reason he lost control of the wagon and the descent of the grade was made with the team on a run. Reed fell forward and was caught on the running-gear of the wagon in such a manner that his head was on the ground and one wheel passed over his arm and grazed his head. He was dragged for fifty yards beneath the wagon, in fact until the runaway team and wagon collided with a team and wagon which were stopped at the watering trough.
The driver of the other team, with the assistance of M. Schott, who was driving a single rig up the grade at the time of the accident and narrowly escaped disaster by reason of the runaway, extricated Reed from his perilous position and placed him in Schott’s buggy. Mr. Schott made a rapid drive into Chico, with the unconscious man. Dr. Perdue and Dr. Meng were summoned. The physician found that the greater force of the fall had been sustained in the center of the forehead and over the right eye. A gash was cut in the forehead and over the right eye the flesh had been removed from the bone for a space of about one square inch. Both of the injured man’s eyes are swollen shut, but it has been possible to open one of them sufficiently to ascertain that it was not injured. The right ear was almost completely torn from the head.
Excepting the concussion of the brain, the most serious injury was to the left arm, the bones of which were crushed above the wrist and the flesh on the back was split open for a distance of six inches, while on the front of the arm was a gash two and one half inches long. These wounds were closed and the arm placed in splints by the physicians. Dr. Perdue, who is now attending the patient, states that he believes the arm can be saved, if the patient should recover from his other injuries, but he has grave doubt of his recovery. The only encouraging symptoms yesterday were his ability to swallow and evidence of his being sensitive to touch.
The unfortunate man is about 55 years of age, and came to Chico about a year ago with his family from another State.
Chico Daily Record
Tuesday, October 20, 1903, pg 1 col 5:
Nathaniel Reed Dies of Injuries. Concussion of Brain Received in the Cohasset Road Accident Saturday the Cause. Failed to Regain Consciousness At Any Time Since His Fall From Wagon – Served in the Civil War for Three Years.
Nathaniel Reed, who was so terribly injured in an accident Saturday while teaming down a steep grade on the Cohasset road, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30. He had suffered a concussion of the brain of such severity that recovery under the best treatment was impossible.
Deceased was a native of Battle Creek, Michigan. He spent the last three years of the Civil War in the ranks of the Union army.
At the time of the Kansas boom he went with his wife and son to that State and continued to farm there until about three years ago, when he came to California to look for a new home for himself and family. He purchased a tract of land near Paradise, and about a year ago his family left Kansas to join him in Butte county. They took up their residence in Oakdale.
Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a most faithful Christian gentleman. He leaves a widow and three children, to of whom, Claud A. and Mary Reed, reside at the family home in Oakdale. The other son, W.A. Reed, resides in Mulvane, Kansas. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the family home on West Bidwell Avenue and South Main streets.
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Though Nathaniel Reed’s death yesterday was due to an accident Saturday, Coroner Pettit did not hold an inquest, as there was no doubt as to the cause of death.
Chico Record
Wednesday October 21, 1903, pg 4 col 3
The funeral of Nathaniel Reed took place yesterday from the family home in Chapmnatown [Chapmantown], attended by quite a number of the friends of the deceased and his family. Though a comparatively new citizen in the community, he had gained the respect of the many with whom he had come in contact.
NOTE: Chapmantown was named for Henry Chapman, and now is considered a “neighborhood” within the town of Chico.
Chico Record
Friday, October 23, 1903, pg 4, col 1:
Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Charlotte Reed and family desire to extend their sincere thanks to the many friends who so kindly extended aid and sympathy during their late bereavement.
Nathaniel Reed, age 20, of Texas, Michigan, enlisted in Company H, Michigan 25th Infantry Regiment on 22 Sep 1862. Birth Date: abt 1842. Promoted to Full Corporal on 06 Aug 1864. Mustered out on 24 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, North Carolina. Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
Invalided, while a resident of Kansas on May 6, 1889. Burial, per CCA records on Oct 20, 1903; widow Charlotte granted benefits per certificate on Nov 3, 1903.
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ARTICLES:
Chico Daily Record
Monday, October 19, 1903, pg 1, col 1:
Nathaniel Reed Awfully Injured. Thrown From Lumber Wagon, Run Over and Dragged Down Steep Grade on Cohasset Road. Continues Unconscious As Result of Concussion of Brain – Arm Bones Crushed and Flesh Terribly Lacerated.
With his head horribly bruised and lacerated, the bones of one arm crushed above the wrist and the flesh of the forearm gaping, Nathaniel Reed lies unconscious at his home in Oakdale, unmindful of the terrible injuries he received Saturday by being thrown from his wagon on a steep mountain grade and dragged for a distance of fully fifty yards. The chances are against his recovery, though the symptoms last evening were such as to afford the relatives hope.
The accident in which Mr. Reed received the injuries occurred about fourteen miles form Chico on the Cohasset road. Reed was driving a two-horse team attached to a wagon loaded with lumber, down the steep grade above the well known watering trough, when, for some reason he lost control of the wagon and the descent of the grade was made with the team on a run. Reed fell forward and was caught on the running-gear of the wagon in such a manner that his head was on the ground and one wheel passed over his arm and grazed his head. He was dragged for fifty yards beneath the wagon, in fact until the runaway team and wagon collided with a team and wagon which were stopped at the watering trough.
The driver of the other team, with the assistance of M. Schott, who was driving a single rig up the grade at the time of the accident and narrowly escaped disaster by reason of the runaway, extricated Reed from his perilous position and placed him in Schott’s buggy. Mr. Schott made a rapid drive into Chico, with the unconscious man. Dr. Perdue and Dr. Meng were summoned. The physician found that the greater force of the fall had been sustained in the center of the forehead and over the right eye. A gash was cut in the forehead and over the right eye the flesh had been removed from the bone for a space of about one square inch. Both of the injured man’s eyes are swollen shut, but it has been possible to open one of them sufficiently to ascertain that it was not injured. The right ear was almost completely torn from the head.
Excepting the concussion of the brain, the most serious injury was to the left arm, the bones of which were crushed above the wrist and the flesh on the back was split open for a distance of six inches, while on the front of the arm was a gash two and one half inches long. These wounds were closed and the arm placed in splints by the physicians. Dr. Perdue, who is now attending the patient, states that he believes the arm can be saved, if the patient should recover from his other injuries, but he has grave doubt of his recovery. The only encouraging symptoms yesterday were his ability to swallow and evidence of his being sensitive to touch.
The unfortunate man is about 55 years of age, and came to Chico about a year ago with his family from another State.
Chico Daily Record
Tuesday, October 20, 1903, pg 1 col 5:
Nathaniel Reed Dies of Injuries. Concussion of Brain Received in the Cohasset Road Accident Saturday the Cause. Failed to Regain Consciousness At Any Time Since His Fall From Wagon – Served in the Civil War for Three Years.
Nathaniel Reed, who was so terribly injured in an accident Saturday while teaming down a steep grade on the Cohasset road, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30. He had suffered a concussion of the brain of such severity that recovery under the best treatment was impossible.
Deceased was a native of Battle Creek, Michigan. He spent the last three years of the Civil War in the ranks of the Union army.
At the time of the Kansas boom he went with his wife and son to that State and continued to farm there until about three years ago, when he came to California to look for a new home for himself and family. He purchased a tract of land near Paradise, and about a year ago his family left Kansas to join him in Butte county. They took up their residence in Oakdale.
Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a most faithful Christian gentleman. He leaves a widow and three children, to of whom, Claud A. and Mary Reed, reside at the family home in Oakdale. The other son, W.A. Reed, resides in Mulvane, Kansas. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the family home on West Bidwell Avenue and South Main streets.
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Though Nathaniel Reed’s death yesterday was due to an accident Saturday, Coroner Pettit did not hold an inquest, as there was no doubt as to the cause of death.
Chico Record
Wednesday October 21, 1903, pg 4 col 3
The funeral of Nathaniel Reed took place yesterday from the family home in Chapmnatown [Chapmantown], attended by quite a number of the friends of the deceased and his family. Though a comparatively new citizen in the community, he had gained the respect of the many with whom he had come in contact.
NOTE: Chapmantown was named for Henry Chapman, and now is considered a “neighborhood” within the town of Chico.
Chico Record
Friday, October 23, 1903, pg 4, col 1:
Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Charlotte Reed and family desire to extend their sincere thanks to the many friends who so kindly extended aid and sympathy during their late bereavement.
Company H, 25th Michigan Infantry-Civil War
Nathaniel Reed, age 20, of Texas, Michigan, enlisted in Company H, Michigan 25th Infantry Regiment on 22 Sep 1862. Birth Date: abt 1842. Promoted to Full Corporal on 06 Aug 1864. Mustered out on 24 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, North Carolina. Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
Invalided, while a resident of Kansas on May 6, 1889. Burial, per CCA records on Oct 20, 1903; widow Charlotte granted benefits per certificate on Nov 3, 1903.
Will add more info.
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ARTICLES:
Chico Daily Record
Monday, October 19, 1903, pg 1, col 1:
Nathaniel Reed Awfully Injured. Thrown From Lumber Wagon, Run Over and Dragged Down Steep Grade on Cohasset Road. Continues Unconscious As Result of Concussion of Brain – Arm Bones Crushed and Flesh Terribly Lacerated.
With his head horribly bruised and lacerated, the bones of one arm crushed above the wrist and the flesh of the forearm gaping, Nathaniel Reed lies unconscious at his home in Oakdale, unmindful of the terrible injuries he received Saturday by being thrown from his wagon on a steep mountain grade and dragged for a distance of fully fifty yards. The chances are against his recovery, though the symptoms last evening were such as to afford the relatives hope.
The accident in which Mr. Reed received the injuries occurred about fourteen miles form Chico on the Cohasset road. Reed was driving a two-horse team attached to a wagon loaded with lumber, down the steep grade above the well known watering trough, when, for some reason he lost control of the wagon and the descent of the grade was made with the team on a run. Reed fell forward and was caught on the running-gear of the wagon in such a manner that his head was on the ground and one wheel passed over his arm and grazed his head. He was dragged for fifty yards beneath the wagon, in fact until the runaway team and wagon collided with a team and wagon which were stopped at the watering trough.
The driver of the other team, with the assistance of M. Schott, who was driving a single rig up the grade at the time of the accident and narrowly escaped disaster by reason of the runaway, extricated Reed from his perilous position and placed him in Schott’s buggy. Mr. Schott made a rapid drive into Chico, with the unconscious man. Dr. Perdue and Dr. Meng were summoned. The physician found that the greater force of the fall had been sustained in the center of the forehead and over the right eye. A gash was cut in the forehead and over the right eye the flesh had been removed from the bone for a space of about one square inch. Both of the injured man’s eyes are swollen shut, but it has been possible to open one of them sufficiently to ascertain that it was not injured. The right ear was almost completely torn from the head.
Excepting the concussion of the brain, the most serious injury was to the left arm, the bones of which were crushed above the wrist and the flesh on the back was split open for a distance of six inches, while on the front of the arm was a gash two and one half inches long. These wounds were closed and the arm placed in splints by the physicians. Dr. Perdue, who is now attending the patient, states that he believes the arm can be saved, if the patient should recover from his other injuries, but he has grave doubt of his recovery. The only encouraging symptoms yesterday were his ability to swallow and evidence of his being sensitive to touch.
The unfortunate man is about 55 years of age, and came to Chico about a year ago with his family from another State.
Chico Daily Record
Tuesday, October 20, 1903, pg 1 col 5:
Nathaniel Reed Dies of Injuries. Concussion of Brain Received in the Cohasset Road Accident Saturday the Cause. Failed to Regain Consciousness At Any Time Since His Fall From Wagon – Served in the Civil War for Three Years.
Nathaniel Reed, who was so terribly injured in an accident Saturday while teaming down a steep grade on the Cohasset road, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30. He had suffered a concussion of the brain of such severity that recovery under the best treatment was impossible.
Deceased was a native of Battle Creek, Michigan. He spent the last three years of the Civil War in the ranks of the Union army.
At the time of the Kansas boom he went with his wife and son to that State and continued to farm there until about three years ago, when he came to California to look for a new home for himself and family. He purchased a tract of land near Paradise, and about a year ago his family left Kansas to join him in Butte county. They took up their residence in Oakdale.
Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a most faithful Christian gentleman. He leaves a widow and three children, to of whom, Claud A. and Mary Reed, reside at the family home in Oakdale. The other son, W.A. Reed, resides in Mulvane, Kansas. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the family home on West Bidwell Avenue and South Main streets.
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Though Nathaniel Reed’s death yesterday was due to an accident Saturday, Coroner Pettit did not hold an inquest, as there was no doubt as to the cause of death.
Chico Record
Wednesday October 21, 1903, pg 4 col 3
The funeral of Nathaniel Reed took place yesterday from the family home in Chapmnatown [Chapmantown], attended by quite a number of the friends of the deceased and his family. Though a comparatively new citizen in the community, he had gained the respect of the many with whom he had come in contact.
NOTE: Chapmantown was named for Henry Chapman, and now is considered a “neighborhood” within the town of Chico.
Chico Record
Friday, October 23, 1903, pg 4, col 1:
Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Charlotte Reed and family desire to extend their sincere thanks to the many friends who so kindly extended aid and sympathy during their late bereavement.
Nathaniel Reed, age 20, of Texas, Michigan, enlisted in Company H, Michigan 25th Infantry Regiment on 22 Sep 1862. Birth Date: abt 1842. Promoted to Full Corporal on 06 Aug 1864. Mustered out on 24 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, North Carolina. Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
Invalided, while a resident of Kansas on May 6, 1889. Burial, per CCA records on Oct 20, 1903; widow Charlotte granted benefits per certificate on Nov 3, 1903.
Will add more info.
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ARTICLES:
Chico Daily Record
Monday, October 19, 1903, pg 1, col 1:
Nathaniel Reed Awfully Injured. Thrown From Lumber Wagon, Run Over and Dragged Down Steep Grade on Cohasset Road. Continues Unconscious As Result of Concussion of Brain – Arm Bones Crushed and Flesh Terribly Lacerated.
With his head horribly bruised and lacerated, the bones of one arm crushed above the wrist and the flesh of the forearm gaping, Nathaniel Reed lies unconscious at his home in Oakdale, unmindful of the terrible injuries he received Saturday by being thrown from his wagon on a steep mountain grade and dragged for a distance of fully fifty yards. The chances are against his recovery, though the symptoms last evening were such as to afford the relatives hope.
The accident in which Mr. Reed received the injuries occurred about fourteen miles form Chico on the Cohasset road. Reed was driving a two-horse team attached to a wagon loaded with lumber, down the steep grade above the well known watering trough, when, for some reason he lost control of the wagon and the descent of the grade was made with the team on a run. Reed fell forward and was caught on the running-gear of the wagon in such a manner that his head was on the ground and one wheel passed over his arm and grazed his head. He was dragged for fifty yards beneath the wagon, in fact until the runaway team and wagon collided with a team and wagon which were stopped at the watering trough.
The driver of the other team, with the assistance of M. Schott, who was driving a single rig up the grade at the time of the accident and narrowly escaped disaster by reason of the runaway, extricated Reed from his perilous position and placed him in Schott’s buggy. Mr. Schott made a rapid drive into Chico, with the unconscious man. Dr. Perdue and Dr. Meng were summoned. The physician found that the greater force of the fall had been sustained in the center of the forehead and over the right eye. A gash was cut in the forehead and over the right eye the flesh had been removed from the bone for a space of about one square inch. Both of the injured man’s eyes are swollen shut, but it has been possible to open one of them sufficiently to ascertain that it was not injured. The right ear was almost completely torn from the head.
Excepting the concussion of the brain, the most serious injury was to the left arm, the bones of which were crushed above the wrist and the flesh on the back was split open for a distance of six inches, while on the front of the arm was a gash two and one half inches long. These wounds were closed and the arm placed in splints by the physicians. Dr. Perdue, who is now attending the patient, states that he believes the arm can be saved, if the patient should recover from his other injuries, but he has grave doubt of his recovery. The only encouraging symptoms yesterday were his ability to swallow and evidence of his being sensitive to touch.
The unfortunate man is about 55 years of age, and came to Chico about a year ago with his family from another State.
Chico Daily Record
Tuesday, October 20, 1903, pg 1 col 5:
Nathaniel Reed Dies of Injuries. Concussion of Brain Received in the Cohasset Road Accident Saturday the Cause. Failed to Regain Consciousness At Any Time Since His Fall From Wagon – Served in the Civil War for Three Years.
Nathaniel Reed, who was so terribly injured in an accident Saturday while teaming down a steep grade on the Cohasset road, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30. He had suffered a concussion of the brain of such severity that recovery under the best treatment was impossible.
Deceased was a native of Battle Creek, Michigan. He spent the last three years of the Civil War in the ranks of the Union army.
At the time of the Kansas boom he went with his wife and son to that State and continued to farm there until about three years ago, when he came to California to look for a new home for himself and family. He purchased a tract of land near Paradise, and about a year ago his family left Kansas to join him in Butte county. They took up their residence in Oakdale.
Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a most faithful Christian gentleman. He leaves a widow and three children, to of whom, Claud A. and Mary Reed, reside at the family home in Oakdale. The other son, W.A. Reed, resides in Mulvane, Kansas. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the family home on West Bidwell Avenue and South Main streets.
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Though Nathaniel Reed’s death yesterday was due to an accident Saturday, Coroner Pettit did not hold an inquest, as there was no doubt as to the cause of death.
Chico Record
Wednesday October 21, 1903, pg 4 col 3
The funeral of Nathaniel Reed took place yesterday from the family home in Chapmnatown [Chapmantown], attended by quite a number of the friends of the deceased and his family. Though a comparatively new citizen in the community, he had gained the respect of the many with whom he had come in contact.
NOTE: Chapmantown was named for Henry Chapman, and now is considered a “neighborhood” within the town of Chico.
Chico Record
Friday, October 23, 1903, pg 4, col 1:
Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Charlotte Reed and family desire to extend their sincere thanks to the many friends who so kindly extended aid and sympathy during their late bereavement.
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