INFORMATION FROM CLINTON COURTHOUSE DEATH RECORDS:

"Mrs. John Reed - Washington Twp. Born march 7, 1860 age 52 yrs. 5 mos.
26 days. Housewife. Father born Illinois, Name: John Bulger Mother born
Ireland. Name: Catherine O'Brien. Information from Alice F. Dunn 126 4th
Ave.  New Brighton, S.I.N.

Died Sept. 3, 1912 of mitral indufficiency inflammatory rhuematism.
Buried villa Nova on Sept. 5, 1912 Funeral Home: Nonnenmacher's DeWitt
(No longer there in 1997)

Interestingly, the obituary did not appear in the Clinton Herald until
Oct. 4, 1912:

"Mrs. John Reed, living 6 miles northeast of De Witt passed away at her
home Thurs. morning. She leaves to mourn her death her husband and 7 children."

             DEWITT OBSERVER           THURS. MARCH 3, 1938
      RITES TODAY AT VILLA NOVA FOR JOHN C. REED, 87
     Native of Ireland Dies At Farm Home Near De Witt March 1
   Funeral services for John Charles Reed, 87, were held at St.
Patrick's church Villa Nova at 0:00 this morning (Thursday) with the Rev.
O.F. DeCoursey, officiating. Assisting also in the service were the Rev.
R.H. Maher of Grand Mound and the Rev. Edward Taylor of DeWitt. The Villa
Nova choir sang with Miss Mary McGuire at the organ.
   The pallbearers were Albert Marcil, William Reed, James Reed, Ben
Hunter, Joe Hunter, Charles Hunter, John Logan and Edward Welch.
Interment was made in St. Patrick's cemetery.
   Mr. Reed died Tues. morning March 1, 1938 at 2:00 at the farm home
five miles northeast of DeWitt following an illness of several months.
The body was removed to the Hanrahan-Fitzpatrick funeral home of DeWitt
and reposed there until this morning.
   John Charles Reed was born Feb. 14, 1851 in Ireland, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Reed. In 1878, he was married at Sugar Creek to margaret
Bulger, who preceded him in death. He had lived at the late home since
1876. 
   Surviving are 2 sons, William and John; five daughters Mrs. Charles
Hunter of DeWitt, Sister mary Gonzaga of Davenport, Mrs. Albert Marcil
of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Thomas Guinan of DeWitt and Miss Carolyn Reed of
Omaha, Neb.
  Attending the services from away were Tom, Will, Elizabeth and Lillian
Reed of Lexington, Neb., Sister Mary Gonzaga and companion Mercy Order
of Davenport; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Marcil and children, Jeanne and Al
Jr., Harry Pfieffer and Miss Carolyn Reed of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs and Mrs.
Francis Clementz of Sterling, Ill., Mary Hunter of Iowa City, John
Logan, Davenport; Peggy Logan, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Maher and
Vincent Lawler all of clinton.


A genealogist from Clinton Co., Iowa checked for birth records on John
C. Reed, John R. Reed, Carrie Reed and Genevieve Reed.  Couldn't find
any. She noted that birth records were only kept from 1880 and the records
were not kept accurately before 1900. The death recordS were only recorded
after 1880. She checked up to 1903 for Richard, John C. and Mrs. John,
Carrie and Genevieve Reed. John and Adalene Reed are both buried at Villa
Nova Cemetery. John R. Reed died Feb. 25, 1976 and Adalene died June 10,
1975. She said that she checked for a week after the death dates for an
obit. and could not find any. She was puzzled by this.  Thomas Reed,
Sr. died at home on March 11, 1861. There was no will.  There were
guardianship papers for his three children: The value of the estate was
$600.00. The children were : Catherine 9, Thomas Jr. 5, and William 3.