So here's our little family--Bill, Catherine, Bill and Tricia.
These were taken a couple of years ago, and now I have bangs.
Catherine
Bill
Here are my parents on their honeymoon in Chicago in 1947.
On the left is my grandfather, Wilson Herbert Reed, with my dad. My grandfather got his MD at Keokuk Medical College in Iowa in 1898. When the University of Iowa took over Keokuk Medical College, they issued my grandfather a new diploma so that his credentials would be in order.
My dad is 4th from the left in this photo. He left a note on the back of the photo "no wonder I recall the name Little Lord Font le Roy." By the way, my dad was born in 1908. Teddy Roosevelt was president when my dad was born!
Here's my dad at 3 months and 3 days. What a cute baby boy!
My dad was born in Valley, Nebraska, where my grandfather was the doctor at the intersection of two railroad lines. Eventually, the family relocated to Omaha where they lived in the house above.
Because my grandfather was often away from the house in Valley tending to his patients, my grandmother was left alone. Back in the day, hobos roamed the rails, so they had St. Bernard dogs for protection (and because they just liked dogs). My dad even had a Shetland pony. My grandfather below is pictured with Rex.
My grandparents were Methodist, and my grandmother belonged to the Order of the Easter Star, the women's auxiliary of the Masons. This picture was taken in January, 1931, at the end of my grandmother's year as Worthy Matron of the Narcissus Chapter of Eastern Star. My grandmother is second one from the left.
Here are a few pictures of my grandmother, Martha Agnes Cunningham Reed.
Below is a picture of my Grandmother Reed, Martha, standing next to her two brothers, Arthur and Alex. Seated are her parents, Mary Ellis Cunningham and Augustus Cunningham. The little girl standing next to my great grandfather was my dad's Aunt Alma (Peterson).
My grandmother was born in 1876.
And now for my Grandfather Reed...
Here is my Grandfather Reed. He was born in 1871.
And here he is as a younger man, maybe when he was attending college.
I never knew my Grandfather Reed. He died in 1936 from stomach cancer. My Grandmother Reed, however, lived until she was 90 years old. She liked costume jewelry, made caramel popcorn and the best peaches. The peaches probably came from a can, but I thought they were out of this world!
And now for the really old pictures!
The back of this picture reads "W H Reed, Valley, Neb." There is a two cent postage stamp on the back, as well. The stamp dates back to about 1912. I don't know if that's my dad as a little boy or my Grandfather Reed.
These next guys are my "great grand uncles" or as I would say, my great great uncles and my great grandfather.
Great Great Uncle Elias Myrick Reed (age 73).
Great Great Uncle Harvey Milton Reed (age 76).
Great Great Uncle Thomas Vinton Reed (age 78).
And my Great Grandfather William Burton Reed (age 77).
And here they are all together with Addie Reed.
The above picture was taken in Perry, Iowa, on September 20, 1915.
Seated from left to right are my great grandparents, Margaret Ann Hamilton and William Burton Reed. Seated from the right to the left are my Great Uncle Claud and his brother, my Great Uncle Willis. Uncle Willis was the Attorney General for the State of Nebraska. He used to stump with William Jennings Bryan. Apparently, his party wanted him to run for governor, but he instead chose to run for the U.S. Senate, twice...both times unsuccessfully. It's possible that the woman holding the picture on the back left is holding a picture of McClellan O. Reed. McClellan was also one of my great uncles. Like his brother, Willis, he was an attorney. He died in a mysterious car accident in 1913 on the west coast. It was my father's opinion that his car had been tampered with.
Finally, here is a picture of Great Uncle Claud as I remember him. He was my godfather's father. His son, Claude, my godfather, and my dad were first cousins, but my dad always thought of him like a brother.
