History
of Tama County, Iowa
Springfield, Ill., Union Publishing Company, 1883.
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Unless otherwise noted, bios
were submitted by Dick Barton.
SAMUEL REID is among the pioneers of Tama county, as he settled in Crystal township, in 1856. He is a native of county Down, Ireland, where he was born in 1830. His parents died when he was but eleven years of age when he went to Scotland and there remained until 1852. He then crossed the ocean to New Brunswick and engaged at lumbering in connection with carrying on a farm. In 1854, he went to Greenville, Connecticut, where he remained until 1856, when he came to Tama county as above stated. He made his home in Crystal township until 1877, when he removed to his present home on section 26, of Grant township. He has 327 acres of land in this and Crystal township, and makes stock raising a specialty. In the spring of 1859 Mr. Reid was married to Miss Jane Ellen Quinn, who was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1842, and seven children have blessed the union: Abraham M., Emily A., Thomas L., Almina M., Sarah J., John G. and William Garfield. Mrs. Reid is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, belonging to the Amity congregation. In political matters Mr. Reid is a Republican and has held various local offices.
L. L. RHOADS
A prominent contractor here is L. L. Rhoads. He is a native of Pennsylvania , and was born in a house that stood on the line dividing the counties of Berks and Chester . He was born December 1, 1833 , and is a son of Jeremiah and Martha (Linderman) Rhoads, who were also born in the State of Pennsylvania . Until sixteen years of age, his life was spent on his father's farm, but from that date until he attained his majority, he was engaged in stone cutting. In September of 1855, he was united in marriage with Miss Catharine McAnulty, who was born in Pennsylvania . They have three children living: Ida M., Martha C. and Wesley E. During the early part of 1857, Mr. Rhoads, with his family, started for Tama county, Iowa , arriving here in April. He first located in Howard township, where he remained about six years engaged in carpentering, and then removed to Tama City , engaging in the same business. In February, 1880, he, in company with L. H. Pennel, began a general contracting work, which branch of business they still follow. In politics he is a Republican, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace one term.
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