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Very early in the colonization of the new world the Reed family became identified with the agricultural development of New England, whence succeeding generations followed the tide of migration towards the setting sun. Abraham Reed, a native of Massachusetts, became one of the earliest settlers of Ohio and his son Horace was the first white child born within the limits of the township in which they lived ha Portage county, that state. When the family left the Atlantic coast they took with them a package of apple seeds and these were planted in Portage county, later developing into an orchard of fine apples, the first orchard of that region. Some of the original trees are still standing and are bearing fruit, although now more than one hundred and ten years old. In many other ways this fine old pioneer aided in the material upbuilding of Portage county. The farm that he evolved out of a forest proved to be a productive and valuable estate and for many years returned a livelihood to the family, besides enabling them to save for further investments. The entire life of Horace Reed was spent on the old homestead, where he died in 1888, and where in 1898, his wife also passed away.