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From the 1870 Wisconsin Blue Book, Wisconsin Legislature - Assembly, p 370:
"First District...H. G. H. Reed [Dem.] of the city of Sheboygan...was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, April 12, 1828; received a common school education; is by profession a civil engineer, and a partner in the firm of Reed & Hinckley, storage, forwarding and commission merchants; was County Surveyor from 1862 to 1866; was Chief Engineer of the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad, to the present time. He received a vote of 741 against 396 for John H. Plath [Rep.], thus electing him by 345 majority."
From the 1881 History of Milwaukee, p 1401:
H.G.H. Reed, Superintendent of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad, is a native of Marshfield, Massachusetts, and was born April 12, 1828. He began railroading in 1847, on the old Boston & Maine Railroad, and was afterwards with the Manchester & Lawrence Company. He was chief-engineer, and built the South Reading Railway and the Saugus Branch Railroad, being afterwards appointed superintendent of the road. He was chief-engineer in the building of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad, and since 1871 has held his present position of superintendent. Mr. Reed is general manager of the Lake Shore Traffic Company and of the Kaukauna Water Power Company. He was elected to the State Legislature from Sheboygan, and served during the sessions of 1869 and 1870." |
