MRS. SARAH M. REED
and her husband, the late Abner C. Reed, well known as a pioneer business man
of Sterling,
were among the early settlers of the city, and our subject is still residing
here. She presides with a gracious hospitality over a comfortable,
well-appointed home, and she and her family occupy a high social position in
the community.
Mrs. Reed is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and a daughter of Solomon D. and Susan
(Brinkerhoff) Brownell, natives of New
York. They were among the pioneers of Nebraska, coming to this State in Territorial days, in
1857, and they are still honored residents here, locating near Syracuse, where they have ever since made
their home.
Our subject passed her girlhood in her native State, attending school, and
under the careful instruction of a good mother becoming an adept in
housewifery. She came with her parents to Nebraska in the early days of its
settlement, and consequently underwent all the experiences of a pioneer life in
a sparsely settled, wild country, where few of the luxuries and conveniences of
modern times were obtainable. She has thus witnessed almost the entire growth
of Southeastern Nebraska, and is indeed a fine
representative of the pioneer women of this State who aided and encouraged
their fathers, brothers and husbands in developing the wonderful and varied
resources of their new home, and evolving from the wild Territory a grand and
glorious commonwealth.
July 2, 1864, our subject left the parental roof for a home of her own, having
on that day wedded Abner C. Reed, an honored pioneer of Nebraska,
from "Portrait and Biographical Album of
Johnson and Pawnee Counties, Nebraska", 1889. Published by Chapman
Brothers, Chicago.
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