HISTORY OF WOOD COUNTY



have two adopted daughters: Margaret, now Mrs. John D. McLeish, residing
at
Laona, Forest County, Wis., and Elizabeth, who is attending high school in
Marsh-
field.
   Alonzo F. Reed, proprietor of a well equipped photographic studio in Marsh-
field, was born on a farm in Brown County, Wisconsin, April 6, 1886, son
of Wal-
lace and Louisa (Hare) Reed. The father was born in New York State June 26,
1841, and mother in Pennsylvania Dec. 9, 1844. They moved to Marathon County
about 1894, and there the mother died Feb. 20, 1911. The father, who is still
living, spends a part of his time with his son Alonzo and the rest with his
other
children. There were seven in the family, all but one of whom are living,
namely:
David, of Fenwood, Marathon County; Leon, of Clifford, Wis.; Sarah, now Mrs.
Adam Grobier of Park Falls, Wis.; Margaret, deceased; Theodore, of Prentice,
Wis.;
Demont, of Portland, Ore.; and Alonzo F., of Marshfield. Alonzo F. Reed had
but limited school opportunities. He remained at home with his parents until
reaching the age of 18 years and then began working in a sawmill in Marathon
County. After following that occupation for five years, in 1908 he came to
Marsh-
field to learn photography, finding employment with Steirle Bros., with whom
he
learned the art of retouching. He worked as such for two years and then opened
a gallery for himself at 226 North Central Avenue, at which location he remained
until November, 1919, when he bought the old Park house at No. 114 West A
Street, and remodeled it into a modern residence, including an up to date
photo-
graph gallery. Having a good technical command of his business, backed by
an
artistic taste, he has produced some very good work and built up a considerable
patronage. Mr. Reed was married Oct. 20, 1910, to Florence F. Miller, who
was
born at Aberdeen, S. D., daughter of Gustav and Augusta (Oshe) Miller, who
later
settled in Fenwood, Wis., but now reside in Marshfield, having moved to this
city
in August, 1911. To Mr. and Mrs. Reed three children have been born: Wilbur,
May 25, 1912; Orval F., May 29, 1916; and Russell F., June 21, 1919. The
family
attend the First Presbyterian Church of Marshfield, and are popular in local
society.
   James R. Reily, in former years an active and successful business man
of Marsh-
-field, but now deceased, was born in Sarnia, Canada, Nov. 19, 1848, son
of James
and Nancy (Eaton) Reily. The parents, who also were natives of the Dominion,
moved to Port Huron, Mich., when their son James R. was a child, but after
living
there a few years they came, just before the breaking out of the Civil War,
to Fre-
mont Township, Waupaca County, and settled on a farm. There James R. re-
mained until he was 18 years old, when, after being rejected several times
on account
of his youth, he succeeded in enlisting in the army, and with Co. B, 37th
Wisconsin
Infantry, took part in some of the last fighting before Appomattox. The war
ended, he returned home and soon afterward entered a business college in
Chicago,
intending to take the full course, but instead of finishing it he enlisted
in the regu-
lar army, in which he served five years, in the commissary department, advancing
to the rank of first sergeant and being stationed successively in Texas,
Indian Ter-
ritory (now Oklahoma) and in Arkansas. At the close of his army service he
re-
turned to his home in Wisconsin and found employment as clerk in a drug store
in Fremont, and after working a year there he became employed in a similar
capac-
ity in a general mercantile establishment. On Aug. 31, 1874, Mr. Reily married
Mary A. Moore, who was born on a farm in Waushara County, Wis., Oct. 14,
1856,
daughter of Edward and Nancy Moore. Her parents were born and married in
England, where four sons were born to them, Joseph, John, Thomhas and William,
all now deceased. Their children born in this country, were Charlotte, deceased,
Mary A. and Jane, the latter of whom is now Mrs. Theodore F. Vannedom, of
Marshfield. Mrs. Nancy Moore died when her daughter Mary A. was about 12
years old and the latter's father, Edmund Moore, died about 1885. James R.
Reily and his bride began home making at Fremont, where they remained until
1881. They then came to Marshfield, Wood County, and for two or three years
after coming here Mr. Reily was in the employ of the Upham Manufacturing
Co.
as a log and lumber scaler. He then took up real estate and general insurance
business, in life insurance first representing the New York Life Insurance
Co. and



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