Notes for Harman Hoagland REED

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Notes for Harman Hoagland REED

He died suddenly during an auction of his property; see obituary.
Somerset County Surrogate, Petition of Joseph Reed (his father), dated
March 2, 1885, shows Sarah Jane Reed, widow, William Reed a son, "Allie" Reed
a son, and Emma Reed, a daughter. Copy in file.
The following is in the files of Emma Reed Clark, scanned from a newspaper clipping of her father's Obituary.
HARMON H. REED
Mr. Harmon H. Reed (son of Joseph Reed), a farmer about 43 years old, residing near South Branch, died suddenly on Thursday afternoon last. Mr. Reed was about to retire from farming and was having a sale of his personal property at the
time of the sad and sudden event. He had not complained of any serious illness, only a slight cold, and had been busy a day or two before the sale in preparing for it. On Thursday he was in his
usual kind and :cheerful way, welcoming all who came to his sale, seemingly in as good health and strength as any one. He waited upon the auctioneer and no one thought of the dreadful event that would soon cast a dark cloud of sadness and sorrow over
that busy scene and take from their midst that kind husband and affectionate father. Suddenly, at about half-past 3, while his shepherd dog was being sold (he said the price was low for him and he would make a bid of $9.50 -- the last words he ever
uttered), he fell to the floor. Kind friends conveyed him to the
house and a doctor was hastily summoned, but soon word came to the anxious and sad multitude outside that the spirit of the one who had been with us all through the busy day had taken its flight, and the busy cheerful scene of a few moments before was
thrown into one of sadness; sorrow and tears. A wife, three children, a father, brother and sister and a host of relatives and friends mourn his sudden death. And as we pause and think how sudden the summons came to him, did it not speak to all who
were present, and does not that voice still sound throughout the land: "Be ye therefore ready also, for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not."?
A second obituary in the files reads:
This community was thrown into a state of intense excitement on Thursday last by the sudden death of Mr. H. H. Reed, a much-respected citizen of this place. The funeral services were held on Monday, the Rev. Mr. Louck's officiating. Mr. R. being
one of the trustees of the public school, the regular session was omitted on Monday, and the pupils attended in a body. By the death of Mr. Reed we have lost a good citizen, a loving husband and a kind father. The afflicted relatives have the
sympathy of the entire community. [dated 2-19-1885].

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