U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed, Lorelle Vernon (1868-1950) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 746-747, LORELLE VERNON REED. The editor of the Preston Republican, Terra Alta, has become a potent factor among politicians, and the reading public generally in this part of West Virginia. His paper has more than an ordinary circulation, for a county publication; is clean and well defined along lines of political and public necessities; and withal, it is a paper which bears the impress of a well edited publication. Mr. Reed is of Scotch-Irish descent, and possesses the characteristic traits of the more fortunate well-to-do people from whence he came. He is the son of Orville S. and Belle (McMillen) Reed. His paternal ancestors came from the north of Ireland, and the McMillens from Scotland. In 1683, the Reeds emigrated to Pennsylvania. The McMillens became pioneers of Kentucky. Lorelle Vernon Reed was born May 25, 1868, at Lebanon, Missouri, and was educated at the Christian College of that state. When seventeen years old he went on the road as a traveling salesman. For twelve years, or from 1887 to 1899, he followed this avocation, and saw life in its many and varied aspects. In 1899, however, with inclinations towards journalism, and well qualified to mould opinion, he became proprietor and editor of the Preston Republican, and, during the past thirteen years, his facile pen has been providing the general public with the news of the day. Mr. Reed is a Republican. From 1909 to 1912, he was Secretary of the State Board of Control. He has filled the offices of Justice of the Peace and Town Recorder. He is a member of the Presbyterian church; is a fraternity man of high degree, being a Mason (Blue Lodge and Chapter), and a Knight of Pythias. Educated and tactful, social and very resourceful, the subject of this sketch impresses the writer of this little memoir as one who possesses more than ordinary abilities for making his way through this world. Mr. Reed was married December 9, 1891 at Columbus, Ohio, to Tessa Root, Three children: Virginia, Orville E., and Tessa A., were born to this union. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From California, Death Index, 1940-1997 Name: Lorelle Vernon Reed Event Type: Death Event Date: 30 Jan 1950 Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States Birth Date: 25 May 1868 Birthplace: Missouri Gender: Male Father's Name: Reed Mother's Name: McMillen From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV # FULL-NAME: BIRTH-DATE: BIRTH-PLACE: DEATH-DATE: January 30, 1950 DEATH-PLACE: Los Angeles, California MARITAL-STATUS: OCCUPATION: FATHER: MOTHER: CAUSE-OF-DEATH: INFORMANT: BURIAL: --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------