Elbridge Gerry Reed

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner from 1836 to 1840 with William Beason in Nashua NH as BEASOM & REED, dry good merchants on Factory Street.

• He was a partner from 1841 to 1856 with William Dutton Beasom and Augustus Gardner Reed in Hillsboro NH as W. D. BEASON & Co.

• He was a partner from 1856 to 1870 with Augustus Reed, Henry Slader, Edward Slader, and Charles Crosby in Hillsboro NH as A. G. REED & Co. ⁴

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Nashua NH, listed as a retired goods manufacturer

• He was a partner c 1845 with Edward A. Slader in Nashua NH as REED & SLADER. ⁴

Elbridge married Martha Favor Bicknell on 11 Oct 1844 in Hillsboro NH. (Martha Favor Bicknell was born on 16 Aug 1821 in Dexter ME.)