Individual Details
Rev. Seth L. Reed
(2 Jun 1823 - 24 Mar 1924)
Biography, submitted by Susan D. Engle:
Seth Reed became a Local Preacher in 1844 and was ordained in 1846 as a minister in full connection in the Michigan Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He went on to serve many churches in several states, including Michigan’s First Methodist Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor in the mid-1850s; some 20 years later he became Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor District. [1]
"Dr. Seth Reed, a patriarch and saint of Michigan Methodism, preached before the Detroit Conference in 1912 when he was ninety years of age, and in response to the quest of his brethren has since published The Story of My Life. Spanning the period of nearly a century of earnest Christian work, under varied conditions, it is a picture of an American minister’s life in the nineteenth century, and will be read with interest wherever Dr. Reed is known. (The Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati-new York, 50 cents, net.)" [2]
"The Detroit Conference Cane was…presented to and held by the oldest ordained elder of the Conference who has served in the Conference for at least thirty-five years and lives within the boundaries of the conference." The second recipient of the Cane in 1905 was "Seth Reed [b.] 2 Jun 1823 [d.] 24 March 1924 Age at death: 100 years, 9 months" [3]
Sources: [1] Michigan Conference and Detroit Conference journals, and The Story of My Life by Seth Reed. [2] Announcement of book just published by Seth Reed, in The Christian Advocate, Vol. 89, 1914, from Google Books website. [3] Article online about Conference Cane, from Detroit Conference Archives, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan.
Seth Reed became a Local Preacher in 1844 and was ordained in 1846 as a minister in full connection in the Michigan Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He went on to serve many churches in several states, including Michigan’s First Methodist Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor in the mid-1850s; some 20 years later he became Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor District. [1]
"Dr. Seth Reed, a patriarch and saint of Michigan Methodism, preached before the Detroit Conference in 1912 when he was ninety years of age, and in response to the quest of his brethren has since published The Story of My Life. Spanning the period of nearly a century of earnest Christian work, under varied conditions, it is a picture of an American minister’s life in the nineteenth century, and will be read with interest wherever Dr. Reed is known. (The Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati-new York, 50 cents, net.)" [2]
"The Detroit Conference Cane was…presented to and held by the oldest ordained elder of the Conference who has served in the Conference for at least thirty-five years and lives within the boundaries of the conference." The second recipient of the Cane in 1905 was "Seth Reed [b.] 2 Jun 1823 [d.] 24 March 1924 Age at death: 100 years, 9 months" [3]
Sources: [1] Michigan Conference and Detroit Conference journals, and The Story of My Life by Seth Reed. [2] Announcement of book just published by Seth Reed, in The Christian Advocate, Vol. 89, 1914, from Google Books website. [3] Article online about Conference Cane, from Detroit Conference Archives, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan.
Events
| Birth | 2 Jun 1823 | Hartwick, Otsego County, New York | |||
| Marriage | 11 Oct 1846 | Lapeer County, Michigan - Harriet Newell Russell | |||
| Death | 24 Mar 1924 | Flint, Genesee County, Michigan | |||
| Burial | 27 Mar 1924 | Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |  |
Families
| Spouse | Harriet Newell Russell (1815 - 1898) |
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