Benjamin N. Reed was born to Peter Reed and Wilhelmina Niepman in Montgomery County, Ohio abt 1832. On November 2, 1854 he married Mary Ann Simpson in Montgomery Co., Ohio. To this union five children were born:

• Susan Reed was born May 16, 1855 in Montgomery County, Ohio, and died in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio on December 17, 1941. Susan married George Harcourt in Montgomery County, Ohio.
• Amanda (Mandy) Reed was born abt 1857 in Montgomery County, Ohio and died in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto Co., Texas on April 2, 1927. Mandy married Lee Thomason in Jack County, Texas on July 21, 1890.
• Jane (Jennie) Reed born February 21, 1860 in Montgomery County, Ohio and died February 28, 1889 in Jack County, Texas. Jennie Reed married George Henry Swetnam in Randolph County, Missouri on December 18, 1879.
• Lorella Reed was born April 16, 1862 in Montgomery County, Ohio and died April 11, 1917 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio. Lorella married Louis J. Heinz in Montgomery County, Ohio on September 18, 1884.
• Peter Reed was born March 5, 1865 in Keokuk County, Iowa and died in Keokuk County, Iowa on March 14, 1865.

Mary Ann Simpson Reed died in Keokuk County, Iowa on March 7, 1865. She is buried in the Garrett Cemetery between her son, Peter F. Reed and her brother William Simpson Jr. who died February 12, 1865. The Garrett Cemetery is located between Signourney and What Cheer in Keokuk Co., Iowa.
After the death of Mary Ann, Benjamin returned to Ohio. He and his four daughters were living in Montgomery County, Ohio at the time of the 1870 census.
Benjamin moved to Randolph County, Missouri sometime after 1870. It is not known if any or all of his children moved at that time. Since Jennie was married December 18, 1879 in Randolph County, Missouri, it can be assumed that she moved there with her father. The 1880 census shows that he had remarried a Mary Smith. She and two of her childred were living with Benjamin in Randolph County, Missouri in 1880. Mary Smith Reed is buried in Randolph County, Missouri at the Oakland Cemetery. Prior to Mary Smith's death Benjamin moved to Texas but records of his death and burial have not been found. There is a newspaper mention of a train accident that severly injured Mary Smith Reed.

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Updated: July 15, 2001