Robert S. Reed
April 18, 1844 - April 15, 1892

9th Battery Mass. Vols.; Priv.; Res. Taunton; moulder; 18; transf. from 1st Battery, March 12, 1865; must. out June 6, 1865., at Boston, Mass. See 1st Battery Mass. Lt. Arty. (3 yrs.).

1st Battery Mass. Vols.; Priv.; Res. Taunton; moulder; 18; enls. and must. Jany. 15, 1864; transf. to 9th Battery. See 9th Batty. Mass. Lt. Arty.

Listed on grave stone:

  • Robert S. Reed, Born April 18, 1844, Died April 15, 1892

Information from Veterans' Graves Registration - Town of Westport

  • Name: Reed, Robert S.
  • Name of Cemetery: Maple Grove
  • Place: Westport
  • Location: D3-Lot 66, Reed Rd.
  • Key No: Sheet 1, Sec. A
  • Marker Placed: yes
  • By Whom: G. A. R.
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Organization: 1st Bat. Mass. Vol. L. A.
  • Born: April 18, 1844
  • Died: April 18, 1892
  • Type of Stone: Family.

Map of Grave Location

Obituary

The Boston Globe - April 16, 1892

Robert S. Reed Dead.

FALL RIVER, April 15. - Robert S. Reed, senior member of the firm R. S. Reed & Co., large funiture dealers here, died this afternoon of tonsilitis, aged about 45 years.