Cyrus A. Reed
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Cyrus Adams Reed (June 5, 1825 – July 11, 1910) was an adjutant general in the U.S. state of Oregon in the 1860s,{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTWNxL3BGBQC&q=%22Cyrus+A.+Reed%22&pg=PA469 | title=A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana| isbn=9780226775791| last1=Library| first1=Newberry| date=November 1968}} and a member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/site/oregonpioneerobituaries/multnomah-county-m-z/cyrus-a-reed | title=Cyrus A. Reed - Oregon Pioneer Obituaries}}
Reed was born June 5, 1825, in Manchester, New Hampshire. He came to Portland in 1849, and married Lucinda Coffin, daughter of General Stephen Coffin, shortly thereafter. He was the first president and custodian of the Portland Public Library Association.
He relocated to Salem, Oregon, for a time, establishing Reed's Opera House there, before returning to Portland.
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- [https://books.google.com/books?id=wyNFAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Adjutant+general%27s+report%22&pg=PA161 Adjutant General's Report] to the Oregon Legislature, 1865–66.
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Category:Politicians from Portland, Oregon
Category:Members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Category:People from Oregon Territory
Category:19th-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly
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