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:1825 births

Category:1910 deaths

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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