Audubon county is represented in the House by a minister of the gospel, the Rev. Marion D. Reed. As a general thing there several clerical gentleman in every Iowa legislature. Mr. Reed comes from an Ohio family. He was born at Guernsey, Ohio, on March 6, 1860. He lived in Ohio until 1876 and then came to Iowa with his parents who took up their abode on a farm. After completing the course of study in the common schools of the town of Corydon he turned his attention to teaching school. From this he went into commercial life and was for four years in a general store and grain business. At the end of this time he felt strongly inclined to undertake work in the ministry, and to properly prepare himself for this calling he took the theological course in the college at Oberlin, Ohio. His active work as a Congregational minister began in 1890 when he entered upon a missionary charge in Ida and Sac counties. In 1893 he went to Exira, where he has since remained. In politics Mr. Reed is and always has been a Republican. This is his first venture in public life, as he has never before aspired to any office outside of his calling. During the session he will be heard on all questions involving education, temperance and reformatory institutions.
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