History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 764.
[Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

HENRY CLAY REED, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Carlisle, was born near
Clintonville, Bourbon County, upon the 20th day of March, 1848, came to
Nicholas County in 1854, and in 1858 to his present home.  His father was
Wm. Reed, who was born in Bourbon County, March 18, 1816, and died Sept.
9, 1871; he was a farmer by occupation, and a son of John and Catharine
(Starr) Reed; John a son of George Reed, a native of France and an exile
from that country; his wife was a Rennig.  The mother of our subject was
Sarah J. Dawson, born near Clintonville, also, a daughter of Armstrong and
Sarah (McKinney) Dawson; she a daughter of John McKinney, of Lexington, of
wild-cat fame.  Wm. Reed had two children, our subject and Katie, who died
without issue, at about twenty-two years of age, having been married about
one year.  Henry C. received a liberal education in the schools adjacent
to his home and at Carlisle; he studied surveying, and subsequently spent
three years in the study of medicine, and attended one course of lectures
at the University of Louisville, but on account of the death of his father,
he was compelled to return to the farm and take upon himself the duties of
the father, which deprived him of the completion of his medical education.
He was married upon the 13th of Nov., 1874, near Mt. Sterling, the native
place of his wife, Emma Dooley, who is the daughter of Jabez and Rebecca
(Scobee) Dooley; by this marriage there are three children: Wm. H.,
Nannie Maud and Mary Kate.  Mr. Reed is a farmer and stock raiser of
considerable note, owning a half interest in one of the finest bred colts
of that region, "Abdallah Chief."  He was elected as one of the magistrates
of the county in 1879, which position he now holds.  He is a member of the
Christian Church and one of the trustees of "Old Concord" and a member of
the Carlisle Commandary; he is interested in public improvements, the
advancement of education and religion, and is a highly respected citizen
of the county.

Reed Starr McKinney Dawson Dooley Scobee Rennig
=
Fayette-KY Bourbon-KY Montgomery-KY France

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/reed.hc.txt