Histories

-- excerpt from Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, 1883.

Mrs. Dr. Cinda T. Reed, of Fulton, and widow of Dr. Daniel Reed, is desering of appropriate mention in the biographical department of this work. She was born in the town of Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 13, 1801, is the daughter of Dr. Jesse and Hannah Pritchard Meigs, and a cousin of ex-Governor John R. Meigs of Ohio, and of Dr. Charles D. Meigs, President of the Philadelphia Medical College.

Her father was a popular physician of Litchfield Co., Conn., and she, while a child, accompanied him in his professional visits, and soon evinced a marked interest in the nature of medicines and the method of treatment of the caes uner his car, so much so that her father, in answer to her numerous questions, incidentally imparted to her much valuable information. She married a physician, Dr. Daniel Reed, at Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N.Y. May 1, 1828. She often accompanied her husband, as she had her ather, in his profesisonal rounds, and, having access to his books, she availed herself of them to perfect her knowledge of medicine.

On coming to Fulton with her husband in 1838, she rendered valuable assistance to Dr. Reed in the care of the patients, especially during the sickly seasons so common in the early settlemtn of this region. At one time, during the absence of the Doctor from the city, the care of a large number of sick fell to her charge. She turned her house into a hospital, and several of the leading business men of Fulton were thankful to be uner her skillful treatment. Her husband retired from practice about 1860, and she became the doctor in earnest. She went to every call, at all times of day or night, in storm or sunshine. Many a cold wintry night she was called out of her bed to traverse snow-driafted streets to attend some patient. She was successful to a remarkable degree, and continued to practice upward of 20 years.

-- excerpt from Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, 1883.