The record-union., 1899-01-31
DEATH OF A NOTED DIVINE.
REV. MARION REED PASSES
AWAY AT DENVER,
After a Protracted Illness, Due to
General Breaking Down
of the System.

DENVER, Jan. 3O.-Rev. Marion
Reed, at different times pastor of the
Olivet Congregational Church. Milwau-
kee; the First Presbyterian Church of
Indianapolis, and other churches in the
East and South, died at ST. Joseph's
Hospital in this city at 400 a. m. to-
day, after protracted illness due to
general breaking down of the system.
Mr.. Reed was stricken with nervous
prostration, which developed insomnia.
His sleeplessness baff1ed the skill of the
best physicians in the city until hypnot-
ic power was resorted to. This had
the effect of quoting his nervousness
and brought sleep to the exhausted
man. Mr.. Reed improved perceptibly
for several days, until a relapse came
which left him beyond hope Of relief.
He has been sinking slowly for two
days He was unconscious az the end,
and death came without pain.
Marion Winslow Reed was born in the
little town Of Brookfield, VT, July "a,
1886. His father was a minister. Ma
rion was educated, as he used to say,
in the district school in the st. Law
renee Academy at Potsdam, N. Y, and
in the army. On the breaking out of
the war he enlisted in the Eighteenth
Michigan Infantry, and was appointed
chaplain of the regiment. Two months
later he resigned that place &c accept
the Captaincy of one OF the companies,
having been elected by the men in the
company. His services We're rewa rded
by the confidence of his superior Off
GERS and when mustered out he was
serving as General Thomas chief of
scouts
AT the close of the war Mr.. Reed
entered the Chicago School of Theology,
graduating from that institution in
1868. His first pastorate was in a
small town in Michigan, but he soon
afterward accepted the pulpit Of nom
sectarian church in New Orleans, where
he remained nearly four years Here
he met Miss Louise Lyon, who had
gone South to teach the colored people.
She was member of Mr.. Reeds choir.
They were married at Clifton, Ill, in
1870.
: In 1873 he became pastor of Olivet
Congregational Church of Milwaukee,
remaining there four years. This was
followed by seven years as pastor Of the
First Presbyterian Church of Indian
apolis of which ex-President Harrison
was a member. In 1888 Mr. Reed be-
came pastor of the First Congregational
Church of Denver, the vealthiest
church in the city. Here he preached
for eleven years, winning a national
reputation by the forcefulness of his
utterances.
After his resignation from this pulpit
the Broadway Temple Association was
organized for him, and from the day
of his first sermon. February 3, 1895,
till he was taken with his fatal illness
six week ago. the capacity of the
Broadway Temple, the largest in the
city, has been taxed by his congrega-
tons nearly every Sunday morning.
Mr. Reeds hearers embraced many
creeds and all walks of life.
Mr.. Reed has always been prominent
in the politics of this State In 1886
he was nominated for Congress by the
Democrats and though the normal Re-
publican majority was from 5000 to
10000, he was defeated by only 800 In
1892 Mr.. Reed esporsed the cause of
the Peoples party. and was again ten
dered a nomination for Congress He
declined it, and LATE Pence, to whom
the nomination was given, was elected
by a large majority.
Mr.. Reed leaves a widow. two sons
and a daughter. The oldest son, Paul
L., is a civil engineer residing in Ant
werp. Belgium. The younger, Ralph
W., is an attorney in this city. The
daughter, Mrs. Leslie o. Carter, re-
sides here